Benjamin Michael George Zwicker

Background

Zwicker, Benjamin Michael George was born on July 11, 1915 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Son of Henry Otto and Ethel Katherin (Burnett) Zwicker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Whitman College, 1935. Master of Science, University Washington, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1940.

Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1962.

Career

Research chemist Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Akron, Ohio, 1940—1943. Director, synthetic rubber research and development B.F. Chemical, 1943—1950, director, technical planning Cleveland, 1950—1970, director, technical planning and toxicology, 1970—1978. Instructor University California, San Diego, 1985.

Consultant, since 1985. Visiting scholar Institute Marine Resources Foundation Ocean Research, since 1977, Institute Continued Learning University California, San Diego, La Jolla, since 1977, Scripps Institute Oceanology, La Jolla, since 1980. Speakers bureau, junior & senior High School science classes, La Jolla, since 1978.

Achievements

• Benjamin Michael George Zwicker has been listed as a noteworthy consultant, industrial laboratory executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, church adult choir Our Mother of Confidence, San Diego, 1978—1984.

Connections

Married Kathryn Marie, June 6, 1942. Children: Rebecca Maris Corwin, Harry Richard.

Father:

Henry Otto Zwicker

Mother:

Ethel Katherin (Burnett) Zwicker

Spouse:

Kathryn Marie

child:

Harry Richard Zwicker

child:

Rebecca Maris Corwin Zwicker