EXPERIENCE - 1968 thru 1986 | |
I, E1 | 1968 | Built and patented first steel tapered pole process for high tension tapered poles and street light tapered poles for Valmont Industries and other steel tapered pole manufacturers. |
B | 1974 | Received the President’s “E” Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Expanding Exports”, which is the highest award given to a business by the U.S. Government. Mostly sold cut-to-length lines, slitting lines, press feed lines, and allied equipment. |
I, B | 1981 | Developed highly-efficient, evacuated, concentrated solar collector used in Africa for producing, hot water (160oF) for the canning industry and tourism (hotels, etc.) |
I, E1, B | 1981 | Founded Alabama Pickling and Warehousing - Developed highly-efficient chemical process using very little energy of agitating hot hydrochloric acid in a sealed, non-polluting system for removing scale from hot rolled steel coils used in automotive and air conditioning/refrigeration manufacturing. |
E1, B | 1982 | Sold 200,000 square foot crane building (E.W. Bliss Building) with tenants to Champion Spark Plug (known as Baron Drawn Steel Corporation) to create jobs and expand industry in the inner city of Toledo, Ohio. |
I, B | 1983 | Developed a co-generation system using natural gas and oil for producing heat and electricity using an induction generator for the textile and canning industries. |
I, B | 1984 | Built, own and operate a 72” wide x 60,000# coil capacity push/pull pickle line and steel plant in Illinois, Granite City Pickling & Warehouse, Inc., located on U.S. Steel Corporation’s property (formerly National Steel Corporation) to process high quality steel coils for the automotive, truck and agricultural industries. |
E | 1985 | Built classic car museum for my great American, true classic cars, which includes: Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, Packard, Stutz, Mercer, and race cars. Museum is used for parties to raise funds for the Toledo Opera, Toledo Symphony, Young Presidents’ Association, Rotary Clubs, and many other Toledo organizations, including Students For Other Students (SOS). |
E1, B | 1986 | Founded American Steel Products Company, Toledo, Ohio, which revolutionized steel building frames (instead of wood). Now used in all commercial buildings known as steel stud construction. |