Background
Runyan, Doward Lee was born on February 22, 1932 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Edgar Wayne and Carolyn (Wolfe) Runyan.
Runyan, Doward Lee was born on February 22, 1932 in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Son of Edgar Wayne and Carolyn (Wolfe) Runyan.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Indiana Institute of Technology, 1957. Master of Science in Automotive Engineering, Chrysler Institute, Highland Park, Michigan, 1959.
Engineering trainee, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, 1957-1959; design engineer, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, 1959-1961; design group leader, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, 1962-1966; chief engineer, Borg Warner corporation, South Africa, 1967-1970; director sales and engineering, Borg Warner corporation, South Africa, 1971-1972; general manager, Borg Warner corporation, South Africa, 1973-1977; manufacturing manager, Borg Warner Corporation, Blythesville, Arkansas, 1978-1979; plant manager, Abex Corporation, Marysville, Ohio., 1980-1985; vice president manufacturing, Oilgear Company, Milwaukee, since 1986. Advisory board manufacturing MRA Institute of Management, Brookfield, Wisconsin, 1988-1992.
Sergeant United States Army, 1951-1954, Korea. Member Society Manufacturing Engineers, Society Automotive Engineers.
Married Lena May Bloomfield, March 7, 1954. Children: Brenda, Blythe, Laurie, Lisa, Melanie.