Background
Hoyt, Samuel Leslie was born on May 29, 1888 in Minneapolis. Son of Alphonso Orlando and Hulda Lucretia (Hunt) Hoyt.
Hoyt, Samuel Leslie was born on May 29, 1888 in Minneapolis. Son of Alphonso Orlando and Hulda Lucretia (Hunt) Hoyt.
Engineer of Mines, University Minnesota, 1909. Postgraduate, Columbia University, 1911. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1914.
Postgraduate, Royal Institute of Technology, Charlottenburg, Germany, 1913. Doctor of Science, South Dakota School Mines and Technology, 1955.
Associate professor, founder department metallography, University of Minnesota, 1913-1919;
metallurgical engineer, General Electric, 1919-1930;
metallurgist, A.O. Smith Corporation, 1931-1934;
director metallurgical research, A.O. Smith Corporation, 1934-1939;
consultant, A.O. Smith Corporation, 1939-1941;
technical adviser, Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio., 1939-1953;
metallurgical consultant industrial research to producing and fabricating companies, government agys., 1953-1959;
staff representative research and engineering division, unites states department Defense, Frankfurt, Federal Republic Germany, 1959-1960;
metallurgical consultant, from 1960. Staff consultant Anamet laboratories, Berkeley, California, from 1968. Priestley lecturer Pennsylvania State University, also annual and memorial lectures.
Developer carboloy; initiated cemented carbide industry in the United States. Science consultant ALSOS Mission, 1945. Member science advisory county Picatinny Arsenal.
Member National Research Council Commision on ShipSteel.
Fellow American Society Metals (Metallurgical Milestone for 1928, trustee, honorary). Member American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers (Legion of Honor, committee physical chemistry steel making), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Welding Society, Institute Medals, Welding Research Council, American Ordnance Association, Iron and Steel Institute England (Metals Society, American Society for Metals, Sigma, Delta Tau Delta. M C.
Married Jane Woodruff, January 1, 1913. 4 children; married Edyth S. Armstrong, November 1946. Married Kay W. Dowd, November 1966.