Background
Hiegel, Jerry M. was born in 1927 in Davenport, Iowa, United States.
Hiegel, Jerry M. was born in 1927 in Davenport, Iowa, United States.
Bachelor of Science, St. Ambrose College, 1949. Master of Business Administration, University Wisconsin, 1950.
With Des Moines Register, 1946. With Oscar Mayer & Company Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, since 1946, assistant sales manager and general sales manager Western division, 1962-1966, vice president sales, 1966-1970, vice president marketing, 1970-1971, group vice president, 1971-1973, executive vice president, 1973-1977, president, 1977-1985, chief executive officer, 1980-1987, chairman, chief executive officer, 1985-1987, also director, chairman, since 1987. Group vice president parent company General Foods Corporation, White Plains, New York, 1981-1982, executive vice president, 1982-1987.
Director various other corporations.
Served with United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member American Meat Institute (past executive committee, director).
Married.