Edward Newton Pennington

Edward Newton Pennington was born in Ottawa, Kansas, December 24, 1917, the son of Thomas E. Pennington and Harriett (Palmer) Pennington. He was reared and educated in Kansas, New York, and Missouri; graduating from high school in Syracuse, Missouri in 1936. He received an associate's degree from Southwest Baptist College of Bolivar, Missouri, in 1938. The college honored him with the "Life Beautiful Award" for his Christian example. He worked for Hall Brothers in Kansas City until he was drafted in 1942. Edward was united in marriage with Dora Lucille Wynn on November 8, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri. He served his county in the United States Army during World War II, stationed first in Skagway, Alaska, and later in Yermo, California. He was honorably discharged in 1946 with a rank of First Lieutenant. Following that, he attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, completing his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 1948. He and Lucille moved to Bartlesville, where he was employed by Phillips Petroleum Company until his retirement in 1980. Lucille preceded him in death in 2002. Early in his career at Phillips Ed completed a master's degree in chemical engineering from Oklahoma A & M. In the 1950s he was involved in the process designs for Marlex