Background
Hettinger,, William Peter was born on September 13, 1922 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of William Peter and Gertrude Kathryn (Schomer) Hettinger.
Hettinger,, William Peter was born on September 13, 1922 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of William Peter and Gertrude Kathryn (Schomer) Hettinger.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Purdue University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Northwestern University, 1951.
Director research Nalco Chemical Company, 1957-1965. Vice president davison division W.R. Grace & Company, 1965-1968. Advanced training fellow National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1968-1971.
Director corporation development Georgia Kaolin Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1971-1972. Director research and development Englehard Mineral and Chemical, Edison, 1972-1974. Vice president research and development N.L. Industries, Heighton, 1974-1976.
Consultant A.D. Little, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976-1977. Director research Ashland (Kentucky) Petroleum Company, 1977-1979, vice president, 1979-1984. President Ashland Carbon Fibers Division, 1984-1987, vice president, technical advisor to senior management, since 1987.
Member Kentucky Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Lieutenant United States Air Force, 1943-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Institute Chemical Engineers (awards committee), American Chemists Society, Kentucky Academy of Sciences (president 1987-1988, board directors), Catalysis Society, Industrial Research Institute (representative), New York Academy of Sciences (honorary life, associate research director, president 1976), American Institute Chemists, Bellefonte Country Club.
Married Alice May Mietz, April 20, 1944. Children: Diana Lee, William Peter III, Scott Edward, Sally Annual.