Lewis Herman Gevantman

Background

Gevantman, Lewis Herman was born on September 12, 1921 in New York City. Son of Benjamin and Ida (Goldberg) Gevantman.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Johns Hopkins, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, University Notre Dame, 1951.

Career

Chemical operator, Bethlehem Steel Company, 1942-1943; research chemist, Clinton laboratories, Manhattan Project, 1943-1946; supervisory research chemist, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, 1951-1956; acting head applied research branch, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, 1956-1959; head radiation chemistry branch, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, 1959-1961; science research administrator, head chemical technical division, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, 1961-1964; senior science adviser, United States mission International Atomic Energy Agency, 1964-1967; coordinator nuclear material safeguard program, unites states department Commerce, 1967-1974; program manager, Office Standard Reference Data, 1967-1984; coordinator, Atomic Energy Commission-National Bureau Standards, 1970-1974; senior analyst, Program Office, 1972-1973; coordinator environmental programs, National Bureau Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1972; guest worker, technical consultant, National Institute Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, since 1984. Cons. Nuclear science & Engineering Corporation, 1956-1959. Member Board Civil Service Examiners, 1958-1961, National Committee on Chemical Disaster, 1970-1975.

Achievements

• Lewis Herman Gevantman has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, government official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society (chairman civil defense committee Northern California section 1961-1964), American Society for Testing and Materials (ad hoc committee dosimetry, committee D19.07 1977-1979 ), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (secretary commission 1979-1991), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Leatrice Black, August 22, 1948. Children— Sandra Cay, Janis Mara.

Father:

Benjamin Gevantman

Mother:

Ida (Goldberg) Gevantman

Spouse:

Leatrice Black

child:

Janis Mara Gevantman

child:

Sandra Cay Gevantman