Background
Kirby, Kenneth W. was born on July 1, 1923 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of William F. and Irene (Moeri) Kirby.
Kirby, Kenneth W. was born on July 1, 1923 in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. Son of William F. and Irene (Moeri) Kirby.
Bachelor, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1945. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1958.
Research chemist Green Giant Company, Le Sueur, Minnesota, 1945—1953, Penick & Ford, Ltd., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1958—1965, 1967—1977, since 1982, Richard Joshua Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1965—1967. Control chemist Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1953—1956. Project director University Iowa, Oakdale, 1977—1982.
Vice president, general manager operations Penick & Ford, Ltd., Cedar Rapids, since 1984. Consultant Iowa Electric L & P, Cedar Rapids, 1980—1982.
President Community Concert Association, Cedar Rapids, 1965, Fine Arts Council, Cedar Rapids, 1976. Member of Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, Institute Food Technology, Cereal Chemists, Textile Colorists and Chemists (chairman 1982), American Chemical Society 1983, Cedar Rapids Literary Club, Cedar Rapids Country Club.
Married Bernice Hallman, July 26, 1947. Children: Carol, Robert.