Background
Clevenger, Galen Howell was born on September 1, 1879 in Pike, New York, United States. Son of Galen Smith and Lila Eleanor (Howell) Clevenger.
Clevenger, Galen Howell was born on September 1, 1879 in Pike, New York, United States. Son of Galen Smith and Lila Eleanor (Howell) Clevenger.
Bachelor of Science, South. Dakota State School of Mines, Rapid City, South Dakot, 1901, Engineer of Mines, 1908. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1903.
Metallurgical Engineer, Leland Stanford Junior University, 1906.
Proprietor of cyanide process plant, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1899-1901. Assayer and chemist Dakota Mining & Milling Company, Deadwood, South Dakota, 1901-1902.
Research metallurgist, National Smelting Company, Rapid City, 1903-1904.
Superintendent gold reduction mill, Horseshoe Mining Company, Terry, South Dakota, 1904-1905. Instructor metallurgy, Stanford University, 1905-1906.
Special assistant United States Geological Survey, in charge electric smelting experiments, Portland, Oregon, 1905 (leave of absence from Stanford). In practice as consulting metallurgist, San Francisco, 1906-1909.
Sucessively assistant associate and reserach professor metallurgy, Stanford University, 1909-1918.
Metallurgist United States Bureau Mines in charge coöperative investigation of treatment of manganese-silver ores for United States Bureau Mines and Mines Service of Netherlands East. Indies Government, also in charge metallurgical investigations for production of war minerals for bureau of Mines. Chairman of the section on metallurgy, Division of Engineering National Research Council, Washington, District of Columbia, 1919, v. chairman Division of Engineering, 1920-1923. Consulting metallurgist Cia Real del Monte y Pachuca, Mexico, 1919-1920.
Consulting metallurgist, United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Company, since 1921.
Member of executive board American Engineering Council, 1922-1923. Member board directors Engineering Foundation, 1926-1931, vice chairman, 1929-1930. Member American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (director 1920-1926), Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, American Chemical Society, American Electro-Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.
Clubs: Engineers’ (New York).
Married Alice Emily Clemens, June 30, 1903. Children: Lila Clemens, Galen William, Alice C. (deceased).