Edgar Lynn VON ROSENBERG

1928 - 2006  (77 years)

• 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
  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	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F24435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2014

  
  

• 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.