Ronda Stryker – Family, Family Tree

Ronda Stryker was born in 1954 and she spends her childhood in Kalamazoo near Westnedge Hills. She completed her graduation from Norrix and attended college at Northern Colorado University where she received certification in teaching.

After the death of her parents, she moved to live with her grandfather Homer Stryker when she was only 22 with Patricia and Jon.

In the starting of her career, she joined South Junior High School and started teaching there. She moved to Northeastern Elementary School, Kalamazoo in 1977 to started to teach again. While teaching she also attained Master’s Degree and after pursuing she started to work in Starr Commonwealth, Albion. Ronda inherited Stryker Corporation from her grandfather.

She is currently the owner and governing body of family business. In 2013 she received lifetime woman achievement award from YWCA for her dedicated work as a role model for all women.

Ronda Stryker’s Grandfather

Homer Stryker is the grandfather of Ronda and was born on 4th November 1894 at Wakeshma Township. He was a businessman, Inventor, Orthopedic Surgeon and founder of Stryker Corporation. He completed his graduation from High School of Athens and received a certification in teaching from Western Michigan University in 1916. The starting off his career he was teaching in a school which was having only one classroom.

He completed his degree in Doctor of Medicine from Medical School of Michigan University in 1925 and worked in University Hospital as an intern. In 1935 he first invented walking casts with rubber heel and a hospital bed that reduced the bedsores incidence. His invention of electric saw for cutting casts made him popular in 143. His new invention was patent in 1947. He was able to found the company by 1946 under the name Orthopedic Frame Company Inc. Homer was retired on 2nd January 1964 and changed the company’s name to “Stryker Corporation”.

Ronda Stryker’s Parents

Lee Stryker was the only child of Homer Stryker. When he was grown enough to take his own decisions he left his father. Homer was not having enough time to check for business as he was busy with his inventions. He asked Lee to join him and it brought Lee and his wife Betty back to Kalamazoo carrying young Ronda in their hands. When Lee became the president in early 1969 the business was having much higher profits.