Rick Beltram
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Rick Beltram is the Chairman of the Spartanburg County, South Carolina Republican party.
Richard S. Beltram was born on February 16, 1951. He lives at 725 Black Wolf Run, Spartanburg, SC 29306. His email is rick.beltram@intedge.com and his phone number is 864-542-2085. He graduated from Layfette college.
He lives in the Bishop precinct. He is in the 4th Congressional district, house district 35 and senate district 13. He first registered to vote in South Carolina on June 26, 1991 all of this information is according to voter registration records.
He owns [Intedge Industries Inc][1]. Located at 1875 Chumley Road, Woodruff, SC 29388 It is an MFG & WHOL FOOD SERVICE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES. Intedge Industries has been in business since 1914? [Corection: Intedge Industries was sold in 2005 to Beltram Food Service, Tampa Florida and the name was changed to Intedge Manufacturing. Rick Beltram is no longer an owner according to county documents.]
[College days] [2] He graduated from Lafayette College, PA in 1973.
Lafayette College was founded in 1826 by citizens of Easton, Pennsylvania, as an all-male liberal arts institution. Throughout its history, the College has continually shaped itself in ways that best serve its educational purpose, remaining supportive of the tradition of liberal education while being responsive to changes and challenges of society and the times. For example, in 1838, it became one of the first colleges to implement a teacher-training program, thus recognizing the connections within education at all levels. In 1854, the College formed a mutually supportive association with the Presbyterian Church. In 1866, as industrialism was changing the Western world, it established courses in engineering, chemistry, and mining. At a local level, it acknowledged the educational needs of the Easton area by introducing a part-time evening degree program in 1953. More recently, as the role of women in society underwent redefinition, the College, in 1970, began coeducation to prepare both men and women to lead the nation into a new century. Today, Lafayette is an independent, coeducational, residential, undergraduate institution with a faculty of distinction and 2,200 full-time men and women students of high intellectual promise and diverse backgrounds. The student body is 50 percent men and 50 percent women.
He has met one-on-one with GOP candidates article photo Richard S. Beltram '73
People in business, particularly manufacturing, who aren’t involved in politics are shortsighted, according to Rick Beltram ’73.
“There are business people who are sitting on the sidelines, not participating,” Beltram says. “Government can affect a lot of policies for businesses, especially manufacturing. I wanted to be proactive.”
As chairman of the Spartanburg County Republican Committee in South Carolina, he has met one-on-one with all of the GOP candidates readying themselves for the 2008 presidential primaries.
The meetings are beneficial for his family as well. His daughter, a sophomore at Clemson, is studying political science and meeting these high-ranking politicians has certainly helped with the practical application of politics.
Beltram is hesitant to name his favorite for the GOP presidential nomination, but says he likes Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
“My job is to give my county access to these candidates,” he says, adding that Romney will be attending a President’s Day dinner in early 2007.
Politics aren’t his only responsibility. Beltram owns Intedge Industries, [See correction above] manufacturing items including kitchen utensils, oven mitts, and delivery bags for the food service industry.
To prepare for his career, Beltram created his own course of study at Lafayette, a bachelor of arts in engineering, which included English, marketing, and engineering.
“I was going into manufacturing, but I also needed to learn sales and marketing,” he says. “I was the first one [with that major] in 1973, but I understand there are now 20-25 graduating [with the same course of study] a year.”
He knows what’s going on at Lafayette because he keeps an eye out as an alumni admissions representative.
“I track each year in US News and World Report and [Lafayette’s] ranking keeps going up.”
At Lafayette, serving as president of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity gave him a taste for politics.
“When Lafayette went co-ed, the focus was getting [the fraternity] on campus,” he says. “Getting that done was real-life business experience and real-life political experience. I can track back a lot of what I’m doing now to my experiences at Lafayette.”
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