Ruth Ann Fruehauf
Ruth Ann Fruehauf is the youngest daughter of Roy and Ruth Horn Fruehauf. With a unique career in the business of fine art marketing and sales, Ruth developed an expertise and understanding of expensive works of art and those who build these collections. Ruth incorporates this present day awareness about people and power with the insights gleaned as a child, at the sleeve of her father, who was at the peak of his success when she was born.
She is a graduate of Cranbrook Preparatory schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the American University in Paris. At present she lives in California in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Several years ago, upon the death of her mother, she came into possession of her father’s personal and business papers, which began to expand her understanding of her father. He died in 1965, when she was only eight. She has vivid memories of her larger-than-life father, although some gaps remained. Additionally, memories of him that have been passed down by a multitude of his friends, business associates and colleagues have accumulated over the years. She has encountered over and over again, people who knew her dad, say, a former business client of his at a Country Club social function. They would enthusiastically expound story upon story of her father’s generosity, business acumen, and dedication to customers, loyalty as a friend and all and out “good guy” who had a great sense of humor. These “social” encounters became the norm no matter where she went, New York, Palm Beach, Palm Springs, Chicago, San Francisco and Paris and London. She began to explore the events of his professional and personal life as it is entwined with Fruehauf Trailer Company’s history.
Encouraged by the enthusiasm and interest of friends and motivated to answer the persistent question of "What happened to Fruehauf Trailer Company?", Ruth has been working on the book project for most of her adult life.
With the assistance of a researcher and historian, Darlene Norman, they discovered Roy’s boxes contained a wealth of documents, photographs, scrap books and correspondence from major and minor historical figures. She was amazed to discover how truly enmeshed his life was with our country’s history in the 1940’s through the 1960s. The documents and scrapbooks of news clippings record major events in her father’s career with Fruehauf Trailer Company.
This website is a preliminary sample of a soon to be published book.
She is a graduate of Cranbrook Preparatory schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the American University in Paris. At present she lives in California in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
Several years ago, upon the death of her mother, she came into possession of her father’s personal and business papers, which began to expand her understanding of her father. He died in 1965, when she was only eight. She has vivid memories of her larger-than-life father, although some gaps remained. Additionally, memories of him that have been passed down by a multitude of his friends, business associates and colleagues have accumulated over the years. She has encountered over and over again, people who knew her dad, say, a former business client of his at a Country Club social function. They would enthusiastically expound story upon story of her father’s generosity, business acumen, and dedication to customers, loyalty as a friend and all and out “good guy” who had a great sense of humor. These “social” encounters became the norm no matter where she went, New York, Palm Beach, Palm Springs, Chicago, San Francisco and Paris and London. She began to explore the events of his professional and personal life as it is entwined with Fruehauf Trailer Company’s history.
Encouraged by the enthusiasm and interest of friends and motivated to answer the persistent question of "What happened to Fruehauf Trailer Company?", Ruth has been working on the book project for most of her adult life.
With the assistance of a researcher and historian, Darlene Norman, they discovered Roy’s boxes contained a wealth of documents, photographs, scrap books and correspondence from major and minor historical figures. She was amazed to discover how truly enmeshed his life was with our country’s history in the 1940’s through the 1960s. The documents and scrapbooks of news clippings record major events in her father’s career with Fruehauf Trailer Company.
This website is a preliminary sample of a soon to be published book.
Watching the sunset at Sentinel Dome in Yosemite National Park
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Ruth Ann, Age 6
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Ruth Ann enjoying Teton National Park
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