Background
Pettit, Frederick Sidney was born on March 10, 1930 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edwin Humes and Edith Mae (Barnecut) Pettit.
researcher metallurgical engineering educator
Pettit, Frederick Sidney was born on March 10, 1930 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Edwin Humes and Edith Mae (Barnecut) Pettit.
Bachelor in Engineering, Yale University, 1952. Master in Engineering, Yale University, 1960. Doctor in Engineering, Yale University, 1962.
Junior engineer Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1952-1954. Engineer Avco-Lycoming, Stratford, Connecticut, 1957-1958. Postdoctoral student Max Planck Institute Physical Chemistry, Gottingen, Federal Republic Germany, 1962-1963.
Senior staff scientist Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1963-1979. Professor metallurgical-material engineering department, chairman University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1979-1988, professor, 1988—2006, professor emeritus, since 2006, Harry S. Tack professor materials engineering, 1992—2006. Member advisory board Journal Oxidation of Metals, Plenum Press, New York, since 1975.
1st lt United States Marine Corps, 1954-1957. Member Metallurgical Society (program director 1982-1983), Electrochemical Society (secretary-treasurer high temperature materials division 1979-1983), American Society Metals, Materials Research Society.
Married Lou-Jean Mary Corso, August 30, 1958. Children: Frederick N., Theodore E., John C., Charles A.