Served 1998 - 2006

Committee Membership

Aging

Priority

Insure the County is moving forward with 21st century technology, management and organization.

Other Civic, Professional, Social Affiliations

Alderman, City of Mequon, 1994-1997 (Common Council President 1996-1997) Mequon Police and Fire Commission, 1993-2003 Board of Appeals, City of Glendale, 1984-1987 Church Council, Fox Point Ev. Lutheran Church, 1980-1983 (President, 1983) US Savings Bond Campaign, Corporate Chairman, Rexnord, Inc., 1973-1978 Founder and President, Northern Little League, Stamford, CT, 1965-1970 President, PTA, Turn of River Junior H.S., Stamford, CT, 1968-1969 Ozaukee Country Club, Mequon, WI 1972 - Present Wisconsin Club, Milwaukee, WI 1976 - 1990 West Point Society of Wisconsin 1972 - Present Industrial Research Institute, 1975-Present Milwaukee School of Engineering, Regent 1975-1992, Emeritus 1992 to present UW-Madison, (Engineering) Dean’s Industrial Liaison Council, 1978-1990 UW-Milwaukee (Engineering) Dean’s Advisory Committee, 1977-1996 Marquette University (Engineering) Dean’s Advisory Council, 1989-1996 UW-Whitewater, Technology Transfer Program Advisory Board, 1987-1992 Founder and Member, Wisconsin Assn of Research Managers, 1984-Present Water Pollution Control Federation, 1971-1990 Process Equipment Manufacturers Assn, 1974-1985, Board of Directors 2 years Council of Great Lakes Governors’ Regional Economic Development Commission, 1987-1988 Wisconsin Governor’s Task Force on Energy, 1980-1981 American Management Assn, 1955-1975 Milwaukee Armed Forces Day Committee, 1980-1990, (Chairman(1985) Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for Wisconsin, 1981-1986 Wisconsin State Committee- Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, 1978-1982, (Vice Chair, 1980-1981) Society of American Military Engineers, 1945-1980 American Ordnance Association, 1945-1980 Association of U.S. Army, 1975-1990 Reserve Officers Association, 1960-Present The Retired Officers Association, 1980- Present Academy Selection Committee, Rep F. James Sensenbrenner, 1980-1983

Work/Profession History:

Radian Corporation, Vice President, 1987- 1990 Rexnord Inc., Vice President, Research & Technology and Chief Technical Officer, 1971-1987; Director of Systems Management, 1969-1971 Dortech, Inc., Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, 1963-1969 AMF, Inc., Project Engineer to Deputy General Manager (1954-1963) U.S. Army - 1945 - 1954 - 2d Lt to Capt. U.S. Army Reserve - 1958 -1978 - Capt. to Colonel

Educational Background:

BS, US Military Academy, West Point, 1945 (Distinguished Cadet, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society) MS, Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1949 (Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society) MS, Industrial Engineering, New York University, 1965 Doctor of Engineering (Honorary), Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1982 Diploma, The Engineer School, US Army, 1951 Diploma, US Army Command and General Staff College, 1972 Diploma, US Army War College, 1976

Family Information:

Married - Lois Children - 3 - Jeffrey, Kathy Ann, William Grandchildren - 5 Great Grandchildren - 2

Interests/Hobbies:

Golf Military History Government

Accomplishments

President, Industrial Research Institute, 1985-86 Colonel (Retired), US Army Corps of Engineers, 1942-1978 President, Ozaukee Country Club, 1999 President -Mequon Common Council,1996-97 Vice-Chairman, Ozaukee County Board 2002-2004 President, Concord Place Condominium Association 1993-1998

Most important Goal

Assist in the creation of the 2006-2010 County Library Plan that envisions all county residents to reside in a library district by 2010.

Licenses & Patents

Professional Engineer, States of New York- #27914 Florida- #20417 Wisconsin- #E-15650 US Patents: #3,655,075 Cargo Handling #3,655,076 Cargo Handling #4,065,343 Label System for Package and Baggage Handling

Directorships

Ozaukee Country Club, 1996-1999 (President. - 1999) UNICO Inc., Racine, WI, 1984-2006 Badger Meter Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1985-1996 Chemfix Technologies Inc., New Orleans, LA, 1983-1985 InstaRead Corporation, Orlando, Florida, 1984-1987 Envirex Inc., Waukesha, WI 1985-1987 Bellofram Corp, 1979-1987 Dortech Inc., 1963-1969 Process Equipment Manufacturers’ Assn, 1975-1977 Materials Properties Council, Inc., 1985-1990 Industrial Research Institute, 1981-1987 (President - 1986)

Military Awards

Commander’s Award for Public Service Meritorious Service Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster Commendation Medal Reserve Achievement Medal American Theater Medal Asiatic Pacific Medal World War II Victory Medal National Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Army of Occupation (J) Medal

Publications

"R& D: It Ain’t What it Used To Be!" Research/Technology, 1989 "View From the Top" CHEMTECH, September, 1987. "The Right Entrepreneurial Stuff" Les Nouvelles, March, 1985 ’Entrepreneurship in R&D- A State of Mind" Research/Technology Management, January, 1982 (Award winner for best article-1982) "What the Research Manager Should Know About New Product Psychology" Research/Technology Management, March, 1979 "Who Pays for Product Development" Research/Technology Management, September, 1978 "No Ivory Tower" Industrial Research/Development, March, 1978 "Venture Management is Part of R&D" R/D, November, 1976 U.S. Army Military History Research Collection- Senior Officers Debriefing Program, Lieutenant William J. Arnold, U.S. Army War College, Library Collection, 1975 "Integrated Mobility-An Approach to Weapon System Survival" SAE Journal, March, 1959 "Hardness Engineering for Ground Support Equipment" SAE Journal, March, 1959 "Mixing Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launch Techniques" Missiles & Rockets, October, 1959 "A Systems Approach to Ground Support Equipment" Missiles & Rockets, January, 1958 "A Review and Appraisal of the Allocation of Industry under Industrial Mobilization" Cornell University thesis, 1949