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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Obit-Ruger.html
July 8, 2002
Firearms Innovator Ruger Dies
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 8:59 p.m. ET
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- William B. Ruger, founder of Sturm, Ruger and Co.
Inc., one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the United States, has
died. He was 86.
Company officials said Ruger died Saturday at his home. The cause of his
death wasn't immediately available. Ruger had been ill for some time.
The company, which has plants in Prescott, Newport, N.H. and Southport,
Conn., makes rifles, shotguns, pistols and precision investment castings
used in the aerospace, automotive, general manufacturing and golf markets.
Ruger, who was born in Brooklyn in 1916, had a hand in the design of every
firearm his company ever produced.
He teamed with Alexander Sturm to form the company in 1949. His first
firearm for the company, produced that year, was a .22-caliber target pistol
that is still in widespread use today.
Ruger is survived by his son William Ruger Jr., the company's current
chairman; a daughter, Carolyn Vogel; six grandchildren; and ten
great-grandchildren. His wife, Mary Ruger, and a son, James Ruger, died
before him.
Funeral services will be held Saturday in Croydon, N.H.
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http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=12472
Gun designer Ruger dies
Union Leader News
William Batterman Ruger, known as one of America's greatest gun designers,
has died at his home in Prescott, Ariz.
Ruger, 86, was the founder and chairman emeritus of Sturm, Ruger & Co., the
largest firearms manufacturer in the U.S. The company manufactures
high-quality rifles, shotguns, pistols, and revolvers for a variety of
law-enforcement purposes, with a New Hampshire plant in Newport, a plant in
Prescott, and corporate headquarters in Southport, Conn.
The company also formerly operated Uni-Cast, a cast aluminum plant and
foundry, in Londonderry.
Funeral services for Ruger will be held Saturday in Croydon on the grounds
of the Central Station of the Blue Mountain Forest Association.
Ruger, who died last Saturday, teamed with Alexander McCormick Sturm and
established Sturm, Ruger & Co. in 1949. Under Ruger's leadership, the
company produced more types of sporting firearms than any other firearms
firm in the world. His first firearm was introduced in 1949, a .22-caliber
target pistol that was considered the first gun of many Americans and is
still one of the most popular target pistols in use.
"Ruger was a true firearms genius who mastered the disciplines of inventing,
designing, engineering, manufacturing and marketing better than anyone since
Samuel Colt ," said R.L. Wilson, a firearms historian and Ruger's
biographer.
"No one in the 20th century so clearly dominated the field, or was so
skilled at articulating the unique appeal of quality firearms for legitimate
uses."
Ruger was born June 21, 1916, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He developed his passion for
guns when he received his own rifle from his father at age 12.
As a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, he converted
an empty room into a machine shop and in 1983 came up with initial designs
for what eventually became a light machine gun for the Army. He eventually
became a full-time designer and helped invent and patent dozens of models of
sporting firearms during the last 53 years.
Ruger's lifelong passions included antique firearms, 19th century Western
American art, and his nationally noted antique car collection of more than
30 vehicles. He also commissioned the design and construction of a
classically styled sports tourer automobile in 1970, called the Ruger
Special, as well as a 92-foot yacht, the Titania.
He was known for philanthropy through charities in communities where his
factories were located.
Family members include a son, William B. Ruger Jr., who is the current
chairman of the company; a daughter, Carolyn R. Vogul; six grandchildren;
and 10 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary Thompson
Ruger, and a son, James Thompson "Tom" Ruger.
Calling hours will be Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Newton-Bartlett Funeral Home, 42 Main St., Newport. Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 11 a.m. A reception will immediately follow the service.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Dartmouth Medical
School, 1 Rope Ferry Road, Hanover, 03755; or the Yavapai Regional Medical
Center, 1003 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, Ariz., 86301.
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Ruger_NY Times Obituary
William B. Ruger
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) -- William B. Ruger, founder of Sturm, Ruger and Co.
Inc., one of the largest firearms manufacturers in the United States, died
Saturday. He was 86.
The company, which has plants in Prescott, Newport, N.H. and Southport,
Conn., makes rifles, shotguns, pistols and precision investment castings
used in the aerospace, automotive, general manufacturing and golf markets.
Ruger, who was born in Brooklyn in 1916, had a hand in the design of every
firearm his company ever produced.
He teamed with Alexander Sturm to form the company in 1949. His first
firearm for the company, produced that year, was a .22-caliber target pistol
that is still in widespread use today.
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