Background
Formo, Jerome Lionel was born on August 24, 1915 in Minneapolis. Son of John Martin and Jennie Marie (Imsdahl) Formo.
Formo, Jerome Lionel was born on August 24, 1915 in Minneapolis. Son of John Martin and Jennie Marie (Imsdahl) Formo.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Mathematics and Music, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, 1937; postgraduate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Teacher high school science, Verndale, Minnesota, 1937-1941;
chemist, Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1941-1943;
director plastics research, Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, 1943-1961;
vice president, Plastics Corporation American, 1961-1962;
consultant plastics, 1962-1963;
vice president research and development and engineering, Plastics Inc., St. Paul, 1963-1978;
consultant in plastics, Formo & Associations, Roseville, Minnesota, 1978-1993. Member unites states department Commerce Trade Mission Team to Poland representing United States Plastics Industry, 1959. Member International Executive Svc.
Corps, Guatemala, 1988, 92, El Salvador, 1989.
Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society (emeritus), Society Plastics Engineers (distinguished, president Upper Midwest section, national president 1956), Society Plastics Industry (chairman technical conferences 1973, 79).
Married Martha Winifred Helland, August 12, 1939. Children: David (deceased), Philip, Katherine Whitaker.