Background
Bencke, Ronald Lee was born on February 9, 1940 in Maynard, Iowa, United States. Son of Floyd B. and Emilie W. (Reinhardt) Bencke.
Bencke, Ronald Lee was born on February 9, 1940 in Maynard, Iowa, United States. Son of Floyd B. and Emilie W. (Reinhardt) Bencke.
Bachelor, Wartburg College, 1962. Program for Management Development, Harvard University, 1981.
Finance analyst, General Electric, Danville, Illinois, 1962-1965; controller, Ansul Company, Marinette, Wisconsin, 1965-1966; systems manager, Chamberlain Corporation, Elmhurst, Illinois, 1966-1969; consultant, Westinghouse Electric, Pittsburgh, 1969-1974; vice president, controller, Westinghouse Credit Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1974-1983; vice president, Chief Financial Officer, Westinghouse Credit Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1983-1988; also board directors, Westinghouse Credit Corporation, Pittsburgh president, Westinghouse Evaluation Superior vena cava syndrome Group, Pittsburgh, 1988-1992; Chief Financial Officer, quod erat demonstrandum Communications, Pittsburgh, 1992-1994; vice president, Chief Financial Officer, Lasertechnics, Inc., Albuquerque, 1994-1996; chairman, The Murdoch Group, since 1997.
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Chicago, 1967. Chairman United Way, 1985. Elder Presbyterian Church.
Member of Mortgage Underwriters Association, National Review Appraisers, Finance Executives International (president New Mexico chapter), Harvard University Business School Association (president), Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club (Pittsburgh).
Married Mary Kay Scott, December 19, 1961. Children: Stephen, Patrick, Desiree, Matthew, Joshuah.