Background
Rueger, William Frederick was born on December 23, 1919 in Brooklyn. Son of William Jacob and Henrietta (Greenhagen) Rueger.
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Rueger, William Frederick was born on December 23, 1919 in Brooklyn. Son of William Jacob and Henrietta (Greenhagen) Rueger.
Bachelor, Bard College, 1940. Master of Arts in Latin and Greek, Columbia University, 1941. Bachelor of Laws (Harlan Fiske Stone scholar 1946-1948), Columbia University, 1948.
Associate firm Hughes, Hubbard & Ewing, New York City, 1948-1950. With Sylvania Electric Products Inc. (name now changed to GTE Products Corporation), from 1950, senior vice president, general counsel, secretary, 1961-1969, senior vice president administration, 1969-1976, vice president, general counsel, 1976-1980.
Vice president corporation development GTE Corporation, 1980-1982, senior vice president corporation planning and development, 1982-1985.
Board managers Meadowbrook Hospital, E. Meadow, New York, 1968-1971. Village justice, Old Westbury, New York, since 1985. New York State committeeman 17th A.D. Democratic party, 1966-1968.
Candidate town council Town of N. Hempstead, New York, 1955. Chairman board trustees Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, 1976-1985. President board trustees, Westbury Memorial Public Library.
Chairman board trustees Nassau County Community College. Warden Church of Advent, Westbury. Served to 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.
Member American, Nassau County bar associations, Bar Association City New York, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Anna Helen Arrison, September 17, 1949. Children: Barbara Anne, Nancy Elizabeth, William Frederick, Sally Patricia.