Background
Drimmer, Bernard E. was born on July 31, 1917 in New York City. Son of David and Rebecca (Kupferschmidt) Drimmer.
Drimmer, Bernard E. was born on July 31, 1917 in New York City. Son of David and Rebecca (Kupferschmidt) Drimmer.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, City College of New York, 1938.
Clerical positions, 1938-1941; analytical chemist, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, 1941-1942; analytical chemist, United States Bureau Mines, College Park, Maryland., 1942-1944; gaseous diffusion engineer, Columbia University, New York City, 1944; gaseous diffusion engineer, Carbide & Carbon Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1944-1946; explosives research physicist, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Indian Head & White Oak, Maryland., 1946-1950; project engineer explosives, United States Army Office of Chief of Ordnance, Washington, 1950-1952; production engineer, United States Atomic Energy Committee, Washington, 1952-1953; Brussels representative, United States Navy Ordnance Technology Office, Brussels, 1953-1956; explosives research branch head, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Maryland., 1956-1963; research director explosives and propellants, United States Navy Bureau Naval Weapons, Washington, 1963-1966; research director explosives, propellants and batteries, United States Naval Ordnance Sys. Command, Washington and Arlington, Virginia, 1966-1974; private practice consultant explosives and rockets, various corporations, Arlington & Silver Spring, Virginia, Maryland., 1974-1979; explosives engineer, VSE Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia, 1979-1990; consultant explosives, VSE Corporation, Arlington, since 1990.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington Philosophical Society, National Geographic Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Mary E. Bauckman Edwards, September 3, 1966 (divorced September 1984). Married Anne R. Yumkas Gordon, December 1, 1993.