Richard Allen Landy

Background

Landy, Richard Allen was born on September 23, 1931 in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Gilbert Maxwell and Esther (Robinson) Landy.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953; Master of Science in Mineralogy, Pennsylvania State University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Mineralogy, Pennsylvania State University, 1961.

Career

Supervisory engineer, Carborundum Company, Niagara Falls, New York, 1960-1962; research mineralogist, Basic Inc., Bettsville, Ohio., 1962-1963; manager quality assurance, Basic Inc., Bettsville, Ohio., 1963-1965; consultant, 1965-1967; assistant professor geology, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1965-1967; field officer, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, summer 1966, 67; research mineralogist, North America Refractories Company, Curwensville, Pennsylvania, 1967-1970; director research, North America Refractories Company, State College, Pennsylvania, 1970-1988; general manager, North America Refractories Company, Cleveland, 1988-1989; vice president technical, North America Refractories Company, Cleveland, 1989-1991. Director program development Center for Advanced Materials, Pennsylvania State University, since 1992;member board examiners Pennsylvania Quality Leadership Awards, 1994. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Richard Allen Landy has been listed as a noteworthy Geologist/mineralogist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

First lieutenant United States Army, 1953-1955. Fellow British Ceramics Society. Member American Society for Testing and Materials (Merit award 1989).

Connections

Married Donna Jean Horst, January 25, 1959. Children: Richard A. Junior, Jennifer S.

Father:

Gilbert Maxwell Landy

Mother:

Esther (Robinson) Landy

Spouse:

Donna Jean Horst

child:

Jennifer S. Landy

child:

Richard A. Junior Landy