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Roy Fruehauf, President 1949-1963
Standing in front of the company's Lockheed Leerstar, Roy August Fruehauf dedicated his life to the Fruehauf Trailer company
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Roy started working at his father's business in 1926, after returning home from college for his mother's funeral. He began working in the office and went on to the parts department. From there he worked in the machine shop, and in the early 1930s advanced to a position as apprentice salesman. He became Regional Manager in the Des Moines, Iowa office in the mid 1930s, and advanced to Vice President in charge of the Western Division in 1935. In 1938 he was Vice President and Director of Sales. In 1940 he was Vice President in charge of Operations, and in 1944 Executive Vice President. In 1949 he became President of Fruehauf Trailer Company at the age of 41. In 1958 he was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. He served as Chairman of the Board, and later as Director until 1964.
Roy Fruehauf advises President Eisenhower
​& assists with passage of Interstate Highway Bill
Arthur Condon, Dwight Eisenhower, Dave Beck , Roy Fruehauf & Burge Seymour meet in the oval office to further the needs of the trucking industry
Fruehauf Acquisitions
The Hale Telescope
ATA, Roads & Safety
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Fruehauf Carter
The Fruehauf Trailer Company moved into new markets by identifying and acquiring good local businesses. One of these was the Carter Trucking Company in Atlanta Georgia
A Fruehauf carries a precious load
Fruehauf Trailers were relied upon the world over for quality and excellence of product. The Hale telescope was transported by a specialized Fruehauf
Trucking is honored by the postal service
Roy Fruehauf worked tirelessly to improve and strengthen trucking's reputation for the good of their industry. Active in leadership roles in the American Trucking Association.....
Interstate highway system
The Wall Street Journal on trucking
Fruehauf expands globally
Stainless Steel Trailers
Fruehauf & Sea Land
Military Inventions
Trailers for race cars
Fruehauf engineers modified their trailers for every industry. Here are just a few examples. Tank trailers were adapted for fire fighting pressurizing the contents into a water cannon. Fruehauf's legendary torsion bar suspension gave a comfy ride to valuable race horses and circus animals, and beverage trailer lifts were modified to lift race cars vertically into a trailer interior.
Havana, Cuba - The Southern Branch
Killarney- The Northern Branch
Executives of the Fruehauf Trailer Company visit Lima Peru in 1941
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An organization dedicated to the preservation of the history of Fruehauf Trailer Company and the Fruehauf family legacy.
​The society has created historical books and a traveling exhibit rich with Fruehauf memorabilia and archival materials. Our next book, "Fruehauf, the First Name in Transportation" an in-depth analysis of the company's history will be published soon.
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Ruth A. Fruehauf and Darlene Norman.
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