Background
Forstall, Walton was born on June 26, 1909 in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walton Senior and Ednah (Logan) Forstall.
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Walton Forstall
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Bachelor of Science, Lehigh University, 1931. Master of Science, Lehigh University, 1943. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1951.
Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.
Career
Assistant test engineer, Delaware station Philadelphia Elec. Company, 1930;
member science staff, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1932-1934;
engineering assistant, Philadelphia Gas Works Company, 1934-1940;
instructor then assistant professor mechanic engineering, Lehigh University, 1940-1944;
project engineer, Tenn-Eastman Corporation, Manhattan District Project, Oak Ridge, 1944-1945;
research associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1946-1949;
associate professor mechanic engineering, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1949-1957;
assistant dean engineering and science, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1955-1957;
George Tallman Ladd professor mechanic engineering, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1957-1974;
professor emeritus, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1974-1988;
associate head department mechanic engineering, Carnegie-Mellon U., 1963-1977. Secretary Beaumaris Land Limited company.
Member Industrial Standards Board Cons. Pennsylvania, 1964-1969. Director Beaumaris Land Limited company, 1962-1988, secretary, 1962-1979.
Achievements
Membership
Member school board West Jefferson Hills School District, 1961-1963, 65-71, president, 1961-1963, 69-71. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman Pittsburgh section 1958-1959, regional secretary 1962-1966, vice president 1966-1970), Franklin Institute, American Society Engineering Education (national council 1957-1959), American Physical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Psi Upsilon.
Connections
Married Jean Elizabeth Riegel, January 15, 1942. Children– Douglas Walton, Keith William.
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American -
Religion
Presbyterian