Background
Ratai, Walter Robert was born on August 4, 1929 in Milwaukee. Son of Walter John and Inez (Nienen) Ratai.
consultant mechanical engineer
Ratai, Walter Robert was born on August 4, 1929 in Milwaukee. Son of Walter John and Inez (Nienen) Ratai.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University, 1957.
Design engineer Lofte & Frederickson, Milwaukee, 1953—1958, Marks & Ratai, Milwaukee, 1959—1963. President Walter R. Ratai, Inc., since 1963. Chairman State Wisconsin Energy Conservation Code Committee, since 1975.
Consultant editor Specifying Engineer, Chicago, since 1977.
Member, industrial advisory board Milwaukee School Engineering, since 1978, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1984. Fellow: American Society of Heating (board directors 1973-1975, Energy Conservation award 1981), Engineers and Scientists Milwaukee 1975-1978.
Married Carol Marie Grasse, June 1954 (divorced 1970). Married Darlene Joy Aland, June 25, 1971.