Biography of Frank H. Riddle

Frank H. Riddle

Frank H. Riddle

Frank H. Riddle was born in Colorado Springs, He has been connected with the ceramic industry since 1902, starting in the Van Briggle Art Pottery at Colorado Springs. From 1904 until 1907 Mr. Riddle took a special course in ceramic engineering at Ohio State University and was also part time instructor in the ceramic laboratory. After leaving school he became manager of the Van Briggle Pottery for three years. From 1910 to 1916 he engaged in work in heavy clay products plants in Ohio, British Columbia, and California. This work included construction and plant operation in sewer pipe and face and lire brick. He was then employed in the Clay Products Division of the United States Bureau of Standards at Pittsburgh from 1916 to 1919, as assistant to A. V. Bleininger in research work in special porcelains, including spark plug, also refractories for optical glass manufacture. Since 1919, he has been with the Champion Porcelain Company of Detroit, a branch of the Champion Spark Plug Company, and associated with Dr. J. A. Jeffery in research and plant control work for spark plugs and high tension insulators.

Mr. Riddle is President of the AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY at the present time. He has worked on Committees on Rules, Standards and Membership. He was Secretary of the Pittsburgh District Section and for three years served as a member of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Riddle has published several articles in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society.