Background
Houten, Gene Steven Van was born on June 18, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Eugene Kazimier and Ann Geraldine Van Houten.
Industrial engineering executive
Houten, Gene Steven Van was born on June 18, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Eugene Kazimier and Ann Geraldine Van Houten.
Associate of Arts, AS, Riverside (California) City College, 1973. Student, California Polytechnic University, 1979—1981. Bachelor of Science, University Redlands, 1982.
Bachelor of Business Administration, 1983. Master of Arts in Business Adminstrn/Mgmt, 1983.
Special equipment design & assembly engineer Deutsch Company, Banning, California, 1967—1974. Manager industrial engineering Sunkist Growers Inc., 1974—1984. Owner, president, Chief Executive Officer Dilmor, Inc., Redlands, 1984—1990, Padific Attachments, Inc., 1988—1991.
Owner executive vice president BMI, Rialto, California, 1990—1991. Vice president Trade Est Engineering Inc., Corona, since 1991.
Member California Senatorial Productivity Review Board Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, 1983. Member American Concrete Institute, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Presidential Energy Advisory Council, American Institute Industrial Engineers (president Inland Empire chapter), Society Manufacturing Engineers, National Council of Farmer Company-ops (representative), Sunkist Growers Suprs. Club (president), International Association Quality Circles, Association Standards and Research, American Management Association, Kiwanis (Ontario and Riverside, California).
Married Eileen Marie Meister, June 15, 1974. Children: Steven, Heather, Kristopher.