Background
Brinsmade, Akbar Fairchild was born on May 31, 1917 in Puebla, Mexico. Son of Robert Bruce and Helen Steenbock Brinsmade.
chemical engineering consultant
Brinsmade, Akbar Fairchild was born on May 31, 1917 in Puebla, Mexico. Son of Robert Bruce and Helen Steenbock Brinsmade.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1939. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1942. Postgraduate, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1945—1946.
Postgraduate, New York University, 1947—1949. Postgraduate, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1967—1973.
General manager Cia. Minera SnFrancisco y Anex., San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 1939—1940. Senior research engineer Shell Oil Corporation Inc., Houston and New York City, 1942—1948. Project manager International Industrial Consultant, New York City and Caracas, 1949—1950.
Managing director Promotora Nacional de Industrial, Caracas, 1952—1957. Research and development engineer Hercules Powder Company, Rocket Center, West Virginia, 1959—1964. Research engineering specialist Chrysler Space Division, New Orleans, 1966—1969.
Chemical engineering consultant to major United States and foreign corporations, since 1969.
Chairman Citizens for Goldwater, Allegany County, Maryland, 1964. Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member National Society of Professional Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, Louisiana Engineering Society (professional engineer), Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Married Juanita Phillips, June 16, 1944. Children: Anne Hudson Brinsmade, Robert Bruce P., Charlotte Lynn Brinsmade.