Background
Winfield, Armand Gordon was born on December 28, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Winfield, Armand Gordon was born on December 28, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Graduate, Newark Academy, 1937. Bachelor of Science, Franklin and Marshall College, 1941. Postgraduate, University New Mexico, 1941—1942.
Postgraduate, Washington University, St. Louis, 1950.
Undergraduate teaching fellow Franklin and Marshall College, 1939-1941. Owner Winfield Fine Art in Jewelry, New York City, 1945-1948. Research director Hanley Plastics Company division Wallace Pencil Company, St. Louis, 1955-1957.
Plastic consultant engineer DeBell & Richardson, Inc., Hazardville, Connecticut, 1957-1964. Executive vice president Crystopal Ltd., 1963-1964. President, Chief Executive Officer Armand G. Winfield Incorporated, New York York City, West Babylon, New York, 1964—2004, Santa Fe, Albuquerque.
Member faculty Harris Teachers College, 1950. Department engineering Washington University, St. Louis, 1956, Yale University, Institute in Art, 1960-1961, Pratt Institute, 1964—1970. Research professor mechanical engineering, director training and research Institute for Plastics, U New Mexico, 1993—2004.
Retired, 2004
Adviser United States Information Agency on plastics show to tour Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1960-1961. Chairman Society of Petroleum Engineers Traveling Exhibn., Plastics-A New Dimention in Building, 1960-1962. Visiting critic in architect City College of New York, 1968.
Consultant industrial design department, faculty Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1964-1970. Instructor production methods, 1968-1970. Lecturer University Hartford University Kansas, 1970, University Arizona, 1978, California Polytechnic State University, 1980, instructor plastics, University Massachusetts, Lowell, 1978-1982.
Numerous others; adjunct professor plastics engineering University Lowell (Massachusetts), 1978-1981. Keynote speaker Acoplásticos conference, Cartagena, Colombia, 1986. Conceived and directed the building of 13 installation at New York Worlds Fair, 1962-1963.
University New Mexico delegate, paper presenter XVIII Pacific Science Congress, Beijing, 1995. Trustee Plascits Institute american, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1996-2000. United Nations Industrial Development Organization expert in newer fibers and composites, India, 1977, consultant glass fibers and composities, Colombia, 1979, low cost housing, India, 1977.
With United States Army, 1943-1944, World War II.
Member Volunteer in Technology Assistance, 1983. Board directors Santa Fe Crime Stoppers, 1980-1994, chairman, 1986, 87, carnival chairman, 1983, 84. Fellow Plastics and Rubber Institute (England 1970), Society Plastics Engineering, Society Plastics Engineers (senior member emeritus.
President We. New England section 1963-1964, vice president New York section 1968-1969, chairman regional technical conference 1967, historian annual technical conference 1968. Member Society Advancement Materials and Process Engineering (chapter chairman 1986, 87, 94, 95, 96, 97, editor newsletter 1987, 94, 95, special status honorary senior member life 1994, chapter board directors since 1998). Society Plastic Industry, Plastics Pioneers Association.
Married Nancy Ethal Ufford, 1946 (divorced 1946). Married Lillian Tsukea Kubota, June 8, 1951 (deceased December 1965). Married Barbara Jane La Barge, July 23, 1966 (deceased May 1992).
Married Vaclava Ianiuviere, 2002 (divorced 2005).