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Engineer-of-the-year Award, Delaware County Chapter, Pennsylvania Society of 

 Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1951 ; 

 ing, 1967 ; Founders Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, November, 

 1967 ; Distinguished Public Service Award, United States Navy, June, 1968. 



Professional career: 1930-1934, Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Whiting. 

 Indiana, Chemical Engineer, Research Department. 1934-1942, American Oil 

 Company, Texas City, Texas, Assistant Director of Research. 1942-1944, Field 

 Research Dept., Mobil Oil Co., Dallas, Texas, Chief of Chemical Engineering 

 Development. 



1944-1947, A & M College of Texas, College Station, Texas, Distinguished Pro- 

 fessor of Chemical Engineering 1944-47, Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation. 

 Newark, Ohio, Consultant. 1945-1947, Day & Zimmerman, Inc., Philadelphia, 

 Penn.sylvania, Consulting Engineer. 



1947-194S, Houdry Process Corporation, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, Manager, 

 Research & Development Division. 1948-1952, Houdry Process Corporation, Marcus 

 Hook, Pennsylvania, Director and Vice President in Charge of Research and De- 

 velopment Division. 1952-1956, Houdry Process Corporation, Philadelphia, Penn- 

 sylvania, President and Chairman of the Board. 



1948-1962, Houdry Process & Chemical Co., Div. of Air Products & Chemicals, 

 Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Director. 1952-1956, Catalytic Construction 

 Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Director. 1956-1960, Sun Oil Company, 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Executive Director, Research and Engineering De- 

 partment. 



4/60-Date, Sun Oil Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vice President. Re- 

 search and Engineering Department. 1/63-Date, Sun Oil Company, Philadelphia, 

 Pennsylvania, Director. 195S-Date, SunOlin Chemical Company, New York, X.Y., 

 Director. 



2/59-5/60 Avisun Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, President. 2/59- 

 1/68, Avisun Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Director, 5/68-Date, 

 Puerto Rico Sun Oil Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Director. 



Miscellaneous business activities: 1956-Date, PMC. (Pennsylvania Military & 

 Penn Morton), Chester, Pennsylvania, Member, Board of Trustees. 19o9-Date, 

 PMC Colleges, (Pennsylvania Military & Penn Morton), Chester, Pennsylvania, 

 Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees. 1958-1967, Delaware County National Bank, 

 Chester, Pennsylvania, Director. 



1965-Date, The Riddle Memorial Hospital, Media, Pennsylvania, Director. 

 1965-1967, The Riddle Memorial Hospital, Media, Pennsylvania, Chairman, 

 Board of Directors. 1950-Date, Professional Engineer — New York. 1959-Date, 

 Professional Engineer — Pennsylvania. 1968-Date, U.S. Naval Academy Founda- 

 tion, Inc., Member, Board of Trustees (2-Year Term). 



Publications : Several papers on management, education, taxation, economics, 

 heat transfer, multicomponent fractionation, phase equilibria, catalytic processes, 

 and on ocean engineering. Author of 12 patents on desalting of crude oil, high 

 pressure absorption of hydrocarbons, and catalytic processes. Author, Chemical 

 Engineering Fundamentals, McGraw-Hill Book Company (1947). 



Clubs : Chemists' Club, New York City ; Delaware Turf Club ; The Engineers' 

 Club of Philadelphia ; Petroleum Club of Houston, Texas ; Racquet Club of Phila- 

 delphia ; Union League of Philadelphia. 



Fraternities : Alpha Chi Sigma ; Phi Lambda Upsilon ; Tau Beta Pi. 



PEOFESSIONAI, AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP AND ACTn'ITT 



American Chemical Society : 1931-Date, Member, American Chemical Society ; 

 1947-Date, Member, Division of Petroleum Chemistry ; 1947-1951, Secretary- 

 Treasurer, Division of Petroleum Chemistry ; 1962-1967, Member, Division of 

 Chemical Marketing Economics. 



American Institute of Chemical Engineers: 1932-Date. Member, American 

 Institute of Chemical Engineers; 1946-1948 — 1950-1952, Director; 1953, Vice 

 President; 1954, President; 1&40-1952, Member, Chemical Engineering Educa- 

 tion and Accrediting Committee. 



1945-1947, Chairman, Program Committee; 1948-1^9, Chairman, Public Re- 

 lations Committee; 1950-1951, Chairman, Membership Committee: 1951. Mem- 

 ber, Engineering Manpower Commission of Engineers' Joint Council (Represent- 

 ing AIChE) ; 1953. Chairman, Publications Board; 1953-1954, Chairman. Trustee 

 Pension Plan; 1957-1960 Member, Trustee Pension Plan: 1955-1959, Member, 

 Ethics Committee; 1959, Chairman, Ethics Committee; 1956-1958, Chairman, 

 Fiftieth Anniversary Committee. 



