Laurence Smiser:
CLASS OF 1957
Marceline High SchoolClass of 1957
Marceline, MO
Missouri School of MinesClass of 1961
Rolla, MO
Hannibal - LaGrange CollegeClass of 1959
Hannibal, MO
Paris Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Paris, MO
Walt Disney Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Marceline, MO
Laurence's Story
Life
I was born at the home of my grandparents in Monroe County, MO, just north of Paris. About age 3 we moved into a new home on our new farm not far away. In 1945 we moved to Paris, MO and dad went to work for the Santa Fe RR. where he worked for the duration of the WWII. In 1947 we moved to Marceline, MO where dad was working.
Beside Missouri, I have lived in Iowa, Maryland, New Jersey, Washington and California since leaving College. I married in 1976 to Katy Paida Derby, a widow and we have two children. Now we have four grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and a step great-grandchild. We are retired and reside in "The Spanis Village by the Sea," San Clemente, CA. Email us if your are going to be in the area and I will send you directions to our home.
School
My first School was Paris, MO elementary. I attended one and and a half years and transferred to Park Elementry School in Marceline, MO. I finished Marceline High School there in 1957. I attended Hanibal LaGrange College in Hanibal for two years and transfer to Missour School of Mines at Rolla in 1960 where I recieved my BS in Ceramic Engineering. I entered Iowa State University in Engineering and received an MS in Cermic Engineering in 1964. I returned to Graduate School at Rutgers Univ. in 1967 and completed ...Expand for more
a PhD in Ceramic Science in 1971. I haven't been back to school since and escaped being a professional student.
College
My first two years of College were at Hanibal-LaGrange college in Hanibal, MO. I transferred to Missouri School of mines in my Jr. year and completed a BS in Ceramic Engineering in 1961. My MS in Ceramic Engineering was completed in 1964 at Iowa State University. After a three year stent at an engineering job in Baltimore, MD I entered Rutgers University and completed a PhD in Ceramic Science in 1971. I was a graduate fellow at the University of Washington, Seattle for two years. I haven't been back to school since.
Workplace
My first job was with PEMCO, a porcelain enamel manufacturer in Baltimore, MD. I did basic research in development of glasses for porcelain enamel production. After recieving my PhD I did one and a half years of post doctoral research at Univ. Of Washington in Seattle where I worked on evaluation of thermal protection tile materials for the Space Shuttle program for NASA, Ames Labs. I hired in with Rockwell International to work on the Shuttle project in 1973 and retired from that company's successor, Boeing-North American in 1999. I worked part time for two years after retirement for a local inventor on a high efficiency air filter.
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