Author of
nationally distributed construction industry publications Rental Rate Blue Book, Truck & Trailer value Guide, Cost Reference Guide, and The Equipment Guide News, -- Bob Middleton was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1927. 
He attended Central High School before joining the U.S. Air Force Flight Cadet program in October 1944; -- and
served in the South Pacific as Line-Chief, Flight-Chief of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter
Group, on Guam, MI.
He holds a BS Degree in Business Administration
from the University of Denver, with minors in Industrial Engineering and Air Transportation; -- and received
additional training in Stationary Engineering.
His vocational
career includes: . . .
Method Studies Engineer on the B-52 Bomber preflight-production program
for Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle; -- Station Manager for Panagra Airlines in Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia; -- Chief Process Equipment Inspector for Swinerton
& Walberg Construction Company at Rocky Flats, Colorado; -- Mechanical Engineer for Utah Construction
& Mining Company in Denver, Colorado; -- Materials Engineer, and then Purchasing Agent
for Utah C&MC in Toquepala and Lima, Peru; -- Equipment Management Specialist for Utah Construction & Mining Company in San Francisco, California; -- Director of Research, and Executive Vice-President of Equipment Guide-Book Company in Palo alto, California; -- President of Micro Grade Laser Systems
in Mountain View, California; -- Corporate Vice- President of Dataquest Incorporated, -- a Dun & Bradstreet
Company, -- in San Jose, California.
Professional credits
include: -- Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers; -- qualified Expert Witness
in Superior Courts of Washington State and California; -- Elected Member of Whisman District School
Board, Mountain View, California.
Now retired, -- Bob resides
in Cupertino, California with his wife of 58 years, Mary Louise (Parks). They have five children
and eleven grand children.
Mary Louise (Lou) Middleton attended The University of Colorado, and
was a renowned San Francisco Bay Area Interior Design Consultant and Teacher for twenty-five years before retiring.
Having traveled the world extensively before and after retirement, they now devote most of their time to their children
and grandchildren, and to writing their Memoirs.
