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Biography
of Ronald J Lewarchik
Ron
received his B.S. degree in chemistry from Geneva College
in Beaver Falls, PA. During his undergraduate studies he was
active in campus organizations including the American Chemical
Society. He also completed research
projects on new molecules that could be used as propellants
under a grant from the US Navy. He graduated with a distinguished
rating on his comprehensive exam in chemistry.
After
completion of his undergraduate work, he entered the University
of Pittsburgh graduate school of chemistry. There he pursued
graduate studies in the field of physical organic chemistry,
concentrating on research in organometallic chemistry. After
publishing his research in the American Chemical Society Journal
of Chemistry he went on to receive an M.S. degree in Chemistry.
While
at the University of Pittsburgh he was awarded a Teaching
Fellowship for distinguished undergraduate teaching He was
also elected into the honorary chemical fraternity for his
academic achievements. Latter he completed course work for
a PHD in chemistry but elected to work in industry rather
than completing the required additional research for his Doctorate
degree. While at PPG Industries in Springdale and Allison
Park, PA, Ron developed several new automotive original equipment
and automotive refinish coatings products. His activities
concentrated on the development of high solids and water borne
OEM finishes as well as two component ambient cure products
including those for topcoat and primer applications. During
the eight years he was at PPG he was promoted several times
and was granted multiple patents for his innovative development
contributions.
In
1980, Ron and his family moved to Chicago to accept a new
research and development management position with Desoto Inc.
At that time Desoto was the largest manufacturer of house
paint in the country and was a significant supplier of Industrial,
finishes including automotive coatings. During his nearly
ten years with Desoto, he held several progressively more
responsible management positions culminating with the Director
of Industrial Research. While at Desoto Ron and his development
teams were awarded two R&D 100 awards in global competition
for distinguished achievement in the development of innovative
products. He was responsible for the development groups in
appliance, electrocoat, paper, automotive, aerospace, packaging,
and coil coating. While at Desoto, he was also awarded several
patents for novel developments in UV Cure, water borne, high
solids, and low cure chemistries for metal and plastic substrates.
In
1990 Ron accepted a position with Morton International at
their Woodstock, IL Research center as the Vice President
of Research and Technology for Industrial Coatings. Responsibilities
included coatings for coil, traffic, industrial, Aluminum
Extrusion and drum linings. While at Morton, Ron and his development
teams commercialized a multitude of new products for these
applications. He was the recipient of another R&D 100 award
for a new coil coating technology and multiple patents in
water borne, high solids and high performance polyester, silicone
polyester and acrylic resins and coatings made form these
resins. In 2000 when the company was purchased by BASF's,
R&D was moved to Southfield Michigan and accepted the position
of the lead technical role in Industrial Coatings. In 2002,
in addition to Technical Director, he was assigned the role
of Global Director of Coil Coating product development and
made contributions to advancing BASFÕs position in coil coatings
on a worldwide basis.
In 2004, Ron left BASF to pursue other interests primarily
as a consultant with a new company that he formed named Chemical
Dynamics LLC. Ron currently resides in Brighton, Michigan
with his family.
Ron is also an Adjunct Research Professor
at the Coatings Research Institute of Eastern Michigan University
developing energy efficient coatings under a research grant
from the Department of Energy. At the University he also teaches
short courses on a variety of coatings related topics.
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