Background
Lowi, Alvin was born on July 21, 1929 in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. Son of Alvin R. and Janice (Haas) Lowi.
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Alvin Lowi
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Alvin Lowi, American Mechanical engineer, consultant. Registered professor engineer, California. Served to Lieutenant United States Navy, 1951-1954, Korea. Fellow Institute Humane Studies; member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NSPE, Society Automotive Engineers, Society American Inventors, Southern Bay Chamber Music Society, Scabbard and Blade, Pi Tau Sigma.
Education
BME, Georgia Institute Technology, 1951; Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 1956-1961.
Career
Design engineer, Garrett Corporation, Los Angeles, 1956-1958;
member technical staff, TRW, El Segundo, California, 1958-1960;
member technical staff, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, 1960-1966;
principal, Alvin Lowi and Associations, San Pedro, since 1966;
president, Terraqua Inc., San Pedro, California, 1968-1976;
vice president, Daeco Fuels and Engineering Company, Wilmington, California, since 1978;
also board directors, Daeco Fuels and Engineering Company
president, Lion Engineering, Inc. Visiting research professor of University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1972-1974. Senior lecturer Free Enterprise Institute, Monterey Park, California, 1961-1971.
Board directors Southern California TissueBank. Research fellow Heather Foundation, San Pedro, since 1966.
Achievements
Membership
Served to Lieutenant United States Navy, 1951-1954, Korea. Fellow Institute Humane Studies. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, NSPE, Society Automotive Engineers, Society American Inventors, Southern Bay Chamber Music Society, Scabbard and Blade, Pi Tau Sigma.
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Connections
Married Guillermina Gerardo Alverez, May9, 1953. Children: David Arthur, Rosamina, Edna Vivian, Alvin III.
