Background
Peticolas, Warner Leland was born on July 29, 1929 in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Son of Warner Marion and Beulah Francis (Lowe) Peticolas.
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Warner Leland Peticolas
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Bachelor of Science, Texas Technological College, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1954; D (honoris causa), U. Lille, France, 1997.
Career
Research associate, DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1954-1960; research division, International Business Machines Corporation, San Jose, California, 1960-1967; consultant, International Business Machines Corporation, 1967-1969; manager chemical physics group, International Business Machines Corporation, 1965-1967; professor physical chemistry, U. Oregon, 1967-1998; retired, 1998. Visiting professor U. Paris-Pierre and Marie Curie, 1980-1981. Visiting professor Weizmann Institute Science, Rahovat, Israel, 1991, visiting professor U. Reims, 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Committeeman Democratic party, Eugene, Oregon, 1967-1970. Served with United States Public Health Service, 1955-1957. Fellow American Physical Society.
Member American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Virginia Marie Wolf, June 30, 1969. Children— Laura M., Alicia B. Children by previous marriage— Cynthia M., Nina P., Phillip W.
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Episcopalian