Larry Wittenborn
52051 E. 2600 Rd.
PHONE: (918) 257-5388
CELL: (918) 724-1227
BORN: 11/22/1934
in Los Angles CA., , Grew up in Oregon
and Northern California
Full Name: Larry Byron Wittenborn
SOCIAL SECURITY: 551-44-3058
EDUCATION: 3 years completed at Orland Joint Union H.S.,
Orland CA. Completed G.E.D. at Los
Angled City
College
June/1956 completed 1 semester at San Bernardino Valley
College
Aug/1957 completed G.E.D. at Los Angles City College
9/1957 to 2/1961 Santa Monica City College (Sheet Metal Lay
Out and Shop Procedures) in conjunction with serving a Sheet Metal
Apprenticeship in Sheet Metal Workers Local # 108 Los Angles CA.
MILITARY: 6/25/1952
TO 11/16/1955 – U.S. Navy, Honorable Discharge as 2nd
Class Petty Officer.
Scope of work: Diesel Mechanic, (operate, maintain and
repair diesel engines, pumps, air compressors)
FAMILY: Married to the former Peggy Sue Spears for 51 years,
we have two children, Chris a cabinet maker in Miami FL.
BACKGROUND: 34 years in the sheet metal trade starting at
the age of 14 working part time in a plumbing & sheet metal shop in Corning CA
After a 3 ½ year tour in the U.S. Navy I worked for my
Father in a heat and air shop in Hemet
CA.
While working there I had the privilege of working with an “Old World “Tinner” that learned the trade in Germany before
W.W. II
In the following years I worked in 18 states in various
types of sheet metal work from heating and air, architectural sheet metal and
roofing, stainless kitchen & bar equipment, lagging in chemical plants, oil
refineries and power plants.
I have held different levels of security clearance while
working at Rand Corp and S.D.C. in Santa
Monica , CA
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Research and Development related to the early “Space Race”
developing R.F. Shield Rooms, Clean Rooms and Anechoic Chambers for the U.S.
Navy, Douglas Aircraft Co. and Vandenberg launch Site.
The opportunity to participate in remodeling of the Land
Mark Mayo Hotel in Tulsa
in 1963.
8+ years with Rockwell International, Tulsa Plant (now Boeing Aircraft); worked on
Apollo Lunar Excursion Module, Hound Dog Missal, SST and the B-1 Bomber.
Managed crews on power plants, chemical plants and
refineries, insulating and lagging.
Worked in Mass. ,
NH. RI. And Conn. ;
architectural sheet metal, primarily doing restoration on 100 to 250 year old
buildings. This work consisted of restoring and or replacing copper and lead
roofs, cupolas gutter and cornice.
Fabricated and installed and oversaw the fabrication and
installation of restaurant and bar equipment. Jobs ranging from Hilton Hotels,
Howard Johnston’s, Mc Donalds to custom Kitchens in Lavish homes for clients as
Burt Lancaster, Danny Thomas and May West.
The last project before retiring from the Sheet Metal Trade
I was project foreman in charge of installing the Kitchen in the State Farm
Corporate Office at 129th and the Broken Arrow Expressway between Tulsa and Broken Arrow OK
I obtained an OK Real Estate License in March of 1989;
retired Local #270 in Aug. 1989 and have been a fulltime Farm/Ranch Real Estate
Broker Associate and Broker ever since. ( No Longer Active)
MAJOR REAL ESTATE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Sold the Old
Chelsea Hotel
Relocated Stowaway (a small manufacturing business) from Chandler AZ Chelsea ;
which created 11 new jobs.
Was instrumental in getting approximately 100 acres brought
into the Chelsea City Limits, of which 73 acres is now a 140 lot subdivision
that is 50% developed with new houses, a youth Center and Play Ground.
Was instrumental in bringing a Mexican Restaurant chain to
Oklahoma (El Charro), since they have opened at 30+locations in Oklahoma and
several locations in Missouri and Kansas.
Sold The Rocket C in 2004 (US Sen. Tom Coburn’s Ranch)
Sold Jo Neill Cattle
Feed Lot and 2700 acres at Welch, OK. In 2004
Ivan Eck 1383 2000
Rd. Edna, KS 67342 620-515-3332
Hubert Henderson
27686 S. HWY 69 Vinita, OK
74301 918-256-2477
Bill Collins
8393 S. HWY 28 Chelsea, OK 74016 918-789-2723
WORK HISTORY:
Nov. /1955 to Aug. 1956 Worked for my Father< B. R.
Wittenborn in his heating and air business.
Aug./1956 to Dec. 1956 worked at Douglass Aircraft, Santa Monica
Ca, (sheet metal assembly)
Dec. 1956 to June 1956 worked at Santa Monica Plumbing
Supply, (counter and delivery)
June 1956 to June 1963 Local # 108 Sheet Metal Workers, Las
Angles, CA.; employed by Broadway Sheet Metal
Scope of work: architectural sheet metal, both residential
and commercial with an emphasis on copper, brass and stainless steel, also duct
work, kitchen equipment; research and development on RF Shield rooms, sound
chambers and clean rooms.
June 1963 relocated to Tulsa ,
OK.; moved my sheet metal card to Local #270 Tulsa . 632 E. 3rd. St. Tulsa , OK
74120
July 1963 to Sept. 1963 worked fro Hunt Sheet Metal
Scope of work: layout, fabricate, install duct work, mostly
HVAC.
Withdrew from Sheet Metal Workers Local #270
Sept. 1963 to Sept.1971 worked for North American Rockwell (
now Boeing)
Scope of work: maintenance sheet metal in Plant Maintenance
Dept. fabricate duct work, machinery guards, maintain A/C systems, clean rooms,
paint booths, and chemical processing equipment. Also support R & D for B-1 Bomber and SST.
Sept. 1971 to June 1973 worked for Murray Heat and Air.,
Claremore, OK.(918) 589-2540
Scope of work: layout fabricate and install duct
work, heat and air units, roof flashings and gutter, mostly residential.
3.
June 1973 to sep. 1973 - Seco Const. of Kitterly Main on a
high voltage line and steel towers in AZ. And Utah .
Scope of work: hanging insulators, stringing conductor and
static line.
Sept./ 1973 to Dec. 1973 worked for Iron Workers Local #
584, Tulsa on
permit.
Scope of work: connecting Iron, tying rod (re-bar) and
welding, at Ingersol Rand Pryor OK., Emerson Electric, Independence , KS Port
of Tulsa Tulsa , OK
Jan./ 1974 reinstated in Local # 270 Tulsa , OK.632 E. 3rd St. Tulsa
Jan./1974 to March/1974 worked for Swanda Bro. Oklahoma
City, on the Tulsa World Publishing Build.
Scope of work: installing Ventilation.
May, 1974 to July 1974 - Empire Sheet Metal at Jenks , OK
Scope of work: install and weld stainless steel
lagging.
July, 1974 to Nov. 1974 – Sigler A/C Sales and Service.
Scope of work: foreman over crew installing HVAC duct
work in a SW Bell Dial Ctr. And a US Post Office, both in Tulsa .
Jan. 1975 to March 1975 – American Builders Supply.
Scope of work: Retrofit steel window and door casings
thru-out building on Children’s Medical Ctr. Tulsa, OK.
April 1975 to May 1975 American Sheet Metal, Tulsa OK
Scope of Work: General sheet metal work at Catoosa
and Union High Schools
June 1975 to Nov. 1976 – Air Duct Inc.
Scope of work: fabricate and install HVAC duct work
and ventilation systems in the Sears Store at Woodland Hills Mall, Tulsa , OK Indian Hospital Claremore , OK
Nov. 1976 to Jan. 1977 – Acme Rease Sheet Metal, Muskogee , OK
Scope of work: fabricate and install duct work and
general sheet metal work.
Jan. 1977 to Feb. 1977 – Dallas Air.
Scope of work: install HVAC duct work at Muskogee Memorial Hospital
March 1977 to Aug. 1977 – OK Fishing Tackle, Tulsa , OK
Scope of work: called on Wal-Mart stores in Ok. MO.
KS. TN. MISS. KY and TX. selling fishing tackle.
Aug. 1977 to Oct. 1977 – United Insulation, Tulsa , OK
Scope of work: foreman of lagging crew at DX Refinery
Tulsa and Vickers Refinery Ardmore, OK.
4.
Nov. 1977 to Feb. 1978 – Empire Sheet Metal, Tulsa , OK
Scope of work: fabricate and install duct work in the
Texaco/Getty Building, Tulsa.
Feb 1978 to March 1979 – United Insulation.
Scope of work: foreman of lagging crew on jobs in OK,
TX and KS
April 1979 to May 1979 – PSO Power Plant, Oologah , OK
Scope of work: install ventilation.
May 1979 to July 1979 – United Insulation.
Scope of work: foreman of lagging crew at Kaiser
Cement Plant, Pryor OK. And Rife Petro. Littlerock
AR.
Aug. 1979 to May 1980 – Smith Sheet Metal.
Scope of work: fabricate and install duct work and
ventilation, roof flashing for the Safeway Store and Center Lift Pump Co. both
at Claremore , OK
May 1980 to Aug. 1980 – United Insulation
Scope of work: foreman lagging and insulation crew at
Pleasanton TX
Aug. 1980 to June 1981 – General Boiler Casing, Greensboro NC
Scope of work: General Forman of lagging crew on the
GRDA power plant Chouteau , OK
June 1981 to Aug. 1981 – John Mansville Corp.
Scope of work: install lagging at GRDA Power Plant, Chouteau , OK
Aug 1981 to Dec. 1985 – Diversified Energy (formerly Butler
Insulation) 6154 Hudson ,
Tulsa , OK
Scope of work: foreman of lagging crew at the Husky
Refinery, Cheyenne WY .
Dec 1985 to May 1986: took leave of absence to build a
house.
Scope of work: Repair Boiler lagging from storm damage,
GRDA Power Plant, Chouteau ,
OK
Scope of work: install HVAC duct in Triad Bldg., Tulsa , OK
Nov. 1986 to April 1987 – Zaner Sheet Metal Kansas City MO.
Scope of work: install architectural sheet metal on
G.M. Plant in Kansas City MO. Overland Park KS
April 1987 to June 1987 – Kewit Industrial Co. ,
PO Box 31096 Omaha , NE 08131
Scope of work: install lagging on boiler at the Tulsa
Trash Burner West Tulsa, OK.
5.
June 1987 to Nov. 1987 – D&S Roofing and Sheet Metal, 73 Canterbury St. , Worchester Mass. 01603
Scope of work: Architectural, restoring metal roofs
and cornice work on old historic buildings
worked in Mass. RI. VT. NH. CN. While on this job.
Dec. 1987 to April 1988 – Diversified Energy Concepts, Inc.
6154 Hudson , Tulsa , Ok.
Scope of work: foreman, lagging crew, Husky Refinery,
Cheyenne , WY
Feb. 1989 to Aug. 1989 – Kloppenburg Co. Boulder Co.
Scope of work: foreman, installation of kitchen
equipment in cafeteria in the State Farm Corp. Office, Broken Arrow , OK
Sept. 1989 retired from the Sheet Metal trade and started a
full time real estate career specializing in Farm/Ranch real estate; first with
the Rooney CO. 1 Year, then Home Town RE Claremore 3 years, Dick Roby Century
21 3 years, Dollar Real Estate Inc 9
years, and 4 years for my self ( Tall Tree Real Estate) I’ve had a broker’s license for 18 years.
I have had a Oklahoma Mechanical license, Tulsa Mechanical
License and Rogers County Mechanical License. For Ventilation and HV/AC These have since expired, about 1990.
NOTE:
All periods of inactivity have been either voluntary or from
lack of work, slow downs or completions of jobs; as is typical of the
construction industry.
I have never been discharged from a job or position for any
other reason.
To the best of my knowledge and recollection this resume is
accurate and any errors are unintentional.
___________________________________________________Feb. 4
2013
Larry Wittenborn
