Leonard Arden Briese

Background

Briese, Leonard Arden was born on March 21, 1933 in Minneapolis. Son of Leonard Albert and Wilma Mrytle (Richards) Briese.

Education

Graduated from the high school, El Segundo, California.

Career

Tooling manager, Altamil Corporation, El Segundo, 1954-1960; owner, founder, Len Briese & Company, El Segundo, 1960-1965; president, chairman, founder, Lenco Manufacturing Corporation, El Segundo, 1965-1970; vice president engineering R & D,, Wescal Industries, Inc., El Segundo, 1968-1970; vice president, board directors, founder, Minipet electronics corporation, Carson, California, 1972-1974; president, chairman, founder, Cutters Unlimited Inc., Gardena, California, 1975-1982; vice president R & D and engineering, Rotary Technologies Corporation, Gardena, 1982-1986; owner, founder, Los Angeles Briese Company, Gardena, since 1960; owner, founder, Breeze Tool Company, Gardena, California., 1992-1994; vice president Research and Development, founder, Briese Industrial Tools, Inc., Harbor City, California., 1994-1995; vice president Research and Development, founder, Briese Industrial Technologies, Inc., since 1995. Research consultant Innovative Technologies Inc., Long Beach, California, 1986-1998, Motivation Inc., Key West, Florida, 1986-1998, Mel Fisher, Key West, 1987-1998, Mel Fisher Exploration Inc., Key West, 1988-1998.

Membership

With United States Air Force, 1952-1954, Korea. Member Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Society Manufacturing Engineers (senior ), American Society for Metals, Society for Advancement Material and Process Engineering, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Society Plastics Engineers.

Interests

• Avocations: motorhome travel, fishing, boating.

Connections

Married Joan Elaine Ramsay, December 12, 1953. Children: Linda Briese Johnson, Leonard Anthony, Leslie Briese Dietlin.

Father:

Leonard Albert Briese

Mother:

Wilma Mrytle (Richards) Briese

Spouse:

Joan Elaine Ramsay

child:

Leslie Briese Dietlin Briese

child:

Leonard Anthony Briese

child:

Linda Briese Johnson Briese