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January 07, 2002 01:00 AM

ITRA's Bozarth retires; Kogel interim exec v.p.

Chuck Slaybaugh <P>Tire Business staff
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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. -The International Tire & Rubber Association has named Ross Kogel interim executive vice president, replacing former ITRA executive director Marvin Bozarth, who retired Dec. 31.

    Mr. Kogel also is executive vice president of the Tire Association of North America (TANA), which will merge with ITRA in July, provided members of both associations approve the move.

    Mr. Bozarth plans to work part-time for the Louisville-based trade group as senior technical consultant. Mr. Kogel, in turn, will become executive vice president of the combined association, provided members of the two organizations OK the merger in balloting during coming weeks.

    ITRA President Tom Raben said both appointments will accelerate the merger process. ``I'm thrilled to have Marvin remain on staff,'' he said. ``He is one of the foremost technical experts in the tire industry, and he will be a tremendous asset for the new organization.''

    Mr. Raben added that the addition of Mr. Kogel to ITRA's administrative staff also will expedite the planned merger. ``Ross has been a key contributor to TANA's success over the past few years and has proven to be a very talented executive. This change will help us get a head start on merging ITRA and TANA.''

    Mr. Bozarth, 65, a veteran of more than four decades in the tire retreading and repair business, has been part of ITRA's Louisville-based administrative staff since 1990 and its executive director since January 1991. Prior to joining ITRA, he was vice president of manufacturing for Potosi, Mo.-based Purcell Tire & Rubber Co., where he had worked for 20 years.

    ITRA said Mr. Bozarth has been involved in nearly every aspect of the tire business, having sold and serviced virtually all types of tires before specializing during recent years in the retreading and repair of commercial truck and large off-the-road tires.

    The association said Mr. Bozarth has managed some of North America's largest retread plants and assisted in the development of several new products and systems to improve retread and repair processes. He has operated a variety of retreading equipment, including FlexCure, mold cure and precure systems, the association said.

    Born Dec. 10, 1936, in Paris, Mo., the youngest of 12 children, Mr. Bozarth grew up on the family's farm, attending a one-room schoolhouse through the seventh grade. After high school, he served in the U.S. Army from 1955-58-an experience Mr. Bozarth credits with having changed his life for the better.

    ``When I entered the Army, I was just a clumsy farm kid who didn't know anything,'' Mr. Bozarth said. He immediately found Army life to his liking.

    ``I learned quickly, becoming an instructor (in the use of small arms and explosives) and developed confidence in myself,'' he said. ``My coordination-everything-improved. I can't say enough about what the Army did for me.''

    Not long after leaving the Army in 1958, young Mr. Bozarth entered the tire business by taking a job with the MFA (Missouri Farmers Association) Oil Co. in Columbia, Mo. There, he got his first taste of retreading in the company's shop. He left that job for a short time to work for the city of Columbia, installing electrical service and water lines in new homes and construction sites. But soon he returned to MFA-and never left the tire business again.

    About six months later, the company asked the then-22-year-old to run its retread plant, including the supervision of its 23 employees.

    ``I didn't know beans about what I was doing,'' Mr. Bozarth now recalls with a chuckle. ``I was as green as they come. I had to learn a lot in a hurry.'' It was the first of many such learning experiences in retreading for Mr. Bozarth, who recalls having subsequently attended some ``excellent'' training classes sponsored by Uniroyal Tire Co. and the ``Foremen's Institutes'' sponsored by the American Retreaders Association (now known as ITRA).

    In 1965, Mr. Bozarth took a job with Community Tire in St. Louis, where he remained for the next five years until being hired by Purcell in 1970.

    Mr. Bozarth and Donna, his bride of 39 years, expect to remain in Louisville. Likely, they'll be doing some traveling during his coming semi-retirement, Mr. Bozarth said. They particularly enjoy visiting Europe, shunning the Continent's major cities and five-star hotels in favor of small bed-and-breakfast-style hostelries in less-traveled places. ``It's not as expensive to stay there and you get to meet some really great people and see how they live,'' he said.

    The couple has three children.

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