Background
Storvick, Truman Sophus was born on April 14, 1928 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States. Son of Carl A. and Ardella C. (Hengesteg) Storvick.
Storvick, Truman Sophus was born on April 14, 1928 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States. Son of Carl A. and Ardella C. (Hengesteg) Storvick.
Student, St. Olaf College, 1948-1950; Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1959.
Research engineer, Westvaco division Federal Maritime Commission Corporation, Charleston, West Virginia, 1952-1955; instructor, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1958-1959; assistant professor to professor department chemical engineering, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1959-1971; Robert Lee Tatum professor engineering, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1971-1974; Black and Veatch professor engineering, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1974-1987; visiting professor chemical engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1979-1980; professor Emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1996. Guest scientist Thermophysical Properties Research Group, NBS Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, June 1987-August 1988.
Served with United States Navy, 1946-1948, 65-66. Member American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Electrochemical Society.
Married Arlyn J. Abrahamson, July 5, 1952. Children– Ruth Leigh, Jan Marie, Kris Arlyn, David Olaf.