Background
Grosskreutz, Joseph Charles was born on January 5, 1922 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Joseph Charles and Helen (Mobley) Grosskreutz.
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Joseph Charles Grosskreutz
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Drury College, 1943; postgraduate, University of California-Berkeley, 1946-1947; Master of Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, 1950.
Career
Research physicist, California Research Corporation, La Habra, 1950-1952;
assistant professor physics, University Texas-Austin, 1952-1956;
research scientist, Nuclear Physics Laboratory, Austin, 1952-1956;
senior physicist, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missoury, 1956-1959;
principal physicist, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missoury, 1959-1963;
senior adviser, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, Missoury, 1963-1967;
principal advisor, Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, 1967-1971;
chief mechanic properties section, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1971-1972;
manager solar programs, Black & Veatch Cons. Engineers, Kansas City, Missoury, 1972-1977;
manager advanced technical projects, Black & Veatch Cons. Engineers, Kansas City, Missoury, 1979-1988;
project engineer design/construction solar thermal test facility, Black & Veatch Cons.
Engineers, Kansas City, Missoury, 1975-1977;
retired, 1988;
research professor physics, U. Missouri, Kansas City, since 1989. 1st director research Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado, 1977-1979. Special.cons. North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1967.
Achievements
Membership
Served to Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946. Fellow American Physical Society, American Society for Testing and Materials (director 1977-1980, Merit award 1972). Member Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.
Connections
Married Mary Catherine Schubel, September 7, 1949. Children— Cynthia Lee, Barbara Helen.
