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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsEdgar Collins Bain
Dates
September 14, 1891 – November 27, 1971
Authorized Form of Name
Bain, Edgar Collins, 1891-1971
Additional Forms of Names
Bain, Edgar C., 1891-
Bain, Edgar C. (Edgar Collins), 1891-1971
Biography
Abstract
Edgar Bain as an American metallurgist, who worked on the alloying and heat treatment of steel. Bainite is named in his honor.
Important Dates
September 14, 1891Birth, La Rue (Ohio).
1912Obtained BS, Ohio State University, Columbus (Ohio).
1916Obtained MS, Ohio State University, Columbus (Ohio).
1916 – 1917Instructor in Metallurgy, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1917 – 1918Chemical Engineer, B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company.
1919 – 1923Metallurgist, National Lamp Works, General Electric Company, East Cleveland (Ohio).
1923Obtained MS, Ohio State University, Columbus (Ohio).
1923 – 1924Research Metallurgist, Atlas Steel Corporation.
1924 – 1928Metallurgist, Research Laboratories, Union Carbide and Carbon, Marietta (Ohio).
1928 – 1971Metallurgist, Research Laboratory (1928-1935); Assistant to the Vice President (1935-1943); Vice President, Research and Technology (1943-1957); and Metallurgy Consultant (1958-1971), United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1954Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1957Consultant, Union Carbide Corporation, Marietta (Ohio).
November 27, 1971Death, Edgeworth (Pa.).
Occupation
Metallurgist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Coolidge, William David, 1873-1975
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Hull, Albert Wallace, 1880-1966
Both employed at General Electric Company.
Institutions
Major Positions
Atlas Steel Corporation
Research Metallurgist.
B.F. Goodrich Company
Chemical Engineer.
General Electric Company. National Lamp Works
Metallurgist.
Union Carbide Corporation
Metallurgist and Consultant.
United States Steel Corporation
Metallurgist, Research Laboratory; Assistant to the Vice President; Vice President, Research and Technology; and Metallurgy Consultant.
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Metallurgical & Mineral Engineering
Instructor in Metallurgy.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Ohio State University. Department of Physics
Obtained BS in 1912, MS in 1916 and 1923 (two different disciplines).