Background
Bender, Burwyn Boyne was born on October 2, 1929 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Alfred Carl and Ethel May (Ryan) Bender.
Bender, Burwyn Boyne was born on October 2, 1929 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Alfred Carl and Ethel May (Ryan) Bender.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology, 1951. Master of Science in Automotive Engineering, Chrysler Institute of Technology, 1953. Graduate advanced management program, Harvard University, 1978.
Manager advance production planning missile division Chrysler Corporation, Sterling Heights, Michigan, 1960-1962, manager, manufacturing engineer space division New Orleans, 1962-1968, operations manager missile division Sterling Heights, 1968-1970. Vice president, general manager Cooper Bessemer division Cooper Industries, Mount Vernon, Ohio, 1970-1980. Group vice president Gulf & Western Manufacturing Company, Southfield, Michigan, 1980-1983.
Owner, chief executive officer Ottawa (Kansas) Truck Corporation, from 1983.
Served with United States Army, 1954-1956. Member Society Automotive Engineers (New Orleans section chairman 1963-1965), Computer-Aided Systems Association of Society Automotive Engineers (board directors 1978-1980), Machine and Allied Products Institute (member marketing council since 1986), Society Manufacturing Engineers (board directors 1978-1980). Lodges: Masons.
Married Evelyn Juanita Roden, May 14, 1955. Children: Kathy, Michael, Gregory.