1928 - 2006 (77 years)
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Name |
Edgar Lynn VON ROSENBERG |
Birth |
8 Jun 1928 |
Temple, Bell, Texas, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
11 Mar 2006 |
Houston, Harris, Texas, USA |
Burial |
15 Mar 2006 |
Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA |
Person ID |
I36177 |
von Rosenberg Family Tree |
Last Modified |
12 Jul 2022 |
Father |
Edgar Hugo VON ROSENBERG, b. 10 Oct 1904, Sharp, Milam, Texas, USA d. 25 Jul 1990, Temple, Bell, Texas, USA (Age 85 years) |
Mother |
Bess Lynn FLINT, b. 20 Jul 1905, Belton, Bell, Texas, USA d. 10 Jul 2001, Temple, Bell, Texas, USA (Age 95 years) |
Marriage |
14 Jul 1926 |
Temple, Bell, Texas, USA |
- by Rev. W. W. Rivers, Baptist pastor
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Family ID |
F7219 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Jean Lee WARD, b. 2 Sep 1930, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA d. 30 Jan 2019, Roanoke, Virginia, USA (Age 88 years) |
Marriage |
13 Jun 1948 |
Temple, Bell, Texas, USA |
Children |
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Family ID |
F24435 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
3 Mar 2014 |
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Notes |
- Edgar graduated from Temple High School and immediately enrolled at Texas A&M. He was a member of the Corps of Cadets and the ROTC, thereby securing a commission in the Army upon graduation in 1948. World War II had ended so he was never assigned to active duty. He married Jean immediately after graduation and became employed in an oil field equipment concern first in Houston and later in Oklahoma City. Although Edgar had a degree in mechanical engineering, he became an expert in metallurgical engineering, particularly in welding, which he pursued energetically for the balance of his career. While in Oklahoma he received patents on a new welding process known as friction welding. In 1963 the family moved back to Houston where he was involved in a US Government scientific research program, Project Mohole, aimed at drilling the world’s deepest exploration well to the mantle of the earth. unfortunately his project was canceled because of budget problems during the Vietnam War. He then transferred to Exxon Production Research Laboratory where for 20 years he continued to develop technology for offshore platforms and pipelines. The most notable was the Alyeska Pipeline, which was controversial. The construction took almost ten years and was considered to be the achievement of the decade of the ‘70s. Edgar retired from Exxon in 1986 after a serious illness, but soon began his own consulting company. In 1994 he was appointed to chair a committee to prepare an international pipeline welding code, having to travel to Europe, therefore, enjoying a mini-vacation at times.
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