Background
Stenger, Vernon Arthur was born on June 11, 1908 in Minneapolis. Son of Laurence Arthur and Effie Harriet (Dahlberg).
Stenger, Vernon Arthur was born on June 11, 1908 in Minneapolis. Son of Laurence Arthur and Effie Harriet (Dahlberg).
Bachelor of Science, University Denver, 1929. Master of Science, University Denver, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1933.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Denver, 1971.
Chemist Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, 1929-1930, Northwest Research Institute, University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1933-1935, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, 1935-1940, technical expert, 1940-1953, assistant laboratory director, 1954-1961, research scientist, 1961-1973, consultant, from 1973. Chairman subcommittee on magnesium alloy analysis American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, 1941-1954.
Board member Midland Symphony Orchestra, honorary member since 1990. Fellow American Institute Chemists, New York Academy of Sciences. Member American Chemical Society (chairman committee on analytical reagts.
1967-1973, member advisory board Analytical Chemistry 1953-1956, Midland section award 1979), Geochem. Society, Sigma Xi.
Son of; married Ruth Luella Day, August 2, 1933 (deceased October 1994). Children: Robert, Emilie, Alan, Gordon, David. Married Eleanor Miller, September 19, 1996.