Background
Knoepfler, Nestor Beyer was born on October 1, 1918 in New Orleans. Son of Adolphe Jean and Frieda June (Beyer) Knoepfler.
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Nestor Beyer Knoepfler
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Nestor Beyer Knoepfler, American chemical engineer, consultant. Achievements include patents in field; research in cottonseed oil processing, naval stores processing, cotton batting, flame retardance and smolder resistance of cellulosies. Recipient Cotton Batting award National Cotton Batting Institute, Memphis, 1960, 78.
Education
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Tulane University, 1940.
Career
Laboratory technician Sou Cotton Oil Corporation, Gretna, Louisiana, 1940-1941. Assistant manager Picture Box Manufacturing, New Orleans, 1945-1950. Research fellow National Cottonseed Products Association, 1950-1953.
Chemical engineer, researcher United States Department of Agriculture Sou Regional Research Center, 1953-1979. Private practice, since 1979. Guest lecturer Clemson University, Sam Houston State University.
Achievements
Membership
Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1941-1945. Member American Oil Chemists Society (chairman national convention 1967, 69), Society Tulane Engineers (president 1963), Sigma Xi (chapter president 1970).
Connections
Married Mary Janet Bierhorst, May 1, 1943. Children: Mary Noel Knoepfler Banks, Nancy Ann Knoepfler Phillips, Jannes Jean Knoepfler Rost.
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American -
Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Republican
Education
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1940
Career
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1940 - 1941
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1945 - 1950
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1950 - 1953
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1953 - 1979
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1953 - 1979
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1979