Ruben F. Mettler
Ruben F. Mettler was an American businessman. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of TRW Inc. from 1977 to 1988.
Biography
Early life
Ruben Mettler was born in Shafter, California on February 23, 1924. He attended Stanford University on a Gamble Scholarship and transferred to the California Institute of Technology, where he received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1944. He served in the Second World War. Back at Caltech, he received a master's degree in 1947 and a PhD in 1949. He played American football for Caltech.Career
He started his career at Hughes Aircraft. He served as special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Eisenhower administration. He worked for the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, later known as TRW Inc., where he served as president and chief operating officer from 1969 to 1977, and as chairman and CEO from 1977 to 1988. He served on its board of directors from 1964 to 1994, and a driveway on TRW's Space Park campus was named in his honor. He worked on the SM-65 Atlas, SM-68 Titan, LGM-30 Minuteman and PGM-17 Thor nuclear missile programs for the United States Air Force and NASA, and the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.He sat on the boards of directors of Bank of America, Merck & Co., the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and Bechtel. He served as chairman of the Business Roundtable from 1982 to 1984, and as chairman of The Business Council from 1985 to 1986.