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Carl Francis Wapiennik

institute administrator, manufacturing executive
Carl Francis Wapiennik, American manufacturing executive, planetarium and science institute administrator. Recipient Man of Year award in science Pittsburgh Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1969.

Background

  • Wapiennik, Carl Francis was born on October 10, 1926 in Donora, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Karl and Rose (Kidzinski) Wapiennik.

    • Education

    • Bachelor of Science, University Pittsburgh, 1953.

    Career

    • Production supervisor Radio Corporation of America, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, 1953—1954. Staff physicist Buhl Planetarium and Institute Popular Science, Pittsburgh, 1954—1964, executive director, 1964—1982. Owner, operator Work-O-Art Miniatures (small manufacturing firm), 1983—2003.

    Works

    • Patentee means for controlling liquid flow.

    Membership

    Member Rostraver Township Planning Commission, 1965-1967. Member advisory board Allegheny Chamber of Commerce (formerly North Side Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce), 1966-1967, director, 1968-1973, president, 1970. Member advisory council Salvation Army, 1978-1982.

    Board directors Baptist Homes, Pittsburgh, 1982-1994. Chairman Rostraver Township Municipal Water Authority, 1990-1994. With United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946.

    Member Pittsburgh Baptist Association (board directors 1976-1982), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma.

    Connections

    • Married Elva Louise Bartron, November 27, 1953. Children: Carl Eric, Ellen Louise.
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    Born October 10, 1926
    Donora, Pennsylvania, United States
    • 1953
      University Pittsburgh
    • 1953 - 1954
      Production supervisor Radio Corporation of America
      Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
    • 1954 - 1964
      staff physicist, Buhl Planetarium and Institute Popular Science
      Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
    • 1983 - 2003
      owner

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