About Romuald Buescher

In memory of Romuald Buescher

BSME 1953, MSM
MBA 1964, St. Louis University

Rom worked in the graduate training program at Allis Chalmers Mfg., Co. He spent two years in the U.S. Army and then worked for McDonnell Aircraft Corp. on F-101 aircraft, Project Mercury, and Project Gemini Spacecraft. He joined the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command and Troop Support Command spending 22 years in a variety of positions including chief of quality engineering, chief of materials and structures for the Directorate of Flight Standards and Qualification, chief engineer of the AH-1 and AH-56 helicopter programs and deputy director of Systems Engineering. He then founded and was president and principal engineer for Buescher Frankenberg Associates, consulting engineers, and land surveyors. He also founded and was chairman of the board for Buescher Ditch & Associates which performs civil, environmental, mechanical, and structural engineering and land surveying. Rom was a professional engineer and a professional land surveyor in Missouri. He was a member of various associations including the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors, and the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a member of Rotary International and served on the Franklin County Planning & Zoning Commission and on the Board of Zoning Adjustment. Rom married Joan in 1957, they have four children, Judith, John, Thomas, and Kristin, 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. They attend St. Gertrude Parish where they are active in parish activities. Rom’s hobbies were gardening, birding, hunting, and fishing.