Background
Bridger, Grover Leon was born on July 11, 1911 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Grover Cleveland and May (Beckham) Bridger.
Bridger, Grover Leon was born on July 11, 1911 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Grover Cleveland and May (Beckham) Bridger.
Bachelor of Science, Rice Institute, 1933, Master of Arts, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State College, 1938.
Graduate assistant, instructor chemical engineering Iowa State College, Ames, 1935-1938, head department chemical and mining engineering, also in charge chemical engineering divisions Engineering Experiment Station and Ames Laboratory of Atomic Energy Commission, 1947-1955. Instructor chemical engineering Rice Institute, 1938-1939. Project leader and chief of process development division Tennessee Valley Authority, Wilson Dam, Alabama, 1939-1947.
Professor chemical engineering Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1964-1978, director School Chemical Engineering, 1968-1978.
Consultant chemical engineer, 1947-1978, director agricultural chemical research Davison Chemical Company Baltimore, 1955-1957, West.R. Grace & Company, 1957-1964. Consultant on development of recently discovered phosphate deposits in Southern Rhodesia (visited area in 1948, 50).
Smith-Mundt appointee to New Zealand to survey fertilizer production problems summer 1951. Registered profile engineer, Iowa, Georgia, Maryland.
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Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineers. Member American Society Engineering Education, American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Elizabeth Lou Everett, August 2, 1941. Children: Carolyn A., Susan East., Ellen East., Elizabeth L. Engaged in plant operations and research Shell Petroleum Corporation.