Background
Gryting, Harold Julian was born on December 31, 1919 in Belview, Minnesota, United States. Son of Reier Elling and Julia Mathilda (Olsen) Gryting.
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Harold Julian Gryting
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Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Saint Olaf College, 1941. Student North Dakota State University, 1941-1942. Doctor of Philosophy (Alrose Chemical Company fellow, Air Force fellow, Mallinckrodt fellow, Westinghouse fellow), Purdue University, 1947.
Certified professional chemist, chemical engineer
Career
Graduate assistant chemistry North Dakota State University, 1941-1942. Chemist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours & Company, Incorporated., Joliet, Illinois, 1942-1943. Chemist Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, 1947-1952, head explosives research branch, 1952-1965, technical assistant for explosives, 1965-1972, associate head Applied Research and Processing division, 1972-1974, safety and technical coordinator, 1974-1975, senior research chemist, 1975-1980.
Consultant department energetic systems Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, since 1980.
President Gryting Energetics Science Company, 1988. Vice president research Environmental Enterprises, Incorporated., 1990.
Chairman Joint Army, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Air Force, Navy Safety and Environmental Working Group, 1973-1977. Member steering committee 1973-1980.
Chairman.initiators committee Joint Technology Coordinating Group Air Launched Nonnuclear Ordnance Working Party for Fuzes, 1975-1980, chairman qualification committee working party for explosives, 1971-1980, representative United States-United Kingdom Agreements, Washington and London, 1978-1980.
Member qualifications committee American Institute Chemist, 1993. Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts American, 1973-1977, scoutmaster, 1977-1980, scouting coordinator Post 314, San Antonio, since 1981. Member Republican presidential task force, 1988.
Active Lutheran Lay Evangelist Corps, 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, 1973—1980, scouting coordinator, since 1981, member representative presidential task force, since 1988. Active member Lutheran Lay Evangelist Corps., since 1991. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists (upgrade review com fellow since 1993).
Member: Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda, New York Academy of Sciences, American Defense Preparedness Association, Research Society of America, American Chemical Society (chairman Mohave Desert section 1959, 1974), National Space Society.
Connections
Married Barbara Jean Ruggles, June 25, 1954. Children: Corrine Suzanne, Paul Julian.
