| Dale Michels | |
| Birth Name: | Dale Robert Michels |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Education: | Lomira High School |
| Occupation: | Businessman, Welder |
| Known For: | Founding and leading Michels Corporation |
| Children: | 4, including Tim |
Dale Robert Michels (August 4, 1932 - April 8, 1998) was an American businessman who founded Michels Welding Company in 1959 which ultimately became Michels Corporation, one of the largest contractors in North America.[1] [2] He was the father of Tim Michels. He is the namesake of SSM Health Dale Michels Heart & Vascular Care.[3]
Michels was born August 4, 1932, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, the third of five children, to Oscar Joseph Michels, a worker of the Brownsville Canning Factory and later of Michels Pipeline, and Ruth C. Michels (née DeVoy).[4]
In 1957, he married Ruth Lucile Koenigs, a daughter of Paul Koenigs and Sophie Koenigs (née Strobel), both of Campbellsport, Wisconsin. They had four sons, including Tim Michels.