Background
Backensto, Arthur Byron was born on June 6, 1926 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Arthur Byron Senior and Nina Pearl (Lichtenwalner) Backensto.
Backensto, Arthur Byron was born on June 6, 1926 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Arthur Byron Senior and Nina Pearl (Lichtenwalner) Backensto.
Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1948. Master of Metallurgical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1955.
Research associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, 1948-1955; metallurgical engineer, Bendix Corporation, Troy, 1955-1958; manager powder metallurgy research, Alan Wood Steel Company, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, 1958-1964; manager development lab, metals group, Glidden Company, Hammond, Indiana, 1964-1966; manager development and quality control, Supply Chain Management Corporation, Hammond, 1966-1968; manager metals development, Supply Chain Management Corporation, Hammond, 1968-1976; manager plant laboratory, Supply Chain Management Metal Products, Inc., Hammond, 1976-1986; consultant, Crown Point, Indiana, since 1986.
Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member American Society for Testing and Materials (secretary commission on metal powders and metal powder products 1970-1981, Executive Committee since 1982, Award of Merit 1987), American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, American Society for Microbiology International, American Powder Metallurgy Institute International (chair Chicago section 1974-1975), Metal Powder Prodrs. Association (chair Studies. committee since 1982), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi (president New York Gamma chapter 1948).
Married Alethea Eugenia Gervais, June 30, 1951. Children: Arthur Byron III, Karen Lee Backensto Kavanagh.