Background
Csendes, Ernest was born on March 2, 1926 in Satu-Mare, Szatmár-Németi, Romania. Came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1955. Son of Edward O. and Sidonia (Littman) Csendes.
chemist corporate and financial executive
Csendes, Ernest was born on March 2, 1926 in Satu-Mare, Szatmár-Németi, Romania. Came to the United States, 1951, naturalized, 1955. Son of Edward O. and Sidonia (Littman) Csendes.
Bachelor, Protestant College, Hungary, 1944. Bachelor of Science, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1948. Master of Science, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1951.
Research assistant chemistry, U. Heidelberg, 1950-1951;
research associate biochemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1952;
research fellow chemistry, Harvard University, 1952-1953;
research chemist organic chemicals department, Éleuthère Irénée Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1953-1956;
elastomer chemicals department, Éleuthère Irénée Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1956-1961;
director research and development agricultural chemicals division, Armour & Company, Atlanta, 1961-1963;
vice president corporation development, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Los Angeles, 1963-1964;
executive vice president research, engineering and development, member Executive Committee, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Los Angeles, 1964-1968;
chief operating officer, executive vice president, director, Occidental Research and Engineering Corporation, Los Angeles, London, Moscow, 1963-1968. Managing director Occidental Research and Engineering (United Kingdom) Ltd., London, 1964-1968;president, Chief Executive Officer TRI Group, London, Amsterdam, Rome and Bermuda, 1968-1984. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Micronic Technologies, Inc., Los Angeles, 1981-1985.
Managing partner Inter-Consult Ltd., Pacific Palisades, California. International consultant on technical, economics.feasibility and management, since 1984. President, Chief Executive Officer, chief technical officer General Grinding Corporation, Los Angeles, since 1991.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Eden Management Ltd., Los Angeles and London, since 1993.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists, Royal Society Chemistry (London). Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, SMME, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, German Chemical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, American Concrete Institute, American Water Works Association, American Mathematical Society International, Academy Political Science, National Defense and Industrial Association, Sigma Xi.
Son of Edward O. and Sidonia (Littman) C. m. Catharine Vera Tolnai, February 7, 1953. Children: Audrey Carol, Robert Alexander Edward.