Distinguished Engineer
Hometown: Madison
Mechanical Engineering,
Clifford W. Welsh was active in several student activities at South Dakota State College including senior class president, Blue Key, ASME student branch and Joint Engineering Societies. He did graduate work at Lehigh University and the U.S. Naval Academy Graduate School. His career included work with the U.S. Navy, Commonwealth Edison, Sears Robuck, the White Cap Co. and the Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp. He served as vice president for sales at Kerr. During his career he developed improvements in the design of drill presses, hand tools and devices for detecting flaws in glass containers. He also designed machines which apply caps to all types of glass containers.