Background
Redmount, Melvin Berr was born on October 11, 1926 in Lakewood, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph and Sarah Redmount.
Redmount, Melvin Berr was born on October 11, 1926 in Lakewood, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Joseph and Sarah Redmount.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1948. Master in Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1953.
Development engineer Tidewater Oil Corporation, Bayonne, New Jersey, 1951—1953. Group leader Columbia Mineral Benfication Laboratory, New York City, 1953—1957. Resident manager of development Speer Carbon Company, Niagara Falls, 1958—1964, acting manager carbon products development St. Marys, Pennsylvania, 1964—1967.
Director new products commercial development Airco Carbon, 1967—1971, director forward planning and application engineering, 1971—1985. President, principal MBR Associates, Ridgway, since 1985. Consultant Showa Denko Carbon Company, Ridgeville, South Carolina, since 1988.
President Wilsand Construction Corporation, Ridgway, Pennsylvania, since 2007. With United States Navy, 1944-1945.
Board directors Animal Protection Association, Ridgway, since 1994. President Wilsand Construction Corporation, since 2007. Member of American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, American Chemical Society (section director 1966-1967).
Married Florence Constance Schweitzer, June 1, 1952. Children: Esther Redmount-White, Ian H., Joel Joseph.