Background
Wilhelm, Ralph Vincent was born on January 22, 1944 in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Son of Ralph Vincent and Kathryn (Krug) Wilhelm.
electronics company executive ceramics engineer
Wilhelm, Ralph Vincent was born on January 22, 1944 in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States. Son of Ralph Vincent and Kathryn (Krug) Wilhelm.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy in Ceramic Engineering, Rutgers University, 1972; postgraduate, University of Illinois, 1985; Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1987.
Project engineer, Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Corporation, Boston, 1966-1967;
research associate ceramics department, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1967-1971;
senior research ceramist General Motors Research laboratories,, General Motors, Warren, Michigan, 1971-1978;
supervisor thin film development Air Corps Spark Plug division, General Motors, Flint, Michigan, 1978-1980;
department head advanced development, General Motors, Flint, Michigan, 1980-1984;
staff engineer advanced instrumentation, General Motors-Delco electronics corporation, Flint, 1984-1987;
staff engineer advanced instrumentation, General Motors-Delco electronics corporation, Kokomo, Indiana, 1987-1988;
director technical strategies, General Motors-Delco electronics corporation, Kokomo, Indiana, 1988-1989;
director advanced development, General Motors-Delco electronics corporation, Kokomo, Indiana, 1989-1994;
vice president director engineering, General Motors-Delco Electronics Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd., Singapore, since 1995. Trained visitor for ceramics Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 1982-1994. Coordinator university relations team General Motors and Cornell Univercity, Detroit and Ithaca, New York, 1985-1993.
Member industrial advisory board department electrical engineering Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1989-1994. Member board of managers Mecel AB, Åmål, Sweden, 1990-1994. Lecturer in field.
Member Delco Electronics-Kokomo School Partnership, 1989-1994. Member county Cornell Univercity, 1990-1994. Fellow American Ceramic Society.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Society Automotive Engineers (Vincent Bendix Automotive Elec. Engineering award 1978, Architecture T. Colwell merit award 1978), Sigma Xi, Keramos.
Married Katharine Elizabeth Foote, August 26, 1967. Children: Heidi, Peter.