Background
Bender, Kenneth Ray was born on May 15, 1926 in Ellsworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Adolph and Emma (Shanelec) Bender.
Bender, Kenneth Ray was born on May 15, 1926 in Ellsworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Adolph and Emma (Shanelec) Bender.
Bachelor in Accounting, Kansas State University, 1949.
Junior accountant, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Kansas City, 1949-1950; units accountants supervisor, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1950-1952; assistant toll supervisor, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1952-1954; methods accountant, Southwestern Bell Telephone, St. Louis, 1954-1955; senior methods accountant, Southwestern Bell Telephone, St. Louis, 1955-1957; accountants supervisor, Southwestern Bell Telephone, St. Louis, 1957-1959; machine accounting manager, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Kansas City, 1959-1960; machine accounting manager, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Dallas, 1960-1961; division accounting manager, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Fort Worth, 1963-1964; assistant comptroller operations, Southwestern Bell Telephone, St. Louis, 1965-1966; general accounting manager, Southwestern Bell Telephone, Dallas, 1966-1974; director accounting operations, Southwestern Bell Telephone, St. Louis, 1974-1977; vice president data systems, Southwestern Bell Telephone, St. Louis, 1977-1983; vice president information systems, Southwestern Bell Telephone, St. Louis, since 1983. Board directors Inroads-St. Louis, Inc., St. Louis Technology Center.
Finance Advisory committee Missouri Baptist Hospital, St. Louis, since 1979. Served with United States Navy, 1944-1945. Member Finance Executives Institute (past president).
Clubs: Bellerive Country (Ladue, Missouri), Media (St. Louis).
Married Evlyn I. Rindt, November 5, 1950. Children: Douglas Allan, Randall Craig, Cheryl Lynn Bender Kaempfe.