William Austin Staats

Background

Staats, William Austin was born on June 12, 1938 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States. Son of Harold William and Glennell Hattie (Whitehill) Staats.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Marketing, U. Detroit, 1960.

Career

Sales executive, Roche laboratories, Detroit, 1963-1966; sales manager to president, Baldwin Manufacturing Company, Toledo, 1966-1982; president, National Extruded Metal Products Company, Plymouth, Michigan, 1973-1976; president, chief Executive officer, Baldwin-Staats, Inc., Toledo, 1982-1988; president, chief Executive officer, Progressive Tool, Inc., Toledo, 1985-1988; president, chief Executive officer, Staats Industries, Inc., 1984-1988; consultant sales and marketing, William A. Staats Company, Toledo, since 1988. Director National Extruded Metal Products Company, Plymouth, 1973-1976, Baldwin-Staats, Inc., Progressive Tool, Inc., Staats Industries, Inc. Industry speaker.

Achievements

• William Austin Staats has been listed as a noteworthy Automotive executive, marketing consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member marketing advising committee Terra College, 1991. Fellow Sales and Marketing Executives International, Inverness Country Club.

Interests

• Avocations: public speaking, reading, swimming, skiing, golfing.

Connections

Married Margaret Gail Kullen, January 2, 1961 (divorced April 1977). Children: William Ronald, Heidi Gail, Amy Leigh, Holly Ann. Married Patti Jo Rehkopf, February 11, 1983.

Father:

Harold William Staats

Mother:

Glennell Hattie (Whitehill) Staats

Spouse:

Patti Jo Rehkopf

Spouse:

Margaret Gail Kullen

child:

Holly Ann Staats

child:

Heidi Gail Staats

child:

Amy Leigh Staats

child:

William Ronald Staats