Background
Smyrl, William Hiram was born on December 12, 1938 in Brownfield, Texas, United States. Son of Garvin H. and Opal Faye (Coor) Smyrl.
Smyrl, William Hiram was born on December 12, 1938 in Brownfield, Texas, United States. Son of Garvin H. and Opal Faye (Coor) Smyrl.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Texas Tech U., 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1966.
Assistant professor, University of California, San Francisco, 1966-1968; member technical staff, Boeing Science Research Laboratory, Seattle, 1968-1972; member technical staff, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, 1972-1984; professor, U. Minn, Minneapolis, since 1984.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, AIChE, American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society (chair corrosion division 1990-1992, H.H. Uhlig award 1995), Sigma Xi (American editor Corrosion Science).
Married Donna Kay Clayton, November 29, 1964. Children: Eliot K., Clifford G.