Background
Wessel, James Kenneth was born on August 18, 1939 in Batavia, Ohio, United States. Son of Louis Henry and Esther Alberta (Baumann) Wessel.
Wessel, James Kenneth was born on August 18, 1939 in Batavia, Ohio, United States. Son of Louis Henry and Esther Alberta (Baumann) Wessel.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Cincinnati, 1962.
Product engineer, Dow Corning Corporation, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 1962-1968; supervisor technical service & development, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Michigan, 1969-1971; economics evaluator, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Michigan, 1971-1972; manager government marketing, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Michigan, 1972-1974; manager automotive R & D, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Michigan, 1974-1977; manager contract R & D, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Michigan, 1977-1979; chairman product management group, Dow Corning Corporation, Midland, Michigan, 1977-1979; director R & D, Dow Corning Wright Corporation, Memphis, 1979-1985; director cooperative R & D, Dow Corning Corporation, Washington, 1985-1990; director federal business development, Dow Corning Corporation, Washington, since 1990.
Member American Society for Microbiology (secretary government affairs committee), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Federation Material Societies (trustee since 1990), American Ceramic Society.
Married Helen Jean Esz, August 6, 1960. Children: Jeffrey Allen, Mark Adam.