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Paxton, RAlph Robert was born on March 4, 1920 in Zion, Illinois, United States.
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Manufactured Carbon Self Lubricating Material Mech Division
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RAlph Robert Paxton
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Ralph Robert Paxton, American Chemical engineer. Achievements include 9 patents in field Member St. Mary Area School Board, 1983-1985. Fellow American Institute Chemists, Society Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers; member American Society for Testing and Materials (secretary C-5 committee 1979-1981), AIChE (associate editor Lubrication Engineering 1970-1995), Kiwanis (president 1980), St. Mary Country Club (secretary 1979-1981).
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1943; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.
Career
Junior engineer Amoco Corporation (formerly Standard Oil Corporation of Indiana), Whiting, 1943-1945. Instructor chemical engineering University Colorado, Boulder, 1945-1947. Teaching assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1947-1949.
Assistant professor chemical engineering Stanford (California) University, 1949-1956. Senior engineer chemical engineering General Electric Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1956-1958. Vice president engineering and planning Pure Carbon Company, St. Mary, Pennsylvania, 1958-1985.
Consultant Paxton Consultant, since 1986.
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Member St. Mary Area School Board, 1983-1985. Fellow American Institute Chemists, Society Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers. Member American Society for Testing and Materials (secretary C-5 committee 1979-1981), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (associate editor Lubrication Engineering 1970-1995), Kiwanis (president 1980), St. Mary Country Club (secretary 1979-1981).
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Son of James Robert and Hazel Marie (Lawrence) P. Widowed; children: Nancy, Anne.
