LittleSis: William B. Ruger, Jr.

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE: RGR) mourns the loss of William B. Ruger, Jr., former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ruger. Mr. Ruger, who was the second CEO of the Company and the son of the Company’s founder, passed away this past weekend. Bill joined Ruger in 1964 and worked in a variety of manufacturing and engineering positions within the Company. In 1970, he became a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. The following year, he was named Vice President of Manufacturing of the Southport Firearms Division. Just a few years later Bill was promoted to Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and, in 1991, was named President of the Company. He became Vice Chairman of the Board and Senior Executive Officer in 1995, and reassumed the duties of President and Chief Operating Officer in 1998. He became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer upon William B. Ruger, Sr.’s retirement in 2000. Bill officially retired from the Company in February of 2006. Mr. Ruger was born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1939. He graduated from Harvard College in 1961 where he studied engineering and applied physics. Before joining Ruger, Bill worked for the Kel Corporation of Belmont, Massachusetts as an electronics engineer. Bill was a member of the Executive Committee of the Sporting Arms & Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute and various other trade associations, a trustee of St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, and a trustee of the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association of Cody, Wyoming.

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William Batterman Ruger	John Dingell, Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Charles Foster Bass, Charles Gywnne Douglas III, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Stump, Bob Smith, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Augusta Petrone	Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, William Hitchcock Hatch, Kelly Ayotte, Ovide M Lamontagne
David Bockorny	John Dingell, Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte
Duane R Roberts	Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
John J Byrne	Judd Alan Gregg, John E Sununu, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, William Hitchcock Hatch, Kelly Ayotte
C Boyden Gray	Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Rupert Murdoch	John Dingell, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
James Ervin	John Dingell, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Stump, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
John M Templeton Jr	Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Republican Senatorial Inner Circle 1990, Kelly Ayotte
Caroline Rose Hunt	Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Senatorial Inner Circle 1990, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Joseph Petrone	Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte
Albert Galatyn Hill Jr	John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Republican Senatorial Inner Circle 1990, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Erle Nye	John Dingell, Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte
Edward C Levy Jr	John Dingell, John McCain, John E Sununu, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte
Michael Keiser	John McCain, John E Sununu, Charles Gywnne Douglas III, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
James S McDonnell III	John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Republican Senatorial Inner Circle 1990, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
J Steven Hart	Judd Alan Gregg, John McCain, John E Sununu, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte
Edyth Bailey Lindner	John Dingell, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Bob Smith, Kelly Ayotte
Paul E Raether	John Dingell, John McCain, John E Sununu, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Kelly Ayotte, National Republican Congressional Cmte
Norman Frederick Lent	John Dingell, John McCain, John E Sununu, Charles Foster Bass, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Kelly Ayotte

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