Background
White, Edmund William was born on July 8, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edmund Britten and Grace Salome (Faunce) White.
White, Edmund William was born on July 8, 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edmund Britten and Grace Salome (Faunce) White.
Bachelor, Columbia College, 1940. Bachelor of Science, Columbia School Engineering, 1941. MChemE, Columbia School Engineering, 1942.
Doctor of Philosophy, Lehigh University, 1952.
Junior chemist Westvaco Chlorine Products corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1942-1944. Chemical engineer C.L. Mantel, New York City, 1946-1947, Diamond Alkali Company, Painesville, Ohio, 1947-1949. Graduate assistant Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1949-1951.
Senior chemist Cities Service Research and Development Company, various cities, New Jersey, 1951-1959, 1964—1965, Athabasca Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1960-1964. Project manager United States Department Navy, Washington, 1965-1966. Research chemical engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center, Annapolis, Maryland, 1966-1995.
Retired, 1995
Consultant in field. Member United States delegate to International Organization for Standardization TC 28 meetings in Budapest, 1990, Philadelphia, 1992, Paris, 1994. Member Quadripartite Navies group on Fuels, Lubricants and Allied Products, member United States delegate, Ottawa, Canada, 1989, Canberra, Australia, 1991.
Meeting co-chairman Annapolis, Maryland, 1993, Windsor, United Kingdom, 1995. Presenter in field.
Treasurer, vice president, president school PTAs, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1968-1979. Den father, member troop committee Boy Scouts American, Silver Spring, 1966-1975. Ensign United States Navy, 1944-1946.
Fellow American Society for Testing and Materials (chair task force, section subcommittee, committee 1967-2007, member award of merit committee 1996-1998, member coordinator committee on Flash Point 1989-1999, Award of Merit 1990, Scroll of Honor 1993, Award of Excellence 1999, Lowrie B. Sargent Junior award 2003, George V. Dyroff award, 2005). Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers (50 Year award), American Chemical Society (50 Year award), Potomac Curling Club (board directors, president 1982-1984), International Association for Stability and Handling of Liquid Fuels (honorary member, member steering committee 1985-1995, Honorary Membership award 1999), Sigma Xi.
Married Kathrine Nathalie Cadwallader, April 24, 1948. Children: Christine Louise, William Cadwallader, Thomas Edmund, James Christopher.