Background
Rutz, William Edward was born on March 29, 1896 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Herman and Amelia (Wambler) Rutz.
machine tools manufacturing company executive
Rutz, William Edward was born on March 29, 1896 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Herman and Amelia (Wambler) Rutz.
Graduate public schools, Fond du Lac.
Tool and diemaker, Demountable Typewriter Company, Fond du Lac, 1913-1923; tool and diemaker, American Can Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1913-1923; tool and machine designer, Demountable Typewriter company and Teetor Adding Machine Company, Des Moines machine and foundry superintendent, Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Company, Fond du Lac, 1923-1935; vice president, works manager, Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Company, Fond du Lac, 1935-1953; executive vice president, Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Company, Fond du Lac, 1953-1961; also board directors, Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Company, Fond du Lac, from 1945; vice president, board directors, Tobin Tool & Die Company, Fond du Lac. Board directors Giddings & Lewis-Fraser, Ltd., Arbroath, Scotland, Fawick Corporation, Cleveland, Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society Tool Engineers, National Machine Tool Builders Association, United States Chamber of Commerce, Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce (past president), Fond du Lac Chamber of Commerce (past president), Masons (32d degree), Shriners, Rotary (past president).
Married Eleanor K. Bergen, June 27, 1931.