Virgil Adelbert Minch

Background

Minch, Virgil Adelbert was born on December 24, 1924 in Cleveland. Son of Henry Joseph and Mary (Terlaak) Minch.

Education

Bachelor of Science, North Dakota State University, 1946. Master of Science in Sanitary Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948.

Career

Research associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948—1949. Senior sanitary engineer United States Public Health Service, Cincinnati, 1949—1953. Staff engineer Mead Corporation, Chillicothe, 1953—1955.

Group leader, 1956—1959. Manager pollution control activities, 1960—1965. Associate director technical services, 1966—1968.

Corporation coordinator environmental resources Dayton, Ohio, 1969—1973. Vice president, director Associate Water and Air Resources Engineers, Nashville, 1972—1974. Project manager Stanley Consultant, Muscatine, Iowa, 1974.

Vp, 1974—1977, John Jay Harte Associates, Inc., Atlanta, 1977—1978. Southeast regional marketing manager Environmental Research and Technology, 1978—1980. Engineer, design manager Fluor Daniel, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, 1980—1983.

Project manager, 1983—1986. President VAMCO Engineering Group Executive Search Firm, since 1986. Engineer director, captain United States Public Health Service Reserve, since 1980.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents for plastic film trickling filter.

Membership

Member Scioto Conservancy district (vice-president, director 1959), American Meteorological Society, American Water Works Association, Water Pollution Control Federation, Air Pollution Control Association, Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, Georgia Pulp and Paper Association (secretary 1955-1965), National Council Air and Stream Improvement (chairman S. Central region 1963-1969), National Rivers and Harbors Congress (chairman Southeast Ohio section 1968-1972), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Phi Delta.

Connections

Married Elma Queen, January 6, 1947 (deceased July 1989). Children: David(deceased), Philip. Married Priscilla Faust, July 6, 1991.

Father:

Henry Joseph Minch

Mother:

Mary (Terlaak) Minch

Spouse:

Priscilla Faust

Spouse:

Elma Queen

child:

David Minch (deceased)

child:

Philip Minch