Biography of Arthur S. Watts

Arthur Simeon Watts

Arthur S. Watts

A. S. Watts was born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1876. After his graduation from the Zanesville High School, he took a short course in ceramics at the Ohio State University, and left this University in 1901. In 1909, he attended the Ceramic Fachschule at Bunzlau, Germany, and during 1910-1911, the Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule. From 1901 until 1909 he had professional connections with the F. M. Locke Insulator Manufacture, Victor, N. Y., the Bell Pottery Company, Findlay, Ohio, and the New Lexington Insulator Company, New Lexington, Ohio. During 1912-1913, he served as technologist with the United States Bureau of Mines.

In 1913 Professor Watts became Professor of Ceramic Engineering at the Ohio State University, which position he still retains. Since 1914, he has been at the head of this Department.

Professor Watts was editor of the Transactions of the American Ceramic Society, 1914-1917, inclusive, and was president of the SOCIETY during 1912-1913. He has been an associate contributor to Mineral Industry "Annual" since 1914, and from 1913-1917 acted as private counsel on porcelain for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Since 1917, he has carried on a general consulting practice in addition to his teaching position. Professor Watts is a member of Sigma Xi and the American Society for Testing Materials. He has contributed numerous articles to the publications of the AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, as well as to the United States Bureau of Mines Bulletins.