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Roger Bourke White

1911 – 2002

Engineer and businessperson

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About Roger Bourke White

Lived 1911 – 2002 (aged 90–91). Roger Bourke White was an American businessperson.

Roger Bourke White (1911–2002), a Cleveland businessman, co-founded Glastic Corporation with Richard C. Newpher. Glastic, located in South Euclid, Ohio, was one of the first makers of fiberglass insulators for the electrical industry, and now makes fiber optic cable. and Ruth. Margaret Bourke-White is generally considered one of the great photojournalists of the 20th century. His father was a non-practicing Jew whose father came from Poland, and his mother, Minnie Bourke, was of Irish Catholic descent. White grew up near Bound Brook, New Jersey (the Joseph and Minnie White House in Middlesex). He described his parents as "Free thinkers who were intensely interested in advancing themselves and humanity through personal achievement," attributing the success of their children in part to this quality. He was not surprised at his sister Margaret's success, saying "[she] was not unfriendly or aloof".

Roger graduated from MIT in 1934.

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Important facts

Born
1911, Bound Brook
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Died
2002
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Employers
Union Carbide

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Who was Roger Bourke White?

engineer and businessperson

When was Roger Bourke White born?

Roger Bourke White was born in 1911 in Bound Brook.

When did Roger Bourke White die?

Roger Bourke White died in 2002.

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Roger Bourke White was a businessperson.

What nationality was Roger Bourke White?

Roger Bourke White was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Roger Bourke White

· Wikidata: Q7357890

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