Arthur Greer Portz

Background

Portz, Arthur Greer was born on May 19, 1916 in Strasburg, Ohio, United States. Son of Francis Milton and Helen Harkness (Greer) Portz.

Education

AB, Wittenberg University, 1938. Postgraduate, Case Western Reserve University, 1940. Postgraduate, Cleveland State University, 1941.

Career

Metallurgical assistant, Republic Steel Corporation, Cleveland, 1939-1941; chief metallurgist, engineering manager, Cleveland (Ohio) Welding Company Division American Machine and Foundry Corporation, 1941-1956; chief metallurgist, superintendent heat treating department, Cleveland (Ohio) Rock Drill, La Roi Division Westinghouse Air Brake, 1956-1958; superintendent metal laboratories, National Tube Division United States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio., 1959; vice president & general manager, Kelly Plating Company, Cleveland, 1959-1960; manager metallurgical & joining engineering, assistant director materials and processes engineering, Cleveland Pnematic Company, I.C. Industries, Inc., 1960-1988; engring consultant, Cleveland Pnematic Company, I.C. Industries, Inc., 1988; engineering consultant, Cleveland Pneumatic Company PA Holdings, Henly Group, 1989. Instructor Cleveland State University, 1943-1945. Member Army Ordinance Industry Integration Committee Washington, 1941-1946, Ordinance Association, 1941-1956.

Speaker in field, since 1956.

Achievements

• Arthur Greer Portz has been listed as a noteworthy materials and processes engineer, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past president Kiwanis Education Fund, active in fund raising for college, church, Young Men’s Christian Association, Salvation Army. United States ambassador technical to New Zealand and Australia. Board trustees Beck Center for Cultural Arts, since 1992.

Member American Society Metals (life, member many committees and offices, since 1952, medallion 1962), American Welding Society (life, distinguished member, numerous committees and offices including chairman Cleveland section, 1956-1957, national chairman aerospace welding committee 1965-1972, national chairman mechanical testing committee since 1982), Society of Automotive Engineers (member national aerospace specifications committee 1949-1956), Western Reserve Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Kiwanis Club, (board directors Rocky River Ohio since 1965), Cleveland Yachting Club (director predicted log, 1976-1984, Cleveland City Club.

Interests

• Avocations: seamanship, art, golf, photography.

Connections

Married Betty Jane Hollinger, May 30, 1941 (deceased April 1969). Children: Holly Ann Koiro, Arthur Greer Junior. Married Naomi Kathleen (Metz), June 19, 1970 (deceased October 1990).

Father:

Francis Milton Portz

Mother:

Helen Harkness (Greer) Portz

Spouse:

Naomi Kathleen

Spouse:

Betty Jane Hollinger

child:

Holly Ann Koiro Portz

child:

Arthur Greer Junior Portz