Robert William Lenz

Background

Lenz, Robert William was born on April 28, 1926 in New York City. Son of Henry B. and Olga A. (Grote) Lenz.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1956.

Career

Research chemist, Chicopee Manufacturing Company, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, 1951-1953; research chemist, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, 1955-1961; research chemist, Dow Chemical Company, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1961-1963; assistant director, FRL Inc., Dedham, Massachusetts, 1963-1966; professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1996-1995; professor emeritus, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1995. Consultant many companies in the chemical industry, since 1966. District faculty lecturer U.Mass., 1994.

Achievements

• Robert William Lenz has been listed as a noteworthy Polymer chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Organic Chemistry of Synthetic High Polymers

    (NY 1967 1st Interscience. Hardcover. Octavo, 837pp., inde...)

Membership

Member of advisory board Petroleum Research Fund, 1989-1993, Greve Foundation, New York City, 1988-1994. Board directors Cult Awareness Network, Chicago, 1989-1991.

Connections

Married Madeleine Leblanc, June 6, 1953. Children: Kathleen, Douglas, Cynthia, Suzanne.

Father:

Henry B. Lenz

Mother:

Olga A. (Grote) Lenz

Spouse:

Madeleine Leblanc

child:

Cynthia Lenz

child:

Kathleen Lenz

child:

Suzanne Lenz

child:

Douglas Lenz