Background
Manchester, Kenneth Edward was born on March 22, 1925 in Winona, Minnesota, United States. Son of Lanrence Edwin and Daisy Idel (Finley) Manchester.
manufacturing executive materials engineer
Manchester, Kenneth Edward was born on March 22, 1925 in Winona, Minnesota, United States. Son of Lanrence Edwin and Daisy Idel (Finley) Manchester.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, San Jose State College, California, 1949. Master of Science in Chemistry, Stanford University, California, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Thermochemistry, Stanford University, California, 1955.
Senior chemist, Shell Development Company, Emeryville, California, 1955-1962; head chemistry section, Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, Massachusetts, 1962-1963; head chemistry department, Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, Massachusetts, 1963-1969; director semiconductor research, development and engineering, Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, Massachusetts, 1969-1979; director quality assurance and reliability, Sprague Electric Company, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1979-1985; vice president corporation R & D, Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, 1985-1989; Sprague fellow, Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, 1985; consultant semiconductor industry, since 1989. Lecturer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1967.
Chairman committee Troop 70 Boy Scouts American Sergeant United States Army Ground Forces, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Chemical Society, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Optimist Club, Sigma Xi.
Married Bonnie Lee Hardgrave, June 24, 1946. Children: Cynthia Lee, David Scott.