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History of John Deere in Waterloo, Iowa

History of John Deere in Waterloo

John Deere Waterloo Works

14 Mar 1918 - Deere purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Date	Manager		Event	Company/Facility Name
Mar 1918	J. E. Johnson	Manager		Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
07 Oct 1919	A. H. Head	Manager		Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
1 Apr 1926			Name Change	John Deere Tractor Company
16 Apr 1936	L. A. Rowland	Manager
16 Nov 1944	Gust Olson Jr.	Manager
1 Jun 1956			Name Change	John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works
01 Jun 1956	Harley A. Waldon	General Manager
14 Jun 1967	Robert W. Giertz	General Manager
31 Oct 1974	Calvin C. Peterson	General Manager
2 Sep 1975			Establishment	John Deere Engine Works
	R. W. Van Sant	Manager	Appointment	John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works
16 Feb 1979	R. W. Van Sant	General Manager
7 Jan 1980	Francis L. Pardoe	Manager
16 Jul 1980			Reorganization & Name Change	John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works splits and becomes 2 separate factories named – John Deere Tractor Works and John Deere Component Works
	Francis L. Pardoe	Manager		John Deere Tractor Works
	Dennis D. Shoener	Manager		John Deere Component Works
26 Mar 1986			Establishment:	John Deere Foundry Waterloo
	Khalil J. Kingsbury	General Manager	Appointment
6 Apr 1987			Reorganization & Name Change	John Deere Tractor Works and John Deere Component Works become one and is called John Deere Waterloo Works
	Dennis D. Shoener	General Manager		John Deere Waterloo Works
26 Jun 1989	Adel A. Zakaria	General Manager		John Deere Waterloo Works
1 Apr 1992	H. J. Markley	General Manager		John Deere Waterloo Works
22 Jun 1995			Reorganization	*John Deere Foundry is merged back as part of the John Deere Waterloo Works*
1 Nov 1996	Michael S. Triplett	General Manager		John Deere Waterloo Works
2 Jun 1997			Reorganization	Product Engineering Center is merged back as part of the John Deere Waterloo Works

General Managers for 80 Year History: = 13

Company Names over the first 80 Years:
14 Mar 1918	Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
1 Apr 1926	John Deere Tractor Company
1 Jun 1956	John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works
16 Jul 1980	John Deere Tractor Works and John Deere Component Works
6 Apr 1987	John Deere Waterloo Works

Foundry History
26 Mar 1986	Establishment:	John Deere Foundry Waterloo (no longer directly reports to the Waterloo Works)
	Appointment:	Khalil J. Kingsbury, General Manager
22 Jun 1995	Reorganization	John Deere Foundry is merged back as a Division of the John Deere Waterloo Works

Product Engineering Center History
Oct 1974	Establishment:	Reported directly to Deere & Company (no longer directly reports to the Waterloo Works)
15 Jun 1981	Appointment:	Michael J. Mack, Director Waterloo Product Engineering Center
05 Dec 1986	Appointment:	Ronald K. Leonard, Director Worldwide Ag Tractor & Component Engineering
2 Jun 1997	Reorganization	Product Engineering Center is merged back as a Division of the John Deere Waterloo Works

Engine Works History
2 Sep 1975	Establishment:	John Deere Engine Works
	Appointment:	R. W. Van Sant, Manager
17 Feb 1977	Appointment:	Francis L. Pardoe, Manager
16 Feb 1979	Appointment:	Richard S. White, Manager
29 Nov 1982	Appointment:	George L. Otterson, Manager
05 Jun 1987	Appointment:	Adel A. Zakaria, General Manager
06 Jun 1989	Appointment:	Ronald R. McDermott, General Manager
15 Jan 1993	Reorganization	Waterloo Engine Works & Deere Power Systems
	Appointment:	Sam Allen, Manager John Deere Engine Works
1 Jan 1995	Appointment:	Chuck Putzier, Factory Manager John Deere Engine Works
1 Feb 1997	Appointment:	Ted Breidenbach, Factory Manager John Deere Engine Works

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