Background
Thelen, Edmund was born on May 8, 1913 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Paul and Alice (Arnold) Thelen.
Thelen, Edmund was born on May 8, 1913 in Berkeley, California, United States. Son of Paul and Alice (Arnold) Thelen.
Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1934.
Assistant chemist Certain-Teed Products Corporation, Richmond, California, 1934-1935;chemist O. C. Field Gasoline Corporation, Santa Maria, California, 1936-1941. Assistant manager Eclipse Pioneer division Bendix Corporation, Teterboro, New Jersey, 1946-1947;senior research chemist Franklin Institute Research laboratories, Philadelphia, 1947-1951,manager colloids and polymers branch, 1951-1974, vice-president, director physical and life science department, 1974-1976, Institute fellow, secretary commission on science and the arts, 1976-1982. President Safety Surface Corporation, 1983-1988.
Member Council for Deliveryof Dental Care, 1970-1985.
Board of Governors Franklin-Hahnemann Institute Occupational and Environmental Health, 1975-1980, Mayor"s Science and Technology Advisory Committee on Environment, 1973-1980. Instructor dental medicine Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, 1964-1974.
Vice-president, director Pennsylvania Environmental Council, 1974-1985. Treasurer Home Health Services of Chester County and Vicinity, 1981-1986.
Board directors Neighborhood Visiting Nurse Association 1987-1993.
Board director Neighborhood Visiting Nurse Association, 1987-1993. With United States Navy, 1941-1945. Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1966.
Member Franklin Institute, Sierra Club (eastern Pennsylvania group chairman 1968, Atlantic chapter vice-chairman 1971-1973, founding chairman Pennsylvania chapter 1974), Retired Officers Association (treasurer Valley Forge chapter 1980-1985, vice president 1987, president 1988-1989, secretary 1994-1997), Toastmasters International (district governor 1960-1961), Sunday Breakfast Speaker Club (president 1960-1961), Sigma Xi, member, National Resources Defense Council, Southern Poverty Law Center.
Married Helen Naomi Betton, October 30, 1965. Children: Nancy Anne, Joan Arnold Thelen Hanson.