Background
Blickwede, Donald Johnson was born on July 20, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Frederic H. and Laura L. (Johnson) Blickwede.
Blickwede, Donald Johnson was born on July 20, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Frederic H. and Laura L. (Johnson) Blickwede.
Bachelor of Science, Wayne U., 1943; postgraduate, Stevens Institute Technology, 1943-1945; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1948; postgraduate in business administration, Harvard, 1969.
Metallurgist, Curtiss Wright Corporation, 1943-1945; head high temperature alloys branch, Naval Research Laboratory, 1948-1950; research engineer, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Pennsylvania, 1950-1952; division head, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1952-1963; vice president, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, 1964-1982. Campbell Memorial lecturer American Metal Congress, 1968, William Park WoodsideMeml. lecturer, 1969, Zay Zeffries Memorial lecturer, 1970. Andrews Memorial lecturer Porcelain Enamel Institute, 1972.
President Eastern Shore Art Center, Alabama, 1990. Leader Hazardous Abandoned Mine Finders, Green Valley, Arizona. Fellow American Society Metals (honorary, president 1983).
Member American Institute of Mining, American Academy Engineering, American Iron and Steel Institute (chairman general research committee 1971-1973), Industrial Research Institute (president 1975), Iron and Steel Institute Japan (honorary, Yukawa Memorial lecturer 1984).
Married Meredith Lloyd, August 23, 1943. Children: Karen (Mistress Kimball J. Knowlton), Jon Frederic.