Louis Haughton Sharpe

Background

Sharpe, Louis Haughton was born on January 31, 1927 in Port Maria, Jamaica. Son of James Edward and Iva Elizabeth (Rutty) Sharpe.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Michigan State University, 1957.

Career

Member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1955-1959; member technical staff, supervisor adhesives group, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1959-1965; member technical staff, supervisor surface chemistry applied research, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1965-1970; member technical staff, supervisor adhesives engineering and development, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, 1970-1986; consultant, expert witness, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina., since 1986; editor-in-chief, The Journal of Adhesion, Hilton Head Island, since 1969. Member board advisors Center for Adhesion Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1986-1988. Adjunct professor of chemistry department Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1987.

Achievements

• Louis Haughton Sharpe has been listed as a noteworthy journal editor-in-chief by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow New York Academy Sciences, American Institute Chemists, American Society for Testing and Materials (chairman research committee 1966-1985, vice Chairman of Commission D-14, Adhesives award 1968, Award of Merit 1982), Adhesion Society Inc. (vice president 1982-1986, president 1986-1988, 1st Robert L. Patrick fellow 1991, 3M Award for Excellence in Adhesion Science 1993).

Connections

Married Diane Edith Schoenig, June 18, 1968.

Father:

James Edward Sharpe

Mother:

Iva Elizabeth (Rutty) Sharpe

Spouse:

Diane Edith Schoenig