- Reuben Trane
Reuben Nicholas Trane (
September 13 ,1886 inLa Crosse, Wisconsin -September 5 ,1954 in La Crosse) foundedTrane , the heating and air conditioning company, with his fatherJames Trane .Reuben Trane graduated from
La Crosse Central High School in 1906. In 1910, he graduated from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in engineering. From 1916 until 1951, Reuben Trane was President of Trane; from 1951 until his death in 1954, Reuben Trane was chairman of the board of Trane.References
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La Crosse Tribune , "R.N. Trane, Industrialist Dies Founded Firm Growing into World Business", September 7, 1954. Courtesy of the La Crosse, Wisconsin public library archives.External links
* [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1634&keyword=trane Reuben Nicholas Trane, Dictionary of Wisconsin History, Wisconsin State Historical Society]
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