Background
Sunderlin, Charles Eugene was born on September 28, 1911 in Reliance, South Dakota, United States.
Sunderlin, Charles Eugene was born on September 28, 1911 in Reliance, South Dakota, United States.
Bachelor of Arts Montana, 1933. Bachelor, Master of Arts (Rhodes scholar), Oxford University, England, 1936. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1939.
Instructor chemistry, Union College, 1938-1941;
instructor, assistant professor, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1941-1943, 45-46;
science liason officer, United States Office Naval Research, London, 1946-1947;
deputy science director, United States Office Naval Research, London, 1948-1949;
science director, United States Office Naval Research, London, 1949-1951;
deputy director, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1951-1957;
deputy director, Union Carbide European Research Associations, 1957-1962;
research manager defense and space systems, Union Carbide Corporation, 1962-1965;
special assistant to president, National Academy Sciences, Washington, 1965-1969;
vice president, secretary, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1969-1976;
special assistant, National Science Board, Washington, 1976-1978;
executive secretary, staff director, Committee on 10th National Science Board Report, Washington, 1976-1978. United States delegate 6th and 7th General Assemblies Internat Council Science Unions, Amsterdam, 1952, Oslo, 1955. Member working party on Establishment of International Advisory Committee on Science Research, Paris, 1953.
Meeting of Dirs. National Research Centers, Milan, 1955, Symposium on Organisation and Administration, Applied Research, Vienna, 1956. Member Committee Experts on Scientists' Rights, Paris, 1953, National Academy Sciences Workshop on Industrial Development Taiwan, Republican of China, 1968. Chairman American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics/American Society of Mechanical Engineers 9th Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, 1968.
Treasurer, board directors Engineers and Scientists Committee, Inc., People to People Program.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chemical Society (London). Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Chemical Society, Faraday Society, Royal Institution Great Britain, Society Chemical Industry, New York Academy of Sciences, Wadham Association United States, United Oxford and Cambridge University Club, International Club, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Son of Glen Eugene and Frances (Smith) S. Married Sylvia Alice Sweetman, July 8, 1936. Children: Ann Elizabeth, Mary Cornelia, Katherine Patricia, William Dana.