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Employee Biographies

Written and compiled by Sue

Adrian, Helen – World War II, Chula Vista
Almer, Al – Riverside, Shipping Dept, Material Cutting Dept, August 1, 1955 – February 1993
Altvater, Paul – Riverside, Dept. 072, 30 years
Anderson, Fred – Riverside
Austin, Jess – Georgia plant

Bagley, Ronald – Riverside
Bagwell, C. Lloyd – Riverside
Bahler, Paul – Riverside, Edgemont, Arlington
Bahler, Tom – Riverside
Bahler, Tim – Riverside
Bailey, Bob – Riverside
Barnes, Charlie – Riverside
Barto, Lawrence D. – Riverside
Barton, Annie Beth – Winder
Bates, Loren C. “Red” – Chula Vista
Beahan, G.L. “Jack” – Chula Vista
Beardsley, Joe – First Shift, Chula Vista, 1943-45?
Beardsley, Vera – Chula Vista, 1943-45?
Beddington, Bill – Chula Vista, 50s – 80s
Bessie, Dan N.
Bishop, Gene – Riverside, Trim and Drill, 1961-1963
Bledsoe, Bob – Riverside
Bledsoe, R.C. – Riverside, General Foreman, Assembly
Bolles, Maudie – Chula Vista
Bolles, Ray – Chula Vista
Bracken, Robert – Chula Vista
Bradley, Dick – Riverside
Bradstreet, David
Brzezinski, Edward – master mechanic
Burke, David – Riverside

Carreño, Isabelle (Carlota Cipriana) – Chula Vista
Cash, Jim – Riverside, Senior Photographer
Cassel, Dick – Riverside
Ceceña, Manuel – Chula Vista
Chavez, Robert
Christopher, Clayburn “Big Chris”
Clabby, Thomas – Chula Vista
Classen, Violet Phillips – Chula Vista
Cooper, Bob – Riverside
Cooper, RB – Riverside
Copeland, James Newton – Chula Vista
Creekmore, Charles – Riverside
Czay, Elmer S. – Chula Vista

Dagan, Isedore “Dag” – Vice President Quality Assurance
Dominguez, Rodolfo – 1973-2004
Doss, Clifford Richard – Riverside, KC-135
Dowding, Tom – Riverside, Arlington, Edgemont, Heber Springs, Foley, Auburn, Sheridan, Chula Vista & Fairhope
Driskill, Claude – Riverside
Driskill, Edna – Riverside
Duringer, Harold “Butch”

Egger, Jeanne Marie – Chula Vista
Egger, Wendell Charles – Chula Vista
Enos, William “Bill”
Eskridge, Robert – engineer
Evans, Gweneth M. – Chula Vista – Rohr Credit Union
Evans, James “Riley” – Chula Vista
Ewbank, Russell McConnell “Russ” – Riverside, Chula Vista, purchasing department

Fiveland, Lind
Flanders, Norman “Bud” – Chula Vista (if you have any photos, etc. please email Gwen Flanders at jimgwen@aol.com)
Flannagan, Gertrude – Riverside
Flores, Al
Foltz, Robert Hammond – Hagerstown
Foster, Everett – Auburn
Freeman, Jr., Edward Lee – Chula Vista
French, Wesley
Fundukian, Vartan

Garcia, Daniel “Dan” – Tooler, Machine Shop, 1953-2003
Garretson, Don – Riverside
Garvin, Ted
Gilliam Barnes Welch, Velma Marie – California, built bombers in the 1940s
Girtman, Vera – Riverside
Glen, Johnny – Riverside
Goldsmith, Robert – Chairman & CEO, Chula Vista
Grem, James
Grothe Parsons, Sara Ruth – Chula Vista, 1940s
Gutierrez, Sandy – Riverside and Edgemont

Hamby, I.
Hansen, Kathrine – Auburn
Harvey, Cornelia
Hawkins, James D. – Contractor, Chula Vista
Henderson, Walt – Riverside
Hines, Rolland – Riverside
Hobel, James L.
Holomon, Jake – 1950s, Chula Vista
Hooker, Marlene – Riverside
Hooker, Ron – Riverside, Maintenance, Sheet Metal, Supervisor, 1956 – 1990
Hooper, Fred – Chula Vista, Fullerton, Winder
Hom, Felix – Director of Engineering – Chula Vista
Hubbard, Freeman – Chula Vista
Hudson, Ted – Riverside

Johnson, Beverly Ann – Auburn
Johnson, Bob – Riverside
Johnson, Earl “Oink” – Tooling Inspector, 1955-1988
Johnston, Elmer A. – Chula Vista
Jones, Howard
Jordan, William Robert “Bob” – Chula Vista
Judd, Jerry – Riverside

Keheley, Mike – Riverside, Tooling Supervisor, 1969, 1980 – 1992
Kenney, Howard
Kirkpatrick, Doug – Riverside
Kitchen, Edith – Riverside
Kitchen, John – Riverside, Maintenance Department, Supervisor 1952, 7 years

Kitt, Dennis – Riverside, Moreno Valley
Kunz, Earl – Chula Vista
Kurtz, Walter J. – Riverside
Kupcha, Joe – Riverside

Lamb, Charles H. – Riverside
Levacy, Win – Riverside
Lewis, Curt – Riverside
Lewis, Janet – Riverside
Lewis, Jay – Riverside
Lopez, Elias – Riverside
Lopez, Ray – Riverside, 1980-1991
Lopez, Robert – Chula Vista
Lundberg, Wayne – Sr. Mfg. Research Engr.
Lynch, Nick – Riverside, Supervisor, 1957-1994

Majors, William “Bill” – Chula Vista
Malloy, John H. – Chula Vista
Mansker, Jacob “Jake” – Chula Vista, purchasing, Correction Action Chief, – 1989
Mansker, Linda Dutcher – Chula Vista, Man-Tech, Systems Procedure Analyst in Tool Design, 1988-1993
Manuel, Cliff – Winder and Chula Vista
Mason, Janice
Mason, Marvin – Chula Vista
Matheny, Lester Hoy – Riverside, Supervisor
Mathews, Larry – Chula Vista
McCusker, Henry – Hagerstown
McKenzie, Glenn – Riverside & Chula Vista, Jig and Builder ‘A’, Department Leadman
McKenzie, Glenn L. – Riverside and Chula Vista, 1950s
McKenzie, Ione – Riverside & Chula Vista
McKenzie, Sharon Kitchen – Spares Department, Riverside, 1960
McKenzie, Wayne – Riverside & Chula Vista, Tool and Die Department, Leadman, Assistant Foreman
Mesick, Eleanor – Chula Vista
Michaels, Mike – Riverside
Mingus, Richard Glenn – Chula Vista, foreman; Winder, Georgia
Mitchell, Tom – Riverside
Moilanen, Jacob – Chula Vista
Mostaghimi, Max – Riverside, 1986-1991, Manufacturing Engineer Sr.
Motl, Ronald – Chula Vista, Medical Technician
Mullenix, Charles William – Chula Vista and Riverside, 1940-1954
Myatt, WillieLee Goff – Fresno, 1943 or 1944

Nelson, Joseph Charles – Chula Vista, 1952. If you have any information about Joseph please email his grandson at ken@copcruisers.com
Northup, John – Paint Shop, Tooling, Industrial Engineer, Riverside
Nutt, Charles William “Bill” – Chula Vista

Oslund, Ernie – Riverside, 30 years
Otto, Elinor – Riveter, Chula Vista
Owens, Melba Louise Gilbreath – Riveter, Chula Vista, WWII

Pedersen, Richard R. “Pete” – Chula Vista, Punch Press Operator “A” and Foreman
Peters, William “Bill” A. – Supervisor, Chula Vista
Pichierri, Louis – Riverside
Pfrunder, Charlie – Foreman Assembly, Supervisor, Riverside
Phillips Wick, Reba – Chula Vista, Sheet Metal Machine Operator, 1950s
Poole, Bob – Riverside, Quality Assurance, Floor Inspections, and Supervision, 1953-1986
Poole, Chuck – Riverside, Riveter, 1952-1958
Poole, Don – Riverside and Chula Vista, Tool and Die Maker, 1953-1970
Poole, Jean – Riverside, Office Clerk, 30 years
Poole, Joyce – Riverside, Paint Shop
Poole, Kitty D. Battles – Riverside, Shortage Control Clerk, 1953-1970
Popplewell, Eugene “Gene” – Riverside
Potter, Ray – Riverside
Potts, Barbara Moe – Riverside
Pribble, Elizabeth “Liz” – Riverside
Prill, Joseph – Auburn
Purdy, Donald – Chula Vista

Raney, Philip E. – Chula Vista
Rasmussen, Richard “Dick” – Chula Vista
Rasmussen, Ellen
Ratchford, Walt – Chula Vista, Riverside
Raynes, B.F. – Vice President, Manufacturing
Reed, Zaidee L. “Peggy” – Riverside
Reeder, Homer – Chula Vista – if you have any photos or information on Homer his granddaughter would love to hear from you
Reeder, Don – Chula Vista – if you have any photos or information on Don his daughter would love to hear from you.
Richards, Beth Bush Lightfeldt – Riverside
Rheim, Joe – Founder, Vice President, President
Rhodes, D. – 1959
Robinson, Bennie – Riverside
Robinson, Charlie – Riverside
Robinson, Pat – Riverside
Rohr, Fred – Founder and President
Rye, Jim – Riverside

Schmautz, Donald L. – Chula Vista
Scott, Anna Deborah – Hagerstown
Scott, William H. –
Seay, Ed – Riverside
Sepulveda, Sam – Riverside
Sherry, Ruth
Silva Casillas, Paula
Sorenson, Dale – Riverside, Tooling Welder, 1957-
Soria, Bernie – Riverside
Spitzer, Harry
Stevenson, Patrick – XR-1C
Stewart, JW – Riverside
Stewart, Rachel – Riverside
Stringer, Ray – Riverside
Stroup – Riverside
Stout, John – Riverside
Stull, Paul D. – Chula Vista, 50s-70s

Thomas, Zig – Riverside
Thompson, Douglas
Thompson, Zeke – Riverside
Totten, Pat – Riverside
Trimbull, Don – Riverside
Turnbull, Don – Riverside

Van Allen, Jack – Riverside
Van Hulle, Jerry – Riverside, Technical Specialist; Standard Tool Engineer, Senior; 40 years
Van Hulle, Lu Ann – Riverside, Maintenance Activity Coordinator, 1978-1992
Varela, Don – Riverside
Vanderpool, Cliff – Riverside
Velez, H. – Riverside
Violette, Russell R. – Riverside

Waggoner, Marian
Wagress, Red – Riverside
Warters, Richard J. “Dick” – Vice President, Chula Vista
Washington, Willie Louis – Chula Vista
Wassum, Gladys Victoria Budal – Chula Vista
Wells, A. B. – Chula Vista, 1951
Wells, J. W. – Chula Vista, 1951
White, Forest – Riverside
Whitehead, George – Riverside
Whitemore, Christopher – Riverside
Wick, Reba Phillips – Chula Vista, WWII
Witbeck, Bill – Riverside
Witbeck, Pat – Riverside
Woodward, Phil – Riverside

Zahlis, Elsie Krum – Fresno, 1940s
Zapata (Sanchez), Juana – Chula Vista, Riveter

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a website for Rohr Retirees and Former Employees