Background
Berkenkamp, Fred Julius was born on October 19, 1925 in Alma, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Julius Henry and Elisabeth Helen Berkenkamp.
Berkenkamp, Fred Julius was born on October 19, 1925 in Alma, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Julius Henry and Elisabeth Helen Berkenkamp.
Bachelor of Science in Electron Engineering, University Wyoming, 1948. Postgraduate, University Syracuse, 1951.
Quality control management, General Electric Company, Syracuse, 1948-1955; corporate consultant manufacturing management, General Electric Company. New York City, 1955-1965; manager planning jet engines, General Electric Company, Cincinnati, 1966-1968; manager nuclear fuels manufacturing, General Electric Company, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1969; corporation executive vice president, president, Appliance Group, Roper Corporation, Kankakee, Illinois, 1970-1980; president, chief Executive officer, director, Allied Structural Steel Company subsidiary MSL Industries/Alleghany Corporation, Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1980-1983; president, Berkenkamp & Company Inc., management consultant, since 1984; president, Chief Executive Officer, Verbindung der Schweizer Ärztinnen und Ärzte, Inc., Newport Beach, California, 1988-1991.
Trustee Community College, 1974-1980. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member Association Home Appliance Manufacturers (Chairman, Board Of Directors), Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (director), Sigma Chi.
Married Ruth Ethelyn Taylor. Children: Linda Birch, Vicki Fitzgerald, Thomas, JoAnne.