Robert Ringen Hermann, Sr. (January 3, 1923 – April 5, 2020) was an American businessman, soccer executive from St. Louis, Missouri.
He was raised in Clayton, Missouri and educated at St. Louis Country Day School (later merged to form MICDS).
[1] He graduated from Princeton University in 1944 with a degree in engineering, and was then commissioned as an ensign in the United States Navy, where he served as a flight deck officer on the USS Savo Island aircraft carrier during World War II.
[4] Following his time in the Navy, Hermann began a business career with the formation of Standard Container Company, a sales firm that sold boxboard packaging to breweries.
Prior to its sale to Corporate Express (Staples), Hermann Marketing 's customers included United Airlines, IBM, UPS, and Texaco.