Background
Strause, Sterling Franklin was born on January 4, 1931 in Summit Station, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Victor and Susan Esther (Brensinger) Strause.
Strause, Sterling Franklin was born on January 4, 1931 in Summit Station, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Charles Victor and Susan Esther (Brensinger) Strause.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Lebanon Valley College, 1952. Master of Science in Chemistry, University Delaware, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, University Delaware, 1955.
Development chemist, General Electric New Product Development Laboratory, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1955-1960; quality control manager, General Electric Chemical Materials Division, Mount Vernon, Indiana, 1960-1968; manager polycarbonate R & D, General Electric Chemical Materials Division, Pittsfield, 1968; manager polycarbonate R & D, General Electric Chemical Materials Division, Mount Vernon, 1969-1970; R & D director, W.H. Brady Company, Milwaukee, 1971-1974; R & D vice president, W.H. Brady Company, Milwaukee, 1974-1991; vice president innovation, W.H. Brady Company, Milwaukee, 1992. Director, Discovery World Science Museum, Milwaukee, 1981-1992.
Member American Chemical Society (chairman Milwaukee section 1993), Technology Association of Paper & Pulp Industry, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Barbara McNeice, October 6, 1956. Children: Charles Francis, Thomas Robert, James Michael, Mary Kathryn.