John Herbert Morgenthaler

Background

Morgenthaler, John Herbert was born on January 5, 1929 in Cleveland. Son of Frederick Herman and Anna Margarethe (Welke) Morgenthaler.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1965.

Career

Group leader Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, 1954-1958. Project manager Atlantic Research Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia, 1958-1962. Senior staff engineer applied physics laboratory Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1962-1965.

Project scientist Marquardt's General Applied Science Laboratories, Westbury, New York, 1965-1967. Research director Textron's Bell Aerospace Company, Buffalo, 1967-1974. Section manager Stauffer Chemical Company, Richmond, California, 1974-1977.

Manager commercial ventures Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, 1977-1978. President JHM Associates, Tacoma, since 1978, Penn Valley, California, since 1978. Consultant Moore Research Laboratories, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, 1959-1965.

Member advisory board University Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, 1967-1968, Association Bay Area Governments, Oakland, California, 1976-1977. Chairman membership committee National Capitol section American Institute Chemical Engineers, 1959-1961. Treasurer Buffalo section American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1974.

Membership

Chairman Joe Berg Science Society, Niagara Falls, New York, 1967-1971, committee chair Lewiston (New York) Cub Scouts., 1970-1971, Walnut Creek (California) Boy Scouts,1980-1982. Vice president Homeowners Association, Walnut Creek, 1983-1985. First lieutenant chemical corps United States Army, 1952-1954.

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Elks, Sigma Xi, Kappa Kappa Sigma (honorary).

Connections

Married Kathleen Ann Merriman, June 23, 1956 (deceased October 1986). Children: John David, Jennifer Ann, Jeffrey Paul. Married Susan Kay Braaten, December 27, 1988 (divorced January 2004).

Married Gail S. Mores, December 30, 2004.

Father:

Frederick Herman Morgenthaler

Mother:

Anna Margarethe (Welke) Morgenthaler

Spouse:

Kathleen Ann Merriman

Spouse:

Gail S. Mores

Spouse:

Susan Kay Braaten

child:

Jeffrey Paul Morgenthaler

child:

Jennifer Ann Morgenthaler

child:

John David Morgenthaler