Santa Clara University - Department of ChemistryWalter Critz

Alumnus/Alumna Information
Last Name (while at Santa Clara):		Critz
Last Name (if different now):
First Name:		Walter
Graduation Year:		1970
E-mail:		wcritz@earthlink.net

Job Information
Job Title and Description:	Chief Chemist at Oil Refinery
Corporation/Institution:	Western Refining Company
Job City and State:	El Paso, Tx

Graduate and Professional Schools, Degrees, Awards
PhD. in Biochemistry, Notre Dame University, 1976 Postdoctoral training, University of Iowa, Department of Biochemistry 1975-1978 Diplomat, American Board of Clinical Chemistry (DABCC) 1996-2003
Biographical Information
I am married with two sons ages 21 and 25. Now living in El Paso, TX. I joined the US Army Medical Service Corp after my postdotoral training and served as an officer for 20 years, retiring as a Major. My assignments all involved managing laboratories, and covered the areas of research, environmental chemistry both in the US and at a US Army base in Japan, and finally clinical chemistry. Since then, I have worked as a management consultant, and as laboratory manager for a pharmaceutical firm and now for an oil refinery.