Background
METTLER, Ruben Frederick. Bachelor of Surgery Master of Surgery was born on February 23, 1924 in Shatter, California, United States. Son of Henry F. and Lydia Mettler.
electrical engineer and business executive
METTLER, Ruben Frederick. Bachelor of Surgery Master of Surgery was born on February 23, 1924 in Shatter, California, United States. Son of Henry F. and Lydia Mettler.
California Institute of Technology.
Director of Radar Division, Hughes Aircraft Company 1949-1954, Consultant since 1954. Assistant to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Development 1954-1955. Association Director of Guided Missile Research Division and Thor Program Director, The Ramo-Woolridge Corporation 1955-1957.
Vice-President The Ramo-Woolridge Corporation 1957-1958.
Executive Vice-President Space Technology Laboratories 1958-1962. President Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Systems Group (formerly Space Technology Laboratories) 1962-1968.
Executive Vice President Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Incorporated. 1965-1968, Executive Vice-President and Assistant President 1968-1969, President 77, Chair, and Chief Executive Officer 1977-1988 and Chairman, Executive Committee 1978-1988.
Chairman National Alliance of Business (National Association of Broadcasters) 1978-1979.
Dirs, Bank of America, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Incorporated., Merck and Company, Incorporated. Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Astronautical Society.
Board of Dirs, Bank of America, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Incorporated., Merck and Company, Incorporated. Board of Trustees Caltech Associates, Emergency Committee American Trade (ECAT), Business Council, Rockefeller University Council, James Smithson Society, Cleveland Cultural Resources Study Committee, Einstein Memorial Steering Committee of National Academy, of Sciences. National Academy, of Engineering.
Advisory Board Council for Financial Education.
Married Donna Jean Smith in 1955.