Ameri-Can Engineering’s Bird passes away
Ronald C. “Ron” Bird, founder of Ameri-Can Engineering Co., passed away Aug. 30, 2021. He was 89.
Bird and his wife, Gladys, founded the company in 1988 and were con-sidered innovators for their designs of restroom and shower trailer systems. The Birds won the 2005 Andy Gump Lifetime Achievement Award from the Portable Sanitation Association International.
“Ron loved the people of the industry and the trade shows,” says Keegan Campbell, chief operating officer for Ameri-Can, based in Argos, Indiana. “The sight of Ameri-Can trailers set up in a trade show booth would bring Ron to tears
