Background
Painchaud, Phillip Andre was born on April 24, 1919 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Phillip Andre Painchaud and Gertrude Marie Shanley.
Painchaud, Phillip Andre was born on April 24, 1919 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Phillip Andre Painchaud and Gertrude Marie Shanley.
Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University Illinois, 1943. Student, Rhode Island State College, 1941. Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Pacific States University, 1947.
General supervisor metrology Northrop Corporation, Anaheim, California, 1948-1965. Director corporation standards E-H Research Laboratories, Oakland, 1965-1970. Senior scientist Alcon Laboratories, Fort Worth, 1970-1971.
Director marketing Metron Corporation, Upland, California, 1971-1972, 78-79. Consultant Painchaud Consultant, Brea, since 1970. Vice-chair California Professional Metrology Committee, Sacramento, 1965—1974.
Chair Governor's Commission Metrology, Sacramento, 1967—1968. Member metrology advisory board California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, 1970—1976. Chair Woodington award selection committee Meas.
Science Conference, 2008.
Member curriculum board California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson, since 1998. With United States Signal Corps, 1942-1945. Fellow Precision Measurements Association (life.
Co-founder 1958, executive director 1980-1989, life, president 1963-1964), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life, senior member). Member International Society Weighing and Measurements (life, senior member, governor precision measurement division 1997-1999), Instrument Society of America (life, senior member, director metropolitan division 1966-1970), American Society for Quality (life, senior member, Max J. Unis award for lifetime achievement in measurement science, measurement quality division 2006), ENG Club San Francisco.
Married Josephine Daisy Wandschneider, December 18, 1943 (deceased February 1988). Children: Phillip A. III, Denise Michele, Valerie Yvonne. Married Arlene Roberts Painchaud, July 12, 1992 (deceased December 1999).