Background
Wakeham, Helmut Richard Rae was born on April 15, 1916 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Rae G. and Augusta (Beiss) Wakeham.
chemist Consulting company executive
Wakeham, Helmut Richard Rae was born on April 15, 1916 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Rae G. and Augusta (Beiss) Wakeham.
Bachelor of Arts, University Nebraska, 1936; Master of Arts, U. Nebraska, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1939.
Research chemist, Standard Oil Corporation California, 1939-1941;
Research chemist, Southern Regional Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, 1941-1947;
research associate, Institute Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1947-1949;
project head chemical-physics section, Textile Research Institute
also research director, Textile Research Institute, 1949-1956;
director, Ahmedabad (India) Textile Industries Research Association, 1956-1958;
staff assistant for research to vice president, Philip Morris, Inc., 1958-1959;
director research and development, Philip Morris, Inc., 1959-1961;
vice-president, director research and development, Philip Morris, Inc., 1961-1965;
vice president corporate research and development, Philip Morris, Inc., 1965-1975;
vice president science and technical, Philip Morris, Inc., 1975-1980;
vice president world tobacco technical group, Philip Morris, Inc., 1980-1982;
president, HRW Technology Associations Inc., 1982-1993. Chairman MEGG Associations, Inc., since 1984. President Vigor corporation, 1985-1987.
Member Science communications of CORESTA (international tobacco research organization), 1966-1972. General.chmn. CORESTA/TCRC Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1972. Chairman National Conference Administration Research, 1970.
Member general advising committee Textile Research Institute, 1961-1965. Member tobacco working group National Cancer Institute, 1967-1976. Session chairman National Cancer Plan Workshop, 1971.
President Robert E. Lee council Boy Scouts American, 1972-1975. President Science Museum of Virginia Foundation, 1974-1977, Virginia Center for Performing Arts, 1980-1985. Chairman Carpenter Court for Performing Arts.
Executive vice president Richmond Symphony, 1976-1979, president, 1979-1981, chairman, 1981-1983. Fellow American Institute Chemists, Textile Institute (Great Britain), Virginia Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (chairman local program section 1943-1945, Distinguished Chemist award Virginia section 1982), Fiber Society (program chairman, councilor 1950-1955), American Institute Physics.
Married Kathleen Ferguson, June 22, 1939. Children: Stuart, Susan, Rosemary.