Background
Sproull, Wayne Treber was born on August 3, 1906 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John Coppess and Mabel Claire (Warner) Sproull.
Sproull, Wayne Treber was born on August 3, 1906 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of John Coppess and Mabel Claire (Warner) Sproull.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Akron, 1927. Master of Science in Physics, Lehigh University, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1933.
Senior scientist General Motors Research laboratories, Detroit, 1933-1946, Lockheed Research Laboratory, Burbank, California, 1946.
Head liquid rocket section Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1947. Director research Western Precipitation Corporation, Los Angeles, 1947-1959.
Chief physicist William Polk Division Joy Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, 1959-1972. Consultant industrial gas cleaning, Glendale, California, since 1972.
Consultant Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, Dresser Industries Advanced Technology Center, Irvine, California, Carolina Power and Light Company, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Senior scientist General Motors Research Laboratories, Detroit, 1943—1946, Lockheed Research Laboratory, Burbank, California, 1946. Head liquid rocket section Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1947. Director research Western Precipitation Corporation, Los Angeles, 1947—1959.
Chief physicist William Polk Division Joy Manufacturing Company, 1959—1972. Consultant industrial gas cleaning Glendale, since 1972. Consultant Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Dresser Industries Advanced Technology Center, Irvine, Carolina Power and Light Company, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Member American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science (life), Air Pollution Control Association. Club: Verdugo Hills Chess (treasurer Tujunga, California 1960-1984).
Married Ethel Lenore Miller, August 18, 1934. Children: Thomas Walter, Sally Ruth Sproull Hohn.