Background
Strazdins, Edward was born on September 19, 1918 in More, Latvia. Son of Juris and Anna (Smits) Strazdins.
Strazdins, Edward was born on September 19, 1918 in More, Latvia. Son of Juris and Anna (Smits) Strazdins.
Student, University Latvia, Riga, 1939-1943; Master of Science, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany, 1949; postgraduate, Polymers Polytechnic Institute, 1953.
Assistant supervisor, Baltic Pulp & Paper Mills, Sloka, Latvia., 1942-1944; principal research scientist, American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, Connecticut, 1949-1985; private practice manufacturing consultant, Fairfield, Connecticut, since 1985.
Chairman Lutheran Church Summer Camp, Elka Park, New York, 1965-1970. Fellow Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry (Divisional award, Harris O. Ware prize). Member American Chemical Society.
Married Vera Gosts (divorced 1978). Children: Baiba, Anne. Married Sally Bateman, June 21, 1986.