Background
Farrior, Gilbert Mitchell was born on December 21, 1923 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Alexander and Dora Thorn (Mitchell) Farrior.
Farrior, Gilbert Mitchell was born on December 21, 1923 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Alexander and Dora Thorn (Mitchell) Farrior.
Butyrylcholinesterase, North Carolina State University, 1948. MEngr Physics, North Carolina State University, 1949. Master of Science, University Tennessee, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy in Metallurgical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1965. Graduate, Army War College, 1973.
Engineer smelting division, Aluminum Company of America, Alcoa, Tennessee, 1953-1955; research metallurgist, United States bureau of Mines, Norris, Tennessee, 1959-1965; research metallurgist, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1965-1968; senior research metallurgist, Kawecki-Berylco, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 1968-1981; senior scientist, ALUMAX Engineered Metal Processes, St. Louis, 1981-1996; retired, ALUMAX Engineered Metal Processes, St. Louis, 1996. Consultant Milward Alloys, Lockport, New York, 1981-1986.
Corporal United States Marine Corps, 1944-1946. Sergeant North Carolina National Guard, 1946-1948. Lieutenant ORC, 1948-1951.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1951-1953. Captain Tennessee National Guard, 1955-1964. Colonel United States Army Reserve, 1964-1978.
Member American Society for Metals (senior), Metallurgical Society (senior), Sigma Xi.
Married Patricia Fowler, May 10, 1952. Children: Barbara Linda Farrior Kovalsky, Patricia Ann, Marian Louise.