Background
Coffin, Laurance Gregory was born on December 3, 1929 in Port Chester, New York, United States. Son of Elmer Carleton and Regina (Kennedy) Coffin.
Coffin, Laurance Gregory was born on December 3, 1929 in Port Chester, New York, United States. Son of Elmer Carleton and Regina (Kennedy) Coffin.
Bachelor of Science, University Massachusetts, Lowell, 1952. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956.
Product development evaluation, Columbia Rope Company, Auburn, New York, 1952; research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1954-1956; product development technical service staff plastics department, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, 1956-1958; supervisor research testing laboratory textile fibers division, Dow Chemical Company, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1958-1960; manager quality control department, Hartford Fibres Company, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, 1960-1962; senior research associate, Fabric Research laboratories, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1962-1971; chief technical section, United States Army Natick (Massachusetts) Rural Delivery&E Center, 1971-1993; private textile consultant, Westwood, Massachusetts, since 1993. Evaluator Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, New York City, 1993.
With United States Army, 1952-1954. Member American Society for Testing and Materials (memberhip secretary committee D-13 1993, certified appreciation 1984), American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists, American Association for Textile Technology (past chairman New England chapter 1973-1974, past president 1982-1983, certified appreciation 1984), The Fiber Society, The Textile Club.
Married E. Nicole Naprstek, June 29, 1963. Children: Eric Carleton, Andrew Simeon.