Robert J. Schutz is an American Government Official - Building Code Official - Chief Building Official, Plans Examiner & Inspector / City Engineer / Public Services Director / Environmental Health Planner and Chief Sanitary Engineer - Ohio Health Dept / Professional Engineer and Professional Surveyor -Ohio & Florida; Registered Sanitarian - Ohio / U.S. Army - Combat Engineer / Army Corps of Engineers - Officer / Army National Guard.
Background
Ethnicity:
Paternal Grandfather - German (Hammerforst, FRG) / Paternal Grandmother - Irish (Hogan) / Maternal Grandfather - Scottish (Turnbull from Glasgow) / Maternal Grandmother - English (Crowter from Liverpool).
Schutz, Robert J. was born on February 4, 1947 in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Lawrence and Dorothy May (Turnbull) Schutz. Paternal Grandparents - John George and Ruby Mae (Hogan) Schutz / Maternal Grandparents - Robert Findlayson and Elsie (Crowter) Turnbull.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Ohio Northern University, 1972. Epidemiologist Certificate - Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - 1973. Environmental Management Certificate - University Southern California, 1975. Public Administration - The Ohio State University - 1977. U.S. Army - Ranger Medic Tab - Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas - 1976. Advanced Engineer Officer Diploma - United States Army Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1977.
Career
Laboratory Technician - Martin Marietta Corporation, Woodville, Ohio., 1966-1967;
Journeyman Heavy Equipment Operator - Graffice & Son, Woodville, 1966-1967;
Engineering Technician - Lester H. Poggemeyer, P.E., P.S., Bowling Green, Ohio., 1967-1970;
Environmental Health Engineer Planner - Office of Comprehensive Health Planning - Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, Ohio., 1972-1975;
Chief Sanitary Engineer - Ohio Department Health, Columbus, Ohio - 1975-1985;
Project Manager - Poggemeyer Design Group, Columbus, Ohio - 1989-1991;
Director of Public Services, Chief Building Official & City Engineer - Powell, Ohio, 1991 - 1999;
Regional Engineer Manager - Trus Joist McMillan - Columbus, OH & Orange County, CA - 1999 - 2004;
Construction Project Manager - R.D. Zande (Stantec) Engineering - Columbus, OH, 2004 - 2008
Manager of Instructor Quality & Senior Staff Engineer - International Code Council, Chicago, IL, 2008 - 2012;
Assistant Chief Building Official - City of Columbus (Ohio), 2012 - 2018
U. S. Army / Ohio Army National Guard - Combat Engineer / Combat Construction Engineer Officer, 1971 - 2004;
Robert J. Schutz, P.E., P.S. - Consulting Engineer & Surveyor / Building Inspector & Plans Examiner - Columbus, Ohio, 1975 - Present
Membership
Major United States Army, 1981-1989. With Army / Army National Guard, 1969-2004. Member Ohio Building Officials Association (President - 1996), Central Ohio Code Officials Association (President -1995), Ohio Consultative Council of the National Institutes of Building Sciences (secretary-treasurer - 1994), American Public Works Association (President - 1995). Ohio Design Professionals & Code Analysts (President - 2014-2021). Society of American Military Engineers; Building Officials Council of Northeast Ohio; Five County Building Officials Association; Southwest Ohio Building Officials Association. American Society of Plumbing Engineers.
Personality
Several individuals have influenced my life and given some direction or motivation:
From a meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at ONU shortly before his assasination I learned that we each have our own baggage to carry.
From a personal discussion in his office while on uniformed duty at the Ohio State University's ROTC building, I listened while Woody Hayes explained how he asked his players to make sure they got their degrees and that they should help others without those being helped needing to know who was helping them (now called "pay it forward")