Background
Baumeister, Theodore was born on July 19, 1897 in New York City. Son of Theodore and Mary L. (Wilson) Baumeister.
Baumeister, Theodore was born on July 19, 1897 in New York City. Son of Theodore and Mary L. (Wilson) Baumeister.
Bachelor of Science, Cityj College, 1918. Mechanical Engineering, Columbia, 1922.
Assistant Columbia, 1922, instructor, 1924-1931, assistant professor, 1931-1938, associate professor, 1938-1941, professor, 1941-1950, Executive officer, department mechanic engineering, 1941-1948, Stevens professor mechanic engineering, 1950-1964, emeritus, 1964-1979. Adjunct Professor mechanic engineering University of Southern California, 1965-1970. Construction engineering Stevens & Wood, 1926-1938, American Gas & Electric System, 1936-1952, Societe Edison de Milano, 1950.
General Public Utilities Corporation, 1950-1964, Babcock & Wilcox Company, 1950-1965, South Carolina.
Electric & Gas Company, 1952-1965. Mayor’s Committee on Transit Power Plants, New York City, 1957-1958, Consolidated Coal Company, 1959-1964, Mont Rose Scharff, 1937-1941.
East.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company, 1945-1955, Duke Power Company, 1948-1949, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Atomic Energy Commission, 1940-1958, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, 1953-1964, Worthington Corporation, 1955-1957. Trustee Engineering Societies
Library, 1947-1955, New York P.E. City Mission Society, 1954-1964.
Licensed professional engineer, New New York Chartered mechanic engineer, Great Britain.
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman metropolitan section, 1936-1938. Member standing commission on power test codes 1940-1969), Institute Mechanics Engineers (Great Britain), American Nuclear Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Engineering Education, Carolina Plantation Society, Saint George’s Society, American Association of University Professors, Newcomen Society, American Society Naval Engineers, National Society Professional Engineers, Agricultural Society South Carolina., Navy League, Air Force Association, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, Theta Tau.
Club: Carolina Yacht.
Married Margaret Kilpatrick, January 23, 1925. Children: Theodore III, Heard Kilpatrick, Mary Berrien Baumeister (Mistress Murray B. Parker).