Background
Bauer, James Joseph was born on April 14, 1930 in Graceville, Minnesota, United States. Son of Anton Bauer and Laura Gertrude Schmitz.
Bauer, James Joseph was born on April 14, 1930 in Graceville, Minnesota, United States. Son of Anton Bauer and Laura Gertrude Schmitz.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University, 1958.
Design engineer John Deere, Ankeny, Iowa, 1958—1963. Research engineer Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois, 1963—1966. Vice president engineering Melroe division Clark Equipment Company, Gwinner, North Dakota, 1966—1977, vice president engineering truck division Battle Creek, Michigan, 1977—1982, director engineering material handling group world-wide South Bend, Indiana, 1977—1982.
President Skamp Industries, Inc., Richland, Michigan, since 1988, Bauer Development Inc., Richland, since 1982. President Indiana Equipment division FIEI, Chicago, 1975. Director Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute, Chicago, 1975—1976.
Sergeant United States Army, 1951-1955.
President Lisbon School Board, North Dakota, 1975. Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, Society Automotive Engineers, Society of Agricultural Engineers, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Tau Sigma.
Married Mary Lucille Herzenach, September 3, 1954. Children: Karl, Kathryn Bauer Wiltse, Margaret Bauer Horner, Elizabeth Bauer Rodi, Laurie Bauer Vanderberg.