Background
Frankhouser, William Lester was born on May 5, 1924 in Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Martin and Sarah (Styer) Frankhouser.
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William Lester Frankhouser
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Bachelor of Science in Metallurgy, Pennsylvania State University, 1947. Master of Science in Metallurgy, Pennsylvania State University, 1949. Master of Business Administration, University Pittsburgh, 1967.
Career
Research engineer, Babcock & Wilcox Company, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1948-1951; plant engineer, Kuhns Brothers Foundry, Dayton, Ohio., 1951-1954; supervisor, Westinghouse, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, 1954-1967; manager plutonium plant, NUMEC, Parks Township, Pennsylvania, 1967-1971; manager plutonium plant, Babcock & Wilcox Company, Parks Township, 1971-1972; senior research engineer, Waltz Mill, Westinghouse, Madison, Pennsylvania, 1972-1978; senior consultant, System Planning Corporation, Arlington, Virginia, 1978-1987. United States representative on plutonium safeguards International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, 1981-1982. Consultant Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 1991-1993.
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Clerk Bedford (Virginia) Presbyterian Church, 1989-1991. Lieutenant United States Army, 1943-1945 European Theatre of Operations. Member American Society Metals, American Nuclear Society.
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Married Jeanne Mary Pfab, September 28, 1956 (deceased 1973). Children: Karen Pfab, Martin Styer. Married Jean O'Rourke, November 27, 1977.
