Background
Swann, Ralph Clay was born on May 17, 1912 in Barboursville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Ambrose and Mary Inez (Hatfield) Swann.
Swann, Ralph Clay was born on May 17, 1912 in Barboursville, West Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Ambrose and Mary Inez (Hatfield) Swann.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Morris Harvey College, 1932. Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1944.
Research chemist Standard Ultramarine Company, Huntington, West Virginia, 1933-1938. Group leader, senior chemist Pure Oil Corporation, 1941-1945. Director research American Mineral Spirits Company, 1945-1947, Bon Ami Company, 1947-1951.
Private consultant, 1951-1952. Assistant director Ordnance Missile laboratories, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, 1953-1958, technical director, 1958-1961. Professor of chemistry, head department North Carolina State College of U. North Carolina at Raleigh, since 1961.
Member Governor North Carolina Science Advisory Committee. Member American Chemical Society, Association United States Army, American Ordnance Association, Sigma Xi.
Married Winifred Phoebe Marvin, August 16, 1941. Children: Wendy, Judith, Ralph Clay.
