About Us Owners and Key Personnel Robert W. (Bob) Behrer
Through hard work and reputation spread by word of mouth, the business began to grow. After that first summer Bob was transferred into Heating and Ventilating by the University. Through the years he operated the business on a part-time basis and then eventually began to get employees started in the morning and see them at the end of the day, while still being employed by Penn State. Finally, feeling confident that he could operate the business on a full time basis and provide for his family as well as employees, in 1967 he left the University and has operated the company since. He holds a Pesticide License in Category 7 – Turf. Kirk grew up with the business and at a very young age went with his father on jobs. Throughout high school he worked for the company and also took an independent architecture curriculum, studying landscape architecture under the guidance of his high school instructor and also E. Lynn Miller and Jim DeTuerk, who at the time had a landscape design practice in downtown State College. Upon graduating high school in 1981, Kirk attended Penn State University’s two-year Turf Grass Management Program, graduating in 1983. Since that time he has continued to work in the company and is involved in most aspects of management, with primary emphasis on landscape design, materials acquisition, lawn care and estimating. He holds a Pesticide License in Category 7 – Turf, and is ICPI and NCMA-SRW certified.
We take pride in our staff and appreciate all their efforts to satisfy our customers and to maintain and grow our business.
Lorrie K. Behrer Since Bob and Lorrie’s marriage, Lorrie has been the office manager, greeting customers on the phone, doing book work and preparing letters, Proposals and other miscellaneous office tasks.
Greg began working for our firm in the early spring of 1981. He has always been a hard-working, skilled and innovated individual, and there is very little that Greg cannot do. His dedication to our company and clients through the many years in good and difficult times is greatly appreciated. Greg has a Pesticide License in Category 7 – Turf, and is ICPI and NCMA-SRW certified.
Albert joined our staff in the spring of 2010 and has a background in lawn care applications and has a license for the same. He is a quick learner and helps with all facets of the business and is doing quite well with hardscaping. It is a pleasure to have him on our team.
Jake began working for our firm in the early summer of 2001 upon graduation from high school. He worked at our firm throughout college, and after graduating college has been employed by us. He is versatile at performing many of the services our firm provides and is especially helpful with hardscaping.
Derek began working for our firm in the early spring of 2003 while in high school and has been with us since graduation.. He is skilled to help in many of the items of work our firm performs. One of his main responsibilities is that he is in charge of lawn care applications and maintaining pesticide application records for the same.
Starting in the early summer of 1997 after graduating high school, Matt became employed by our firm and continues with us. He helps with the completion of many of our lines of work, and is responsible for road trips to pick up materials.
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Until graduation from high school, Bob was raised and worked on farms. Upon graduation in 1957 he was hired to work on the Penn State Golf Course (now the White Course). In the course of summer employment, the superintendent asked Bob if he would be interested in making some extra money spraying lawns for several individuals he knew. The superintendent was no longer interested in doing this himself. He took Bob to Centre Hardware and assisted him with what type of sprayer and spray to purchase and then introduced him to several clients. When Bob asked what he should charge, the superintendent told him that was up to him. From this humble beginning, Robert W. Behrer LLC had begun.
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