Background
Vause, Edwin Hamilton was born on March 30, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry Russell and Sylvia Clair (Webster) Vause.
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Edwin Hamilton Vause
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Education
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1947; Master of Sciences, University Illinois, 1948; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1952; Honorary Doctor of Science, U. Evansville, 1977.
Career
Engineer, research department, Standard Oil Corporation, Indiana, 1948-1952; assistant general foreman manufacturing department, Standard Oil Corporation, 1952-1957; director research administration, Mead Johnson & Company, Evansville, Indiana, 1957-1960; vice president, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio., 1960-1966; vice president, administration director, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, 1966-1967; executive vice president, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, 1967-1971; vice president for science and technical, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, 1971-1988. Trustee The Foundation Center, 1967-1973. Member of advisory committee Academy Forum, National Academy Sciences.
Achievements
Membership
Vice-president Washington Township Board Education, 1963-1967. Member Centerville-Washington Township Joint Planning Commission, 1967-1968. Member of advisory board Center for Students Rights, Dayton, 1966-1970.
Active Boy Scouts American. Member American Institute Chemical Engineers (past chairman Chicago section), New York Academy Sciences, Agricultural Research Institute, National Industry State Agricultural Research Council.
Connections
Married Harriet Evelyn Oestmann, June 30, 1951. Children— Karen L., Russell E., Kurt H., DirkC., Luke E.
