People
R.M. Wade has been owned and operated by five generations of the same family. Also, it has had five generations of wonderful, loyal, creative, productive and dedicated employees that have really made the company what it was in the past and today. R.M. Wade owes these employees both present and past a huge thank you for all of their wonderful contributions to the company over the years. The family of employees is very large and we cannot begin to include all of those who have been involved. We are still constructing this section of the website but more than anything we need pictures of people, hopefully taken when they worked for the company.
The pictures below are divided between RM Wade Distribution Company
and the Wade Rain Divisions of RM Wade Corporation
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Robert M. Wade
Founder of R.M. Wade & Co.
1865 to 1915
Edward J. Newbegin
President of R.M. Wade & Co.
R.M. Wade's son in law
1906 to 1929
Wade Newbegin Sr.
President of R.M. Wade & Co.
1929-1982
Wade Newbegin
President Distribution Division
1982 to 1998
Edward H. Newbegin
President of Wade Rain
1982-Present
John Wade Newbegin
Vice President of Wade Rain
1998 to Present
R.M. Wade & Co. Distribution
Andy Kerr
Corporate Attorney
1975 to 2014
John Anlicker
Billing
50's to 80's
Bob Blinn
Farm Equip. Sales Mgr.
1970's
Ad Bloch
Advertising Agent
Bloch Advertising
1918-1970
Ken Brown
Controller
70's
Joy Brown
Executive Assistant to Ed Newbegin
1970-2011
Bob C
Industrial Pump Sales
1970's
Meryl Cloyd
Secretary
70's to 80's
Stan Cox
Service Department
40's - 60's
Ernie Crichton
Manager Ford Tractor Sales
20's to 1948
Mike Eglitis
Pump Design and Sales
1970's
Don Elmore
Accounting
60's to 80's
John Franklin
Purchasing
70's and 80's
Tom Hillson
Frank Horesky
Parts Mgr.
1960's -70's
Gil Kellaher
Manager Multnomah Iron Works
1920's to 1948
Ken Koenig
New Holland Sales Manager
60's and 70's
Bill Lake
Manager Order Department
70's to 2002
Pete Lane
Credit Manager
1960-1985
Nancy Liesure
Secretary to Wade Newbegin
1950's to 80's
Marge Lillis
Mailroom and Bulletins
? to 1980's
Bob Martin
Purchasing Mgr.
1970's
Dianne McGraw
Accountant
80's to 2004
John Mercep
Bolens Sales Manager
1960's to 80's
Bob Miers
Parts Mgr.
1980's
Arnie Miller
Farm Equipment Sales
50's to 80's
Jim Miller
Manager Industrial Pumps
60's to 80's
Roy Miller
Warehouse and Farm Equipment Sales
50's and 60's
Orville Moore
Industrial Pumps
50's and 60's
Robert Morgan
Wade Rain Sales Manager
50's
Earl Morrison
Wade Rain Sales
50's and 60's
Bill Nepote
Manager Goulds Pump Sales
50's and 60's
Al Nott
Ag Equipment Sales
70's and 80's
John Olsen
Pump Sales Manager
1965- 1970's
May Peters
Warranty
1980's
Fred Pringle
Manager - Seattle Branch
30's to the 80's
Jim Pringle
Outdoor Power Sales Mgr.
1980's
Dan Rickard
Manager Water Systems Sales
1970's to 80's
Susan Russell
Real Estate Manager
1990 to present
Ruey Ryan
Ag Sales Manager
60's to 2004
Nick Savage
Ag Equipment Sales
70's and 80's
Robin Scholz
Receptionist
1980's
Dennis Schrock
Accounting
50's
Tink Smith
General Sales Manager
1930's to 1980's
Burl Snow
Service Manager
40's to 80's
Buryl Snow
Service Manager
60's to 80's
Mr Thom
Accountant
30' to 60's
Tom Tredwell
Water Systems Sales Manager
70's and 80's
Bob Vandehey
Warehouse Manager
60's to 80's
Darryl Vanderzanden
Parts Mgr.
1960-70's
Dick Vanek
Vice President Operations
1960 to 2005
Sandra Vanek
Advertising
1983-2005
Bud Ward
Farm Equipment Sales
60's to 80's
Dave Wendroff
CFO
1987 to Present
Bob Wiegand
Farm Equipment Sales
60's to 90's
Becky Wirta
Billing
80's to 2005
Larry Young
Sales Manager Idaho Office
Sales Manager for Southern Idaho, Eastern Oregon, and Northern Utah
Wade Rain (Wade Mfg. Co.)
Jorge Barrios
Ore-Max Sales Peru
2012 to present
Gary Bates
Pivot Engineer and Irrigation Project Design
1971 to 2002
Chase Berrier
IT and Web Design
2009 to present
Julian Bolaños
Oremax and President of Wade Rain Peru
1980 to present
Steve Boschee
Machinist
70's to 2000
Steve Brunnengreaber
Engineer and Tooling
1987 to 2003
Frenchie Charbonneau
Welding
50's to 80's
Luis Chavez
Export Administration Manager
2008 to present
Ron Clack
Foreman Coupler Machining
70's to 2000
Paul Cochran
California Drip Irrigation Sales
1987 to 1995
Gail Cornelius
Wade Rain Inventor and Product Engineer
1938 to 2002
Osvaldo Correa
Ore-Max Sales Chile
2008 to present
Jacob Courtney
Shipping Department Drip Division
2012 to present
Tom Drake
Wade Mfg Manager
40's and 50's
Miles Eaton
Machinist
60's to 90's
Jim Elieff
Material Handling
60's to 2002.
Warren Forsyth
Manager Wade Mfg. C0
1940 to 1995
Raul Galeano
Ore-Max Manager Mexico
2002 to present
Fernando Gutierrez
Warehouse Manager Wade Rain of Mexico
Bob Hale
Shipping Manager
70's to 2000
Jim Hankins
Machinist and Painter
70's to 90's
Cori Harvey
Operations Manager
1997-present
John Haynes
Motor Unit Assembly
70's to 2000
Lloyd Heiserman
Machinist
60's to 90's
Fernando Herrera
Production Manager
80's to present
Rick Krauth
Micro Irrigation Production Manager
1987 to 2003
Pierre Lameh
Mexico and South America Sales Manager
Edgar Lameh
Caribbean Sales
2014 to present
Bob Larsell
Welder
80' and 90's
Betty Lehman
Invoicing
70's to 90's
Dan Lisle
Product Development and Tooling
70's to 2000
Mark Mallory
Manager of Ore-Max Division
2012 to present
Angeles Mendez
Accounts Payable Wade Rain of Mexico
2009 to present
Daniyar Menne
Ore-Max Sales Russia
2009 to 2014
Pat Middleton
Wade Rain Sales Eastern US
1970-1978
Gary N
Punch Press Foreman
60's to 2000
Charlie Needles
Welding
80' and 90's
Joanne Neel
Accounting
2011 to present
Stan Ochs
Tool and Die Maker
1971 to 1974
Elia Porras
General Administrator Wade Rain of Mexico
2009 to present
Oscar Quintana
Mexico Sales Manager
1994
Crawford Reid
Sales Manager Wade Rain
30's
Jorge Reyes
Sales Leon Wade Rain of Mexico
Bob Rutherford
Shipping
70's and 80's
Gene Spurlock
Machinist
60's to 90's
David J. Steele
Sales Manager Wade Rain
1957 to present
Norm Swanson
Purchasing Manager Drip Division
1987-95 and 2011 to present
Cliff Wesner
Wade Rain Sales Manager
1978 to Present
Hugh Williams
Sales Manager Wade Rain
1955 to 1975
Mike Williams
Wade Mfg. Co Manager
Currently a consultant to company
1970 2002
Bill Williams
Shipping Manager
60's to 2002
Gary Wilson
Production Manager
70's and 80's
Bill Zimmerman
Machinist
50's to 80's