Background
III, Edgar Allen O'Rear was born on February 24, 1953 in Jasper, Alabama, United States. Son of Edgar Allen O'Rear Junior and Edith Idzorek.
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Edgar Allen O'Rear III
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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Rice U., 1975; Master of Science in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Rice U., 1981.
Career
Research engineer, Exxon Research and Engineering, Baytown, Texas, summer 1975;
assistant professor to associate professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1981-1991;
Conoco distinguished lecturer, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1987-1992;
professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, since 1991;
associate dean research College Engineering, University Oklahoma, Norman, since 1995. Visiting senior researcher Hitachi Center Research Laboratory, Kokubunji, Japan, summer 1988. Visiting scientist Rikagaku Kenkyūsho-Institute for Physicians and Chemical Research, Wako-Shi, Japan, summer 1992.
Visiting professor Chulalongkorn U., Bangkok, Thailand. Consultant Boehringer-Mannheim, Indianapolis, Baxter-Travenol, Deerfield, Illinois, Associated Metallurgists, Norman. Co-founder Institute for Applied Surfactant Research.
Organizer symposia; reviewer for funding agys. and professional journals.
Achievements
Membership
Usher, member parish county St. Thomas More U. Parish, Norman, GlenMary Home Missioners. People to People Physical Scientist Delaware to China. Mentor Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Norman, 1984-1986.
Member AIChE, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society Biorheology (secretary general 1992-1999), Am.Chem. Society, Tau Beta Pi.
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Religion
Roman Catholic
Awards
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Recipient Faculty Research award Sigma Xi, 1986. Research grantee National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Whitaker Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, American Heart Association, Department of Defense.Recipient Faculty Research award Sigma Xi, 1986. Research grantee National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Whitaker Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, American Heart Association, Department of Defense.