Background
Hansen, Ralph Holm was born on January 23, 1923 in Brooklyn. Son of Holm and Ruth Matea (Drogness) Hansen.
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Ralph Holm Hansen
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Student, Manhattan College, 1940-1942; AB, Cornell Univercity, 1944; Master of Science, New York University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1952.
Career
Chemist, Heyden Chemical Company, Garfield, New Jersey, 1944-1947;
member technical staff, Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1952-1968, 70-81;
director chemical finishing and exploratory technical, J.P. Stevens Company, Garfield, 1968-1969;
director development, Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, California, 1969-1970;
senior research associate, Chomerics Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, 1981-1983;
senior research associate, Canusa Coating Systems, Milford, Massachusetts, 1983-1986;
president, Rave Cons. Associations, Belle Mead, New Jersey, since 1986;
president, 4M Company, Belle Mead, since 1994. Chairman Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry and Physics of Cellular Materials, 1966.
Professor Polymer Research Institute Polytechnic U. Brooklyn, 1987-1991, 93-95. Director Polymer Durability Center, Brooklyn, 1987-1991.
Achievements
Membership
Member science advising committee City of Millburn (New Jersey), 1959-1960. Previously active Boy Scouts American, Short Hills, New Jersey. President Brooks Hill Homeowners Association, 1983-1985.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, American Institute Chemists, Society Plastics Engineers (Polyolefins award 1976). Member American Chemical Society (Union Carbide Chem.award 1966), Association Research Dirs., Arista, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Connections
Married Vera Ann Herzog, October 27, 1945. Children: Ralph Edward, Bradley Holm, Wesley Craig, Randall Scott.
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Episcopalian