Background
Zimmerman, William Robert was born on May 11, 1927 in Cleveland. Son of Irving and Ella (Berger) Zimmerman.
engineering entrepreneur company executive
Zimmerman, William Robert was born on May 11, 1927 in Cleveland. Son of Irving and Ella (Berger) Zimmerman.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.
Consultant Kurt Salmon Associates, Washington, 1949-1950, A.T. Kearney and Company, Chicago, 1950-1952. Mill manager American Envelope Company, West Carrollton, Ohio, 1952-1956. Executive vice president Avery International, Pasadena, California, 1956-1967.
President Swedlow, Inc., Garden Grove, 1967-1973, Monogram Industries, Inc., Santa Monica, 1973-1978. Board directors Life Script, Orange, California, Adept Technologies, Los Alamos, OSO Technologies, Rancho Cucamonga, California, Monitor Products, Inc., Oceanside, California, Summa Industries, Fullerton, California.
President council Boy Scouts American, Painesville, Ohio, 1957-1962. Executive committee Junior Achievement Southern California, Los Angeles, 1975-1977. Trustee Los Angeles County Museum National History, 1987-1997, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, since 1983.
Member of California (Los Angeles). Valley Hunt, Annendale (Pasadena).
Married Nancy Owen, 1963 (divorced 1970). 1 child, Amanda; married Eileen Samuelson, November 11, 1979.