Elbert Orla Sowerwine

Background

Sowerwine,, Elbert Orla was born on March 15, 1915 in Tooele, Utah, United States. Son of Elbert Orla and Margaret Alice (Evans).

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Cornell University, 1937. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 1938.

Career

Analytical chemist Raritan Copper Works, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, summers 1936-1937. Research chemical engineer Socony-Vacuum Oil Co, Paulsboro, 1938-1943. Production supervisor Merck & Company, Elkton, Virginia, 1943-1945.

Assistant plant manager United States Industrial Chemicals Company, Newark, 1945-1948. Project engineer, research director Wigton-Abbott Corporation, 1948-1950, Cody, Wyoming, 1950-1955. Consultant engineering, planning, industrial and community development, resource evaluation and management, Wapiti, Wyoming, also Center American, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, 1955-1998, retired 1998.

Achievements

• Achievements include research in desulfurization of petroleum products, process control, alternate energy projects.

Membership

Commissioner New Jersey Boy Scouts American, 1938-1943. Member Wapiti and Park County (Wyoming) School Boards, 1954-1958. Director Montana State Planning Board, 1959-1961.

Executive board Missouri Basin Research and Development Council, 1959-1961. Fellow Am, Institute Chemists. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Planning Association, Nicaraguan Association Engineers and Architects.

Connections

Son of; married Norma Borge. Children: Sue-Ann Sowerwine Jacobson, Sandra Sowerwine Montgomery, Elbert Orla 3d, John Frederick, Avril Sowerwine Taylor, Albaro Francisco, Octavio Evans, Zaida Sowerwine Roberts.

Father:

Elbert Orla Son

Mother:

Margaret Alice (Evans) Son

Spouse:

Norma Borge

child:

Avril Sowerwine Taylor Sowerwine,

child:

Zaida Sowerwine Roberts Sowerwine,

child:

Elbert Orla 3d Sowerwine,

child:

Albaro Francisco Sowerwine,

child:

Sandra Sowerwine Montgomery Sowerwine,

child:

Sue-Ann Sowerwine Jacobson Sowerwine,

child:

Octavio Evans Sowerwine,

child:

John Frederick Sowerwine,