Keith Nosbusch
{{Short description|American business executive}}
Keith Nosbusch was the chairman and CEO of Rockwell Automation Inc., one of the world largest industrial automation companies.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nsc.org/safety_work/Leadership/Pages/KeithNosbusch.aspx |title=National Safety Council |access-date=2010-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706233619/http://www.nsc.org/safety_work/Leadership/Pages/KeithNosbusch.aspx |archive-date=2010-07-06 |url-status=dead }} He was appointed the company's CEO in 2004 and chairman in 2005. Before that, he worked as senior vice president and president of Rockwell Automation Control Systems.[https://archive.today/20120709093354/http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=300530&ticker=ROK:US Bloomsberg BusinessWeek]
Nosbusch is also a director of the Manitowoc Company Inc. and director or member of a number of business, civic and community organizations.[https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=ROK&officerId=89485 Reuters]
Nosbusch graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering in 1974. He earned his master's degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1976.[https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/12/boss-10_Keith-D-Nosbusch_ZIP2.html Forbes.com]
In April 2016, Rockwell Automation announced that Keith Nosbusch would be replaced by Blake Moret as CEO. Nosbusch would become chairman.{{cite news|last1=Beilfuss|first1=Lisa|title=Rockwell Automation Names New CEO|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/rockwell-automation-names-new-ceo-1461066180|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=19 April 2016 |publisher=WSJ.com|accessdate=25 April 2016}}
In 2022, Nosbusch received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.{{Cite web |title=Ella, Nosbusch, Grant to receive honorary degrees from UW–Madison |url=https://news.wisc.edu/ella-nosbusch-grant-to-receive-honorary-degrees-from-uw-madison/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=news.wisc.edu |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Honorary Degree Recipients |url=https://secfac.wisc.edu/awards-lectures/honorary-degrees/recipients/ |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Office of the Secretary of the Faculty |language=en-US}}
Personal
Nosbusch is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin native and is married to his wife Jane with 3 children: Carolyn, David and Laurie. During college, he was the UW–Madison football team captain and was awarded the Big Ten Medal of Honor for demonstrating joint athletic and academic excellence throughout his college career.[http://www.engr.wisc.edu/eday/dsa2002.html#Nosbusch Engineer's Day], University of Wisconsin-Madison{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=March 11, 2014|title=Big Ten Conference Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Big Ten Medal of Honor|url=https://bigten.org/news/2014/3/11/big_ten_conference_celebrates_100th_anniversary_of_big_ten_medal_of_honor.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205151921/https://bigten.org/news/2014/3/11/big_ten_conference_celebrates_100th_anniversary_of_big_ten_medal_of_honor.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2021|access-date=|website=}}
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External links
- [http://www.rockwellautomation.com/rockwellautomation/about-us/executives/keith-nosbusch.page? Keith Nosbusch], Rockwell Automation Executive Profiles
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Category:American chief executives
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni