Background
Coffin, Louis Fussell was born on August 30, 1917 in Schenectady. Son of Louis Fussell and Laura C. (Glen) Coffin.
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Louis Fussell Coffin, American Mechanical engineer. Patentee in field Recipient Alfred E. Hunt award American Society Lubrication Engineers, 1958; award excellence Carborundum Company, 1974; Francis Clamer medal Franklin Institute, 1984 Clayton lecturer Institute Mech. Engineers, London, 1974; Coolidge fellow, 1974.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1939; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1949.
Career
From assistant to assistant professor mechanic engineering, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1939-1949;
research associate, then supervisor mechanic metallurgy, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, General Electric Company, 1949-1954;
mechanic engineer Corporation Research and Development, General Electric Company, Schenectady, 1954-1986. Adjunct Professor mechanic engineering Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1955-1960, distinguished research professor, since 1986. Adjunct Professor Union College, Schenectady, 1965-1986.
Visiting fellow Clare Hall, Cambridge (England) University, 1976. Consultant in field.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Nadai award 1979), American Society Metals (Albert Sauveur Achievement award 1980), American Society for Testing and Materials (chairman E9 commission on fatigue 1974-1978, Dudley award 1975, award of merit 1978, Kroll zirconium medal 1991). Member National.Acad. Engineering, American Institute Metallurgical Engineers (Distinguished Career award 1978), Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Tau.
Connections
Married Mary Elizabeth McCarthy, April 24, 1943. Children— John, Sarah (Mistress Joseph Fitzgerald), Laura (Mistress Thomas Koch), Robert, Patricia (Mistress Jeffrey Mullen), Deborah(Mistress Patrick Higgins), Louis Fussell III, Margaret.
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American
Awards
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Recipient Alfred E. Hunt award American Society Lubrication Engineers, 1958. Award excellence Carborundum Company, 1974. Francis Clamer medal Franklin Institute, 1984 Clayton lecturer Institute Mech. Engineers, London, 1974. Coolidge fellow, 1974.Recipient Alfred E. Hunt award American Society Lubrication Engineers, 1958. Award excellence Carborundum Company, 1974. Francis Clamer medal Franklin Institute, 1984 Clayton lecturer Institute Mech.
Engineers, London, 1974. Coolidge fellow, 1974.