Background
Scheer, Milton David was born on December 22, 1922 in New York City. Son of Abraham and Lena (Brauner) Scheer.
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Milton David Scheer
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Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1943; Master of Science, New York University, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1951.
Career
Chemist, Board Economics Warfare, Guatemala, C. American, 1943-1944;
research assistant, New York University, 1947-1950;
combustion scientist, United States Naval Air Rocket Test Station, Dover, New Jersey, 1950-1952;
physical chemist, United States Bureau Mines, Pittsburgh, 1952-1955;
research scientist, General Electric Company, Cincinnati, 1955-1958;
physical chemist, National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1958-1968;
chief photochemistry section, National Bureau Standards, 1968-1970;
chief physical chemistry division, National Bureau Standards, 1970-1977;
director, Center for Thermodynamics and Molecular Science, National Measurement Laboratory, 1977-1980;
research scientist chemical kinetics division, Center for Chemical Physics, National Measurement Laboratory, 1981-1985;
partner, McNesby & Scheer Research Associations, 1985-1989. Research consultant unites states department Energy, Germantown, Maryland., 1990-1994. Visiting professor U. Maryland., 1980-1981.
Fulbright scholar U. Rome, 1982-1983.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Navy, 1944-1946. Fellow American Institute Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, American Physical Society.
Connections
Married Emily Hirsch, June 23, 1945. Children— Jessica, Richard Mark, Julia Rachel.
