Background
Rinkenbach, William Henry was born on March 17, 1894 in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leopold and Ellamanda (Oplinger) Rinkenbach.
Rinkenbach, William Henry was born on March 17, 1894 in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leopold and Ellamanda (Oplinger) Rinkenbach.
Graduate Perkiomen School, Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, 1911. Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1915. Master of Sciences, University Pittsburgh, 1922.
Chemist Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1915-1918. Assistant explosives chemist United States Bureau Mines, 1919-1927. Lecturer industrial chemistry U. Pittsburgh, 1921-1923.
Lecturer popular science, and travel, 1925-1927.
Assistant chief chemist Picatinny Arsenal, unites states department Army, Dover, New Jersey, 1927-1929. Chief chemist, 1929-1943, head chemist 1943-1948.
Holder patents on explosives and chemical processes. Leader Carnegie Museum (Pittsburgh) Ichthyological Expedition to Canada, 1924-1925.
Instructor George School Society Sciences, 1940-1948.
Consultant chemist, since 1950.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, Sons of the American Revolution, American Ordnance Association, Pennsylvania German Society, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi.
Married Ruth M. Allender, February 22, 1933.