Background
Speaker, Richard L. was born on March 24, 1920 in Toledo. Son of John Thomas and Agnes (Laplat) Speaker.
engineer consultant corporate executive
Speaker, Richard L. was born on March 24, 1920 in Toledo. Son of John Thomas and Agnes (Laplat) Speaker.
AB summa cum laude, University of Illinois, 1944.
Chemical engineer, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1944-1948; manufacturer agt, Standard Conveyor Company, Milwaukee, 1949-1959; president, owner, Speaker Sortation Systems, Milwaukee, 1959-1968; construction engineering, Richard L. Speaker & Associations, Milwaukee, 1968-1969; owner, manager, Confetti Spaghetti Restaurant, Milwaukee, 1969-1970; president, Speaker Motion Systems, Germantown, Wisconsin, 1970-1976; president, April Group, Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina, 1977-1991; consultant, since 1991.
Member Institute Industrial Engineers, International Materials Handling Society, National Society Professional Engineers, Phi Eta Sigma, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Lois Mildred Kehlenbach, April 28, 1945 (divorced January 1966). Children: Sandra Jeanne, Fredric, Gregory, Scott. Married Diane Marie Jacobson, February 18, 1967.
Children: David, Dia, Thomas.