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Thomas Midgley Jr. (May 18, 1889 – November 2, 1944) was an American mechanical and chemical engineer.He played a major role in developing leaded gasoline (tetraethyl lead) and some of the first chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), better known in the United States by the brand name Freon; both products were later banned from common use due to their harmful impact on human health and the environment.
In 1874, a group of American chemists gathered at the Joseph Priestley House to mark the 100th anniversary of Priestley's discovery of oxygen.Although there was an American scientific society at that time (the American Association for the Advancement of Science, founded in 1848), the growth of chemistry in the U.S. prompted those assembled to consider founding a new society that would focus ...
He was instrumental in building the chemical supply business in the U.S. The specialty materials business of Honeywell traces its roots back to a small sulfuric acid company he started in 1870. Nichols was one of the original founders of the American Chemical Society, serving as president in 1918 and 1919.
Presidents of the American Chemical Society: [1] John W. Draper (1876) J. Lawrence Smith (1877) Samuel William Johnson (1878) T. Sterry Hunt (1879) Frederick A. Genth ...
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Lloyd Miller Cooke (1916 – 2001) was an American industrial chemist and researcher. He was an early African American chemist specialized in cellulose and carbohydrate chemistry, and worked in a leadership role for many years at Union Carbide Corporation (now Union Carbide) chemical company.
1941 Nichols Medal, New York Section, American Chemical Society. [34] 1944 Elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences [201] 1946 Willard Gibbs Award, Chicago section of the American Chemical Society. [196] 1947 Davy Medal, Royal Society. [34] [196] 1947 T. W. Richards Medal, Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society ...
As a candidate in 2013 for the position of director-at-Large for the American Chemical Society, Phillips stated that if she were elected to the position, she would aim to address two issues: global chemistry enterprise and chemical safety. [13] In 2013 Phillips was appointed director-at-large of the American Chemical Society. [1]