Background
Williamson, Kenneth Dale was born on September 4, 1920 in Drumright, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James Edgar and Ida Myrtle (Teeter) Williamson.
Williamson, Kenneth Dale was born on September 4, 1920 in Drumright, Oklahoma, United States. Son of James Edgar and Ida Myrtle (Teeter) Williamson.
Bachelor of Science, University Oklahoma, 1947. Master of Science, University Oklahoma, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1954.
Physical chemist, United States Bureau Mines, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1948-1950;
chemist, Union Carbide corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1953-1966;
group leader, Union Carbide corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1966-1971;
research scientist, Union Carbide corporation, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1971-1985;
lecturer chemistry, West Virginia State College, Institute, West Virginia, since 1986. Adjunct Professor mathematics Morris Harvey College, 1959-1961. Adjunct Professor West Virginia College.Grad.
Studies, 1970-1971; lecturer in mathematics West Virginia State College, 1986-1989. Instructor West Virginia Governor's Honors Academy, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1986, Shepherd College, 1987. Instructor chemical engineering department Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, 1987.
Consultant in field.
Active Common Cause, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Charleston, West Virginia. Board directors Charlston Chamber Music Society, president, since 1991. Member Kanawha County Committee for Better Schools, 1960.
Chairman St. Albans Library. Board, since 1991. Second lieutenant infantry United States Army, 1940-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Kanawha Valley section 1984), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.
Married Dorothy Dale, September 8, 1946. Children: Dale Aden, Kent Alan, Lance Maynard.