Background
Rossano, August Thomas was born on February 1, 1916 in New York City. Son of August Thomas and Rosa (Cosenza) Rossano.
environmental engineering educator
Rossano, August Thomas was born on February 1, 1916 in New York City. Son of August Thomas and Rosa (Cosenza) Rossano.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1938. Master of Science, Harvard University, 1941. South Dakota, Harvard University, 1954.
Commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade), United States Public Health Service, 1941;
advanced through grades to captain, United States Public Health Service, 1955;
assigned, Headquarters United States Public Health Service, 1941, 48;
assigned, Taft Engineering Center, Cincinnati, 1954-1959;
retired, 1963;
professor air resource engineering, U. Washington, Seattle, 1963-1981;
professor emeritus, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1981;
president, Rossano Inc. Environmental Engineering Cons., since 1982. Visiting professor California Institute Technology, 1960-1963.
Member expert advisory panel on airpollution World Health Organization, Geneva, since 1960, Pan American Health Organisation, since 1975. Consultant European office World Health Organization, since 1960, unites states department Department of Health, Education and Welfare, since 1962, unites states department State, since 1962, unites states department Commerce, since 1962, State of Washington, since 1963, Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Agency, since 1967. Consultant goverments United States, Canada, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Republic of China, Peoples Republic ofChina, Belgium, Netherlands, Mexico, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Brazil, Peru, Chile, Barbados, P.R., Philippines, Venezuela, Curacao, also.
Smithsonian Institution and World Bank, various other national and multi-national corporations. Member subcommittee on hydrogen sulfide National Research Council. Board of directors Environmental Resources Associates, Bellevue Montessori School, Environmental Science Service division E.R.A., N.W. Environmental Sciences Ltd., Institute Executive Research, National Air Conservation Commission.
Lecturer applied physics and environment Bellevue Montessori School, WAsh., since 1981, Arbor Elementary School, Issaquah, Washington, since 1993. Lecturer in field; co-founder International Environmental Institute, 1988.
Served with C.E. Army of the United States. Member Harvard Public Health Alumni Association (president), Sigma Xi, Delta Omega (prize essay, 1951), Tau Beta Pi. Clubs: Bellevue Triangle Pool, Bellevue Athletic, Alderbrook (Washington) Golf and Yacht, Wapato Point Resort, Elliott Bay Yacht, Columbia Towers.
Married Margie Chrisney, December 6, 1944. Children: August Thomas III, Marilyn, Pamela, Jeannine, Renee, Christopher, Stephen, Teresa.