Paul Rudolph Kasten

Background

Kasten, Paul Rudolph was born on December 10, 1923 in Jackson, Missouri, United States. Son of Arthur John and Hattie L. (Krueger) Kasten.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Missouri, Rolla, 1944. Master of Science, University Missouri, Rolla, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, University Minnesota, 1950.

Career

Staff member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1950-1988; director gas-cooled reactor and thorium utilization programs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1970-1978; director HTGR and GCFR programs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1978-1986; technical director gas cooled reactor programs, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1986-1988; consultant, since 1988. Guest director Institute Reactor Development, Nuclear Research Center, Jülich, Federal Republic Germany, 1963-1964. Member of faculty U. Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1953, part-time professor nuclear engineering, 1965-1995, honorary Adjunct Professor nuclear engineering, since 1995.

Achievements

• Paul Rudolph Kasten has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear engineer, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Nuclear Society. Member Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Connections

Married Eileen Alma Kiehne, December 28, 1947. Children: Susan (Mistress Robert M. Goebbert), Kim Patrick, Jennifer.

Father:

Arthur John Kasten

Mother:

Hattie L. (Krueger) Kasten

Spouse:

Eileen Alma Kiehne

child:

Kim Patrick Kasten

child:

Jennifer Kasten

child:

Susan Kasten (Mistress Robert M. Goebbert)