Background
Austin, Ralph Leroy was born on December 3, 1929 in Potwin, Kansas, United States. Son of Dorse Thomas and Lydia Julia (Weber) Austin.
Austin, Ralph Leroy was born on December 3, 1929 in Potwin, Kansas, United States. Son of Dorse Thomas and Lydia Julia (Weber) Austin.
AS in Engineering, El Dorado Junior College, l949; student, University Oklahoma, l949-50.
Senior engineer, Vickers Petroleum Company, Inc., Potwin, l950-62; project manager, Refining Chemical Corporation, Odessa, Texas, l962-64; vice president, Refining Chemical Corporation, El Paso, Texas, l969-7l; manager engineering, Ehrhart & Associations, San Francisco, l964-66; Gulf Coast manager, Ehrhart & Associations, Houston, l966-69; executive vice president, Jacob's Group Company, Houston, l97l-78; president, chief Executive officer, Blackburn, Inc., Houston, l978-87; now board directors, Blackburn, Inc., Houston president, chairman, Blackburn Group Inc., Houston, l987-. Board directors American General Constructors, Houston, Sixth Properties, Houston, Uniq - Con, Houston.
Founder, president Butler County Substance Abuse Foundation, El Dorado, Kansas, l980-85. Advisory board directors South Center Mental Health Clinic, El Dorado, l987—. Member El Dorado Chamber of Commerce (president, board directors l982-84), Butler County History Society, El Dorado Country Club.
Married Wanda Lea McWilliams, April 2l, l950 (divorced April l969). Children: Stephen M., Joy S. Austin Cooper, Jane L. Austin Duke, Mary K. Austin Coward. Married Cheryl Dianne Ryan, June l0, l988.