Ronald E. Noton

Ronald E. Noton was born August 14, 1938 in Hanover, Illinois, a farming community near the Mississippi River settled by his family in the early 1800’s. His father died of cancer when Ron was just 3 years old, so he did not have the typical childhood. Ron worked long hours on the family farm before graduating as valedictorian of his high school class.

Ron attended Monmouth College for two years then the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) graduating in 1961 with bachelor’s degrees in liberal arts and mechanical engineering. After working for Allis Chalmers in West Allis, Wisconsin for 3 yea...