Title and Description Page
Childhood and Schooling 1
Growing up in Hawthorne, New Jersey. School activities, violin in school orchestra. Friend with home chemistry laboratory.
College Education 11
Stevens Institute of Technology; engineering degree, with chemistry specialization. F. J. Pond and nature of Stevens teaching programs.
Hercules Corporation 16
Spurlin and paper chemistry. The sizing process and the electrostatic theory of rosin sizing.
Wartime Activities 19
Sunflower Ordinance Works, smokeless powder.
Hercules Research Center 22
Return to Wilmington. Emulsion polymerization, GR-S, redox initiation. Phenol process from cumene hydroperoxide. Copolymer synthesis. Ethylene polymerization. Hercules license of Ziegler process. Polypropylene production. Polyvinyl ethers and epoxy rubbers. Rigid-chain water-soluble polymers.
Retirement from Hercules 50
Family. ACS activities, Gordon conferences. Arizona State University and research activities.