Background
Swarts, Elwyn Lowell was born on February 26, 1929 in Hornell, New York, United States. Son of Elwyn Devillo and Anna Gertrude (Zimmerman) Swarts.
Swarts, Elwyn Lowell was born on February 26, 1929 in Hornell, New York, United States. Son of Elwyn Devillo and Anna Gertrude (Zimmerman) Swarts.
AB, Hamilton College, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1954.
Member of staff, Alfred (New York) U., 1953-1956; research chemist, Knolls Atomic Laboratory General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, 1956-1957; research chemist, Glass Technology Laboratory General Electric Company, Cleveland, 1957-1959; staff scientist Glass Research and Development Center, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries Inc., Pittsburgh, since 1959.
Fellow American Ceramic Society (chairman glass division 1975-1976). Member Pennsylvania Ceramic Association (board directors 1988-1991), American Chemical Society.
Married Rachel Ann Homet, August 28, 1954. Children: Heidi J., Andrew L., Adam J.