Assistant Professor, Management , Lindenwood University
St. Charles, MO
In memory of Ronald L. Griesenauer
BSME 1970, UMR
MSME 1976, Rochester Institute of Technology
MBA 1979, Lindenwood University
Upon graduation from UMR in 1970, Ron moved to Rochester, New York, to begin his career as a manufacturing engineer in the Quality Control department of Xerox Corporation. In 1977 Ron moved back to St. Louis to work for Consolidated Aluminum, starting as a manager of financial analysis and ending as a manager of strategic planning. With a one-year experience in Essen, Germany, as an assistant plant manager of an Allusuise Aluminum Smelter; and a one-year assignment as manager of materials at an aluminum smelter in New Johnsonville, TN, Ron joined Storz Instrument Company (later acquired by Bausch & Lomb) in 1986 as a director of manufacturing; eventually moving to the director, materials for global operations. Ron joined Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, in May 2001, as an assistant professor, teaching undergraduate and graduate-level courses in management and human resources.
Ron had been an active leader in the Boy Scouts of America since 1982 and had been a holder of elected positions in the city of Weldon Spring, MO, since 1984.