Bob herman st louis biography
Bob herman st louis biography
Bob Hermann Jr, Hermann Companies Inc: Profile and Biography...
Bob Hermann
American businessman (1923–2020)
Robert Ringen Hermann, Sr. (January 3, 1923 – April 5, 2020) was an American businessman, soccer executive from St.
Louis, Missouri.
Early life
Robert Ringen Hermann, Sr. was born January 3, 1923, to parents Frederick A. and Evelyn Ringen Hermann. He was raised in Clayton, Missouri and educated at St. Louis Country Day School (later merged to form MICDS).[1] He graduated from Princeton University in 1944 with a degree in engineering, and was then commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy, where he served as a flight deck officer on the USS Savo Island aircraft carrier during World War II.[2][3]
Hermann was promoted to lieutenant later in the war, and his unit was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation, an honor for "extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy...gallantry, determination, and esprit de corps," and several other battle stars.[4]
Career
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