Bruce Donald Thatcher

Background

Thatcher, Bruce Donald was born on April 4, 1937 in Huron, South Dakot. Son of Claude Howard, Junior and Mildred Helen (Lyman) Thatcher.

Education

Bachelor of Science in General Science, Iowa State University, 1959; Master of Business Administration in Marketing, University of Chicago, 1966.

Career

Announcer, chief engineer, Station KASI, Ames, Iowa., 1958-1959; specialist advertising and sales promotion, marketing research, Hotpoint division General Electric, Berwyn, Illinois, 1959-1960; copywriter, General Electric, Schenectady, New York, 1960-1961; product planner, manager, General Electric, Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1961-1966; manager market development, The Vendo Company, Kansas City, Missoury, 1966-1968; manager distribution, The Vendo Company, Kansas City, 1968-1972; product manager, The Vendo Company, Kansas City, 1970-1972; director product management, The Vendo Company, Kansas City, 1972-1974; president, Chairman, Board Of Directors, TelCon Associations Inc., Overland Park, Kansas, since 1973. Instructor marketing William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, 1970-1973, U. Missouri, Kansas City, 1974. Seminar leader United Communications Group, Bethesda, Maryland., 1984-1991.

Achievements

• Bruce Donald Thatcher has been listed as a noteworthy Business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Counselor Junior Achievement, Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1962. Member of the board of education Bremen Township High School District 228, Midlothian, Illinois, 1963-1966, pres.1964-1965, Faith Lutheran Church, Prairie Village, Kansas, 1991. Member Rotary, Rosicrucians (master 1980-1982).

Interests

• Avocations: church choir, travel, Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array diving.

Connections

Married Carol Ann Handorf, June 7, 1958. Children: Shon Elizabeth, Bruce D.

Father:

Claude Howard Thatcher

Mother:

Mildred Helen (Lyman) Thatcher

Spouse:

Carol Ann Handorf

child:

Shon Elizabeth Thatcher

child:

Bruce D. Thatcher