Background
Becket, Frederick Mark was born on January 11, 1875 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Robert Anderson and Anne (Wilson) Becket.
Becket, Frederick Mark was born on January 11, 1875 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Robert Anderson and Anne (Wilson) Becket.
Bachelor of Applied Science, McGill University, 1895. Doctor of Laws, McGill University, 1934. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1899, graduate study, 1900-1902, Doctor of Science, 1929.
Came to the United States, 1895, naturalized citizen, 1918. With Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1895-1896, Acker Process Company, at Jersey City, New Jersey, 1896-1898, at Niagara Falls, New York, 1899-1900, Ampere Electrochemical Company, 1902-1903, Niagara Research laboratories, 1903-1906. With Electro Metallurgical Company and Union Carbide corporation since 1906.
Consultant Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Institute of City of New New York Member 1936), Mining and Metallurgical Society America, American Society for Metals, Iron and Steel Institute of London.
Clubs: Chemists’ (president 1939), Engineers’, Mining, Niagara (Niagara Falls).
Married Geraldine McBride, October 8, 1908. Children: Ethelwynne (Mistress Paul H. Folwell), Ruth Alene (Mistress Ruth Becket Trauter).