Dick Wolf Retires

On October 28, 2005, Dick Wolf retired after nearly forty years in the mechanical rubber goods business, 17 ½ of them with Beaver Manufacturing Company.

A native of Pennsylvania, he graduated from Kings College in Wilkes Barre with a B.S. in Chemistry.

Dick began his career as a Chemist with Dupont in Waynesboro, Virginia. After being drafted for a tour of duty in the Army, he went to work for Uniroyal, Inc. in Winnsboro, S.C.   A  variety of assignments in R&D ranging from laboratory benchwork, tire cord development, and process improvement evolved into a career in the hose yarn reinforcement business.

In March of 1988 he joined the Beaver team as Technical and Quality Manager.  One of his first major projects was the environmental side of our business.  He was a key player in elimination of solvent based treatments, and implementing a smooth transition to the type of treatments we now use. 

Dick put a solid quality system in place.  In 1997 he was responsible for Beaver becoming fully certified to the ISO-9000 international quality standards.

Over the years, Dick has not only gained the confidence of his peers but customers, suppliers, and machine manufacturers as well.  He has gained a knowledge of the hosemaking process unparalleled in our industry.  When customers have process problems, Dick has been there to troubleshoot for them.  He is a stickler to detail.  All of this has led to him being one of the most respected persons in the hosemaking business.

As an era and a distinguished career comes to an end, we wish Dick all the best for a very happy retirement.