Background
Hummel, Floyd A. was born on September 28, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Floyd A. Hummel
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Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1937. Master of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1948.
Career
Ceramic chemist Onondaga Pottery Company, Syracuse, New York, 1937—1941, Corning Glass Works, 1941—1944. Assistant professor Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1948—1952, associate professor, 1952—1957, professor ceramic science, 1957—1959, professor emeritus, from 1979, head department, 1963—1967, chair ceramic science section materials science department, 1967—1969, consultant.
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Fellow: Mineralogical Society Am, American Ceramic Society (chair basic science division 1962, president ceramic educational council 1965-1966, trustee basic science division 1966-1969, chair advisory board 1969-1973, editorial advisory board 1973-1981, Ross Coffin Purdy award 1951, Bachelor of Science Meyer, Junior award 1960, Bleininger award 1983). Member: Keramos, Pennsylvania Ceramics Association (director 1962, secretary-treasurer 1964-1969), British Ceramic Society, Mineralogical Society of Canada, American Chemical Society (emeritus), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.
