Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1893, Mar. 19 | Born, Beaver Falls, Pa. |
1914 | Ph.B., College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio |
1916 | B.S., chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. Research assistant, Research Laboratory, General Electric Co. Married Pearl M. Rockfellow |
1916-1917 | Research associate, Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
1917-1918 | Consulting chemical engineer, Bureau of Mines, Washington, D.C. |
1918-1919 | Captain and later major, Chemical Warfare Service, during World War I |
1919 | Director, Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. |
1919-1922 | Associated with Arthur D. Little, Inc. |
1922-1958 | Worked for Standard Oil Co. of Indiana; chairman of the board and chief executive officer, 1945-1958 |
1934-1945 | Vice president and president, Pan American Petroleum and Transport Co., principal subsidiary of Standard Oil Co. of Indiana |
1949-1950 | Member, Special Advisory Group to the Chairman, Research and Development Board, National Military Establishment |
1960-1964 | Commissioner, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |
1964, Sept. 1 | Died, Geneva, Switzerland |