Thaddeus Theodore Porembski
Nuclear engineer
Born Jul. 1, 1916, Norfolk (MA), U.S.; son of John and Sophia (Glowka); married Lottie (Kosiba); children: Kathleen, Catherine.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in chemical engineering), Northeastern University, Boston (MA), 1939; licensed professional engineer in. Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida, Texas.
Career: mechanical engineer, General Electric Company (GE), River Works Lynn (MA), 1940-56; project engineer, Knolls Atomic Laboratory, General Electric Company (GE), Schenectady (NY), 1956-65; supervisor, mechanical engineer, Burns and Roe, Inc., Kwajalein (Marshall Island), 1965-67; senior mechanical engineer, Burns & Roe, Inc., Oradell (NJ), 1967-68; project engineer, Nuclear Material & Equipment Corporation, Apollo (PA), 1968-71; nuclear systems engineer, Nuclear Systems, Offshore Power Systems, 1971-72, principal engineer, 1972-84, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh (PA); Retired.
Author: contributor, Polish textbook on heating, ventilating and air conditioning, 1961, and Code on Nuclear Air & Gas Treatment, 1988; 5 technical papers on air conditioning, heating and ventilating, 1959-63; 3 patents, 1986, 1988, 1990.
Member of: juror, Jacksonville Florida Grand Jury, 1975, and Jacksonville Florida Civil Court, 1980; American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, 1973-88; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), since 1968, (committees chairman, 1977-88).
Honors: several educational certificates, 1940-84; award for exemplary service, 1988.
Affiliation: Independent. Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish.
Hobbies: walking, word processors, bird watching.
Home: 955 Tahiti Road East, Jacksonville, FL 32216.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.