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Richard "Dick" Bradford
Richard C. “Dick” Bradford, AOM
President for 1958-59, was a 43-year veteran of the milling business,
having begun his career as an oiler at the Los Angeles flour mill of
Globe Grain & Milling Co. in May, 1933. He worked his way through
various assignments with Globe, and made the transition to
Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. when they acquired Globe in 1940.
Bradford was promoted to management positions along the way, and he
served as general milling superintendent for Pillsbury Mills at
Minneapolis before returning to the West Coast in 1951 as the Sacramento
mill manager.
In 1961, The Pillsbury Co. erected
a new flour mill at City of Commerce (East Los Angeles), and Bradford
was selected to be the plant manager. He continued to serve in that
capacity until his retirement on Dec. 31, 1977.
In addition to service on the
board of directors, IAOM benefited from Bradford’s involvement as an
officer in both the Golden West and Flour City districts. His
participation in, and support of IAOM activities has been well
documented. No less than three IAOM past-presidents were fortunate to
have worked closely with Bradford at influential points in their
careers, and were duly influenced by his support of the association.
Bradford passed away in February
2004 at a senior residence center in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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