Background
Kumm, William Howard was born on February 6, 1931 in Bahia, Brazil. Arrived in the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1949. Son of Henry William and A. Joyce (Beale) Kumm.
energy products company executive
Kumm, William Howard was born on February 6, 1931 in Bahia, Brazil. Arrived in the United States, 1938, naturalized, 1949. Son of Henry William and A. Joyce (Beale) Kumm.
Bachelor, Amherst College, 1952. Certified business administration, McCoy College, Johns Hopkins University, 1959.
With Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1952—1978, junior engineer AirArm division Baltimore, 1953—1954, senior engineer, 1955—1960. Supervisory engineer Westinghouse Surface division, 1961—1962, supervisory engineer Systems Operations division, 1962—1965. Manager advanced concept engineering section Westinghouse Ocean Research & Engineering Center, Annapolis, 1965—1969, subdivision manager, 1969—1971.
Presidential interchange executive President's Commission on Personnel Interchange, assigned National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, 1971—1972. Staff National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, Washington, 1972. Program manager submarine transportation project United States Maritime Administration, 1972—2019.
Manager marine programs Westinghouse Oceanic Division, 1973—1978. President, Chief Executive Officer Arctic Enterprises, Inc., since 1978, Arctic Energies Ltd., Trans Polar Shipping Company, Inc., Ottawa, Canada, since 1981. Executive vice president Agua Solar SA de CV, Mexico, since 1993.
President H2otec Corporation, Irvine, California, since 1994, Marine Fuel Cells Ltd., since 2002. Participant National Science Foundation, 1987, NAS-National Academy of Engineering planning effort on International Decade Ocean Exploration for National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering, 1968—1969. Partipant congressional office of Technology Assessment Study of Marine Applications for Fuel Cell Technology, 1985.
Delaware County Council PTAs, 1970, 1971. Treasurer Cub Scout pack 332 Boy Scouts American, Catonsville, Maryland, 1963—1965. Member Rural Area Development Board, Carroll County, New Hampshire, 1964—1965, Citizens Advisory Council on Education, 1970—1972.
Member of Presidential Interchange Executive Association, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.
Married Anne K. Gibson, July 11, 1953. Children: John H., Elizabeth A., Katharine L. With Westinghouse Electric Corporation.