Background
Ruf, Jacob Frederick was born on December 30, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Paul William and Amalia (Maier) Ruf.
Ruf, Jacob Frederick was born on December 30, 1936 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Paul William and Amalia (Maier) Ruf.
AS in Engineering, Kansas City Metropolitan Junior College, 1957; Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, U. Kansas, 1959; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, U. Kansas, 1967.
Systems manager, Black Sivalls & Bryson, Kansas City, Missoury, 1964-1967;
president, Mid Continent Computing, Kansas City, Missoury, 1967-1969;
director data systems, M.A.R.C., Kansas City, Missoury, 1967-1969;
executive vice president, Independent School District Inc., Kansas City, Missoury, 1969-1976;
vice president, N.L.T.C.S. Inc., Kansas City, Missoury, 1976-1977;
president, Ruf Corporation, Olathe, Kansas, since 1976. Member of advisory board engineering department U. Kansas, since 1993. Member Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, since 1991, County Economics Research Institute, Johnson County, Kansas, since 1989.
Adjunct faculty U. Kansas, Lawrence, since 1987. Vice chairman Johnson County Transportation Council, 1985-1991. Presenter in field.
Mayor City of Olathe, 1991-1993. Member Olathe Library. Board, 1991-1993, Public Building Commission, Olathe, 1991-1993.
With United States Navy, 1953-1961. Member American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Association Computing Machinery, University Kansas Engineering Advisory Board, Urban & Regional Information Systems Association.
Married Sondra Sue Ramsey, August 30, 1957. Children: Kurtis, Brian, Eric, Jake II, Sondra Sue World War II.