PEL President Retires

Bob Boff receives plaque commemorating his 42 years of work at PEL.

Bob Boff, longtime president of PEL Supply Company, Cleveland, Ohio, recently retired. Boff, who succeeded PEL founder Paul E. Leimkuehler as president in 1993, has been with PEL since 1966.

"Boff learned about PEL from every possible angle, from bookkeeping and inventory control to customer service to shipping and receiving," according to a PEL press release, and current PEL president, Gary Mahler, said, "Bob laid the foundation that still serves us well in the ongoing quest for customer service excellence."

At his retirement dinner, Boff was presented with a plaque that recognized his years of service to PEL. Paulette Leimkuehler Vaughn, vice president and daughter of founder Paul Leimkuehler, added that PEL will commemorate Boff's 42 years of service by renaming the education wing of PEL headquarters as the "Robert A. Boff Learning Center."

In a press release, Mahler stated that the Robert A. Boff Learning Center "goes along nicely" with the Paul E. Leimkuehler OnLine Learning Center that is part of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists [the Academy]. "The seminar room is the heart of the learning program at PEL that led to excellence in customer service. Bob Boff has had a tremendous influence over customer-service excellence for over 42 years, and it is fitting to rename it in his honor," Mahler added.

Boff became president emeritus of PEL in 2006, when he named Mahler as his successor. In presenting the plaque, Paulette Vaughn expressed "thanks from the Leimkuehler family for Bob's 42-plus years of loyalty and dedication."