Background
Merchant, Howard Carl was born on January 9, 1935 in Mount Vernon, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Hollis and Marie Louise (Allenbach) Merchant.
Merchant, Howard Carl was born on January 9, 1935 in Mount Vernon, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William Hollis and Marie Louise (Allenbach) Merchant.
Bachelor of Science, U.
Registered profile engineer, California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska. Research engineer Boeing Company, Seattle,1953-1958. Assistant professor of University Washington, Seattle, 1961-1963, associate professor, 1967-1974, ocean laboratory director, 1967-1971, professor mechanic engineering, Adjunct Professor geophysics, 1974-1982, affiliate professor mechanic engineering, 1982-1989, lecturer department management, 1982-1984.
Group leader, technical staff Sandia Laboratory, Livermore, California, 1965-1967.
Head vulnerability department, analytical engineer Physics International Company, San Leandro, California, 1965-1967. President MerEnCo, Incorporated., Bellevue, Washington, since 1982.
Consultant in field
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member Instrument Society American, Society of Automotive Engineers International, American Society for Microbiology International, Acoustical Society American, Marine Technology Society, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Society Experimental Mechanics, Institute Noise Control Engineering, Seattle Mountaineers.
Married Corolyn Louise McMinimee, June 11, 1960. Children: Mark Whitney, Martha Marie.