Background
Tallmadge, John Allen was born on February 19, 1928 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Allen and Alice Ruth (Parker) Tallmadge.
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John Allen Tallmadge
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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1948; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon U., 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon U., 1954.
Career
Research engineer, EI duPont de Nemours, Delaware, North Carolina, 1953-1956; from. assistant professor to associate professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1956-1965; senior lecturer, Imperial College, London, 1965; professor chemical engineering, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1966-1991; professor emeritus, Drexel U., Philadelphia, since 1991. Fulbright lecturer U. NSW, Sydney, Australia, 1974. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1982, U. Washington, Seattle, 1983.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Library. Board, North Branford, Connn., 1959-1965. Member education committee Control Baptist Chl., Wayne, Pennsylvania, 1970-1978. Member session, deacon, trustee Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) Presbyterian Church, since 1979.
Captain United States Army Reserve, 1948-1964. Fellow AIChE (section chairman 1958-1959, 72-73, chair national meeting program 1982, national admissions committee since 1992). Member American Chemical Society, American Society Engineering Education (emeritus).
Connections
Married Ruth Shepherd, February 24, 1954 (divorced September 1974). Children: Jane, Beth, Susan Tallmadge Naughton. Married Nancy Dunning, October 8, 1977 (deceased October 1990).
Children: John Harris, Robert Harris.
