Richard E Dauch
| Richard E. Dauch | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 23, 1942 Norwalk, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | August 2, 2013 (aged 71) Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Residence | Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
| Occupation | Businessman Chairman of American Axle |
Richard E. "Dick" Dauch (July 23, 1942 – August 2, 2013) was co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of American Axle and Manufacturing. Previously, Dauch served as a manufacturing manager at Chevrolet, Chrysler and at Volkswagen's Westmoreland Assembly Plant.
Dauch was born in Norwalk, Ohio in 1942 to W.G. Albert and Helen Dauch, the youngest of their seven children. After high school, he attended Purdue University, where he played football before graduating in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management and Science. He married Sandy Rule in 1960, and they have four children.
Dauch contributed $3 million to an 67,000-square-foot (6,200 m2) alumni center at Purdue University and served as chair for the 2006 United Way torch drive.
Dauch joined General Motors as a college graduate-in-training assigned to the Chevrolet Motor Division's Flint, Michigan car and truck assembly plant. By 1973, at the age of 30, he was named the youngest plant manager in the history of the Chevrolet Motor Division. After a stint as Assistant Sales Manager in the Chevrolet Detroit Zone, he was appointed Plant Manager Chevrolet Gear and Axle (one of the five plants he later acquired to co-found American Axle and Manufacturing). In 1976, Dauch became Vice President of Manufacturing for Volkswagen Manufacturing of America, where he managed the manufacturing facilities (Volkswagen Westmoreland Assembly), the first volume automotive transplant in the United States.
Dauch joined Chrysler in April 1980, as Vice President of Diversified operations, where he helped re-engineer their manufacturing systems, establishing just-in-time material management systems and the three shift manufacturing vehicle assembly process. Dauch retired from Chrysler in 1991 as Executive Vice President of Worldwide Manufacturing.
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