Lenore Ho Wiegman

Background

Wiegman was born on August 18, 1931 in Shanghai, China; the daughter of Molin and Wan Chuck Ho.

Education

Wiegman received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1955 and Master of Science degree in 1958 from Michigan State University. Twenty years later she earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Amsterdam.

Career

Lenore came to the United States in 1951. She began her career as a Research assistant at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1960. In 1961, Wiegman became a Research chemist at Columbia University in New York City and worked until 1962.

Also Lenore held the same position at American Cyanamid in Princeton, New Jersey from 1962 to 1965 and at AKZO Chemical Company in Amsterdam in 1969-1971. Since 1971, she has been a Research chemist at the University of Amsterdam.

Wiegman has been a member of discussion group of Electro Chemical in the Netherlands since 1974 and Netherland Corrosion Centrum in the Netherlands since 1984.

Lenore is a Contributor of articles to professional journals, including Journal of Dental Research, Journal of Dentistry, Journal of Dental Association of South Africa, Advances in Cement Research.

Achievements

• Wiegman has patents for method of manufacturing ammonium polyphosphates, method to increase the expansion of plaster of Paris for casting purposes, method to improve dental stone.

Membership

Wiegman is a member of American Chemical Society, American Womens Club of Amsterdam, Women's International Network, Iota Sigma Pi, Sigma Delta Epsilon and Pi Mu Epsilon.

Connections

On March 17, 1961 Lenore Wiegman married Hans Wiegman. They have a child.

Father:

Molin Ho

Mother:

Wan Chuck Ho

Spouse:

Hans Wiegman

child:

Elkan Douglas Wiegman