Edward August Giess

Background

Giess, Edward August was born on September 12, 1929 in Mineola, New York, United States. Son of Edward Ernest and Ruth (Osterheld) Giess.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Ceramic Engineering, State University of New York, 1951; Master of Science in Ceramic Technology, State University of New York, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Ceramics, State University of New York, 1958.

Career

Research engineer, Titanox Division National Lead Company, Sayreville, New Jersey, 1952-1955; International Business Machines Corporation research staff member, T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, 1958-1992; Adjunct Professor department electrical engineering, U. North Carolina, Charlotte, 1992-1997.

Achievements

• Edward August Giess has been listed as a notable Crystal growth scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Town Planning Board, Somers, New York, 1976-1985, North Salem, 1991-1992. Member vestry church board St. Patrick Episcopal Church, Mooresville, 1994. Fellow AIChe, American Ceramic Society (chair electronics division ferroelectrics subcommittee 1968-1970, chair educational committee, 1972-1974).

Member American Association Crystal Growth (vice president 1981-1984, Executive Committee since 1975, symposium chair since 1984, chair crystal growth conference 1982), Materials Research Society, Lambda Chi.

Connections

Married Rosemary Fredrica Laws, August 15, 1953. Children: James Edward, Ronald John, Benjamin Paul.

Father:

Edward Ernest Giess

Mother:

Ruth (Osterheld) Giess

Spouse:

Rosemary Fredrica Laws

child:

Benjamin Paul Giess

child:

James Edward Giess

child:

Ronald John Giess