Background
Wetmore, Ralph Frederick was born on November 17, 1934 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States.
engineer and tool manufacturer
Wetmore, Ralph Frederick was born on November 17, 1934 in Meriden, Connecticut, United States.
Graduated from the high school, Downey, California.
Apprentice toolmaker, Wetmore Tool & Engineering Company, Los Angeles, 1956-1957; apprentice tool designer, Wetmore Tool & Engineering Company, Los Angeles, 1957-1960; technical sales, Wetmore Tool & Engineering Company, Los Angeles, 1960-1962; vice president, Wetmore Tool & Engineering Company, Los Angeles, 1962-1976; president, Wetmore Cutting Tools, Pico Rivera, California, since 1976.
Cubmaster Boy Scouts of America, El Monte, California, 1962-1964. President La Mirada (California) Little League, 1981, 82. Served to staff sergeant, United States Air Force, 1952-1956, Korea.
Member of the United States Cutting Tools Institute, Cutting Tool Manufacturers Association (director), 1985-1987), Society of Carbide Engineers (chairman 1969-1970), Pico Rivera, Chamber of Commerce, Masons, Scottish Rite Shriners, Elks, Peace Officers Shrine Club.
Son of James Russell Wetmore and Genevieve Berniece (Modrejewczski) Myers. Divorced; children: James Stephan, Judith Ann. Married Jennifer Louise Patterson, November 22, 1969.
Children: Daniel Wilbur, Suzanne Elizabeth.