Background
Franson, Carl Irvin was born on October 17, 1934 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. Son of Gunnar Theodore and Ina Selena (Kamb) Franson.
educator aerospace material and process engineer
Franson, Carl Irvin was born on October 17, 1934 in Hibbing, Minnesota, United States. Son of Gunnar Theodore and Ina Selena (Kamb) Franson.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1956. Master of Business Administration, Santa Clara University, 1963.
Process engineer, Wyandotte (Michigan) Chemical Corporation, 1956-1959; materials and process engineer, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, California, 1959-1962; staff engineer, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, California, 1963-1968; development engineer, Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, California, 1962-1963; project engineer, McCormick Selph, A Teledyne Company, Hollister, California, 1968-1969; senior development engineer, Johnson Controls-Globe Union, Milwaukee, 1969-1970; senior chemical engineer, General Telephone-Lenkurt, San Carlos, California, 1970-1971; senior materials engineer, Ford Aerospace (Loral), Palo Alto, California, 1971-1991. Principal, entrepreneur Sigmaform Corporation, Menlo Park, 1963-1966. Educator Golden Gate U., San Francisco, 1973, Chabot College, Hayward, California, 1970.
Treasurer Valley League-San Francisco Symphony, 1987-1998. Docent San Francisco Symphony, 1993-1903. Member Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (exhibits chairman 1986 national symposium, historian 1974, co-founder Northern California chapter 1960), International Executive Service Corps.
(registered), Northern California Golf Association.
Married Adele Esther Haselton, June 29, 1968 (divorced 1969).
