Background
Kirmser, Philip George was born on December 17, 1919 in St. Paul. Son of Philip and Helen Juliana (Mendler) Kirmser.
Kirmser, Philip George was born on December 17, 1919 in St. Paul. Son of Philip and Helen Juliana (Mendler) Kirmser.
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1939; Master of Science in Math, University of Minnesota, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1958.
Instructor, Kansas State University, 1942-1944;
mechanic engineer, United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory, 1946-1948;
instructor, University of Minnesota, 1948-1954;
associate professor, Kansas State University, 1954-1958;
professor, Kansas State University, since 1958;
head applied mechanics department, Kansas State University, 1962-1975;
professor engineering and mathematics, Kansas State University, 1975-1990;
professor emeritus, Kansas State University, since 1990. Visiting scientist Institut Battelle, Geneva, Switzerland, 1970. Visiting professor department mathematics Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1978.
President Invenxco, Inc., 1975-1995. Consultant Phillips Petroleum Company, 1961-1964, Boeing Company, 1966, J.B. Ehrsam Company, 1964, Bayer McElrath, management consultant, 1965-1970, Karagozian & Case, structural engineers, 1974, Digital Equipment Company, 1985. Director Midwest Mechanics Conference, 1977-1983.
Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Society for Engineering Education (president Kansas-Nebraska section 1961-1962, chairman mechanics division 1972-1973), Society Industrial and Applied Mathematics (visiting lecturer 1972-1973, 74-75), American Mathematics Association, American Mathematics Society, Het Koninklijk Instituut van Ingenieurs, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Married Jeune Ethel Blomquist, June 12, 1942. Children— Lawrence Philip, Sandra Jeune.