Donald Ray Wiff

Background

Wiff, Donald Ray was born on February 19, 1936 in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. Son of Ernest and Mildred Bietta (Kreps) Wiff.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Capital U., 1958; Master of Arts in Physics, Kent (Ohio) State University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1967; Master of Business Administration in Business, U. Dayton, Ohio, 1981.

Career

From research associate to principal investigator, U. Dayton Research Institute, 1967-1985; from section head to senior technologist, Gencorp Inc./Corporation Research, Akron, Ohio., 1985-1996; senior research associate, Materials Directorate/Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio., since 1996. Member Akron Polymer Lecture Group, since 1985, chairman conference, 1993.

Achievements

• Donald Ray Wiff has been listed as a noteworthy Polymer physicist, manager, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman education committee Lutheran Church, Huber Heights, Ohio, 1970-1976, president, 1976-1978. Member Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, American Physical Society, American Management Association, British Institute Physics, European Physical Society, Society Rheology, Society Plastics Engineers, American Crystallographic Association, Sigma Pi Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

Married Carol June Skipper, August 25, 1962. Children: David S., Devin D., Daniel D.

Father:

Ernest Wiff

Mother:

Mildred Bietta (Kreps) Wiff

Spouse:

Carol June Skipper

child:

Daniel D. Wiff

child:

Devin D. Wiff

child:

David S. Wiff