Lew Forster Porter (1918 - 2004)

Born 18 Jul 1918 in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

Ancestors

Husband of Mildred Lorraine Long — married 23 Aug 1952 in Bonne Terre, Missouri

Died 2 Apr 2004 at age 85 in Pitcarin, Pennsylvania

Biography

Lew Porter lived Monroeville, Pennsylvania. I personally recall viewing his parachute in Madison Wisconsin from his time spent with the US Navy.

After attaining his U of Wisconsin BS degree he worked as Chief Chemist for American Steel Foundries in Indiana Harbor, Indiana until he joined the USNR as an Engish at the age of 26. He became a mine disposal officer and deep sea diver and served in Hawaii and Okinawa. After dischard he worked as Research Engineer fo Chain Belt Co. (Rexnord) in Milwaukee wisconsin before returning to U of Wisconsin as Research Associate. Where he obtained his MS and PhD degrees.

Twice awarded the Henry Marion Howe Medal for best papers in the Transactions of teh American Society for Metals, distinguished Service Citation from University of Wisconsin, Lew is listed in Who's Who in Engineeering, Fellow of American Society for metals (ASM) 1976 Andrew Carnegie Lecturer of Pittsburgh Chapter of ASM, received the Edgar C. Bain Award of teh Pittsburgh Chapter of ASM in 1989, past member of AIME and ASTM, Author of many papers on radiation effects in steel, steel development, high strenght-low alloy steels and physical metallurgy of steel. He developed high strength submarine hull steel. Retired 1983. Built his own sailboat and sails it week-ends on Pymutunigh Lake in NW Pennsylvania. Lew was active in the Boy Scouts of America for over 20 years. He was also a member of the Monvest Investment Club, He enjoys wood carving, woodwork and oil painting.

Received numerous metallurgy awards,Henry Marion Howe awards

He held: BS Chem Eng. MS Met. Eng. PhD Met. Eng at U of Wisconsin

HENRY MARION HOWE MEDAL DEFINITION AND HISTORY The Henry Marion Howe Medal, established in 1923 in recognition of Dr. Henry Marion Howe's many accomplishments, is the oldest of the ASM awards and medals. The Medal, designed by Hendrick Hilbom, chief designer of R. Wallace and Sons Manufacturing Company, Wallingford, Connecticut, consists of a bust of Dr. Howe with the following inscription on the obverse side: "ASM International, awarded to the Author of the Paper of Highest Merit published in the Metallurgical and MaterialsTransactions." Henry Marion Howe (1848-1922), a native of Bo ston, was educated at Harvard and MIT. He held executive positions with several steel mills and with copper and nickel plants served as a metallurgical consultant, and later became Professor of Metallurgy at Columbia University, which position he held until his retirement in 1913 and continued as Professor Emeritus until his death in 1922.

Dr. Howe's chief contributions to the scientific world were through innovations in the science of metallography that stemmed from his great powers of observation and deduction. His ability to correlate and interpret each discovery and investigation by others and to supplement them by investigations of his own resulted in the establishment of a new science dealing with the constitution of iron and steel. Dr. Howe was elected to Honorary Membership in ASM in 1919.

Sources

• Personal Records