Background
Straumanis, Martin Edward was born on November 23, 1898 in Krettingen, Lithuania. Son of Janis and Matilde (Sviders) Straumanis.
Straumanis, Martin Edward was born on November 23, 1898 in Krettingen, Lithuania. Son of Janis and Matilde (Sviders) Straumanis.
Graduate Engineering Chemistry, U. Latvia, 1925, Dt. Chemical, 1927.
Instructor, assistant professor of University Latvia, 1928-1936, associate professor, 1936-1937, extraordinary professor, 1937-1942, professor, 1942-1944, director analytical laboratory, 1934-1944. Staff Institute Metal Chemistry, U. Marburg, Germany, 1944-1947. Research professor metallurgy U. Missouri, Rolla., 1947-1966, professor metallurgical engineering, research professor materials, 1966-1969, senior investigator Graduate Center Materials Research, professor emeritus, from 1969.
Fellow Rockefeller Foundation, Göttingen, Germany, 1927-1928. Member American Crystallography Association, American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society, New York Academy Sciences, Missouri Academy Science, Institute Metals, Deutsche Bunsen Gesellschaft, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Alpha Sigma Museum Evangelical.
Married leva Reinhards, April. Children: Lilita, Mara, Andrejs, Ilze, Liene.