Kenneth M. Merz, Sr.

Kenneth Merz, Sr., earned a PhD in Chemistry and Ceramics at Rutgers University and worked as a research scientist and a research and development administrator for 25 years at National Lead Co., Carborundum Co., Cornell Aeronautical Labs, IRC Co., and TRW Inc. His scientific papers have been published in the journals of the American Chemical Society, Applied Physics, and the American Ceramic Society, and in Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie. He and his colleagues won 26 US patents and over 100 related international patents.