Portrait of William M. Rand (1886-1981), President of the Monsanto Chemical Company from 1945 to 1951.

William M. Rand was born on April 7th, 1886 in Watertown, Massachusetts and attended Chauncy Hall and Philip Exeter…

Portrait of William M. Rand (1886-1981), President of the Monsanto Chemical Company from 1945 to 1951.

William M. Rand was born on April 7th, 1886 in Watertown, Massachusetts and attended Chauncy Hall and Philip Exeter…

Portrait of James A. Rafferty (1886-1951). Rafferty was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 4th, 1886 and studied engineering and chemistry at the Lewis Institute of Technology. Following his graduation from Lewis in 1908,…

Portrait of Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889-1944), an American engineer and chemist who discovered the effectiveness of tetraethyl lead as an antiknock additive for gasoline.

Thomas Midgley, Jr. was born on May 18, 1889 in…

Portrait of Samuel Cox Hooker (1865-1935). Hooker was born on April 19, 1865, in Benchley, Kent, England and studied at the Government Science School in South Kensington, London. Hooker earned his PhD from the…

Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976), popularly known as the father of ethylene and for his pioneering work on applications for by-products of petroleum processing.

Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa on December 24,…

Portrait of Charles Frederick Chandler (1836-1925), an industrial chemist whose research concerning sugar refining, gas manufacturing, and chemical education greatly impacted public sanitation and health.

Charles…

Portrait of William Francis Hillebrand (1853-1925). Hillebrand was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 12, 1853, the son of renowned botanist William Hillebrand (1821-1886). William Francis Hillebrand studied at…

Portrait of William H. Walker (1869-1934), a pioneer of chemical engineering practice and principles in the United States.

William H. Walker was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1869 and graduated from Penn State…

Portrait of Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), best known for his discovery of periodic law and creation of the periodic table of elements.

Portrait of John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872-1962). In partnership with John Lundberg and A.D. Wilson, Van Nostrand Dorr owned the Lundberg, Dorr, & Wilson gold & silver mining operation in Terry, South Dakota. In 1916, he…

Portrait of Arthur Dehon Little (1863-1935), a pioneer of chemical engineering practice and principles who helped establish chemical engineering as a separate profession with a distinct approach and training method.

A…

Portrait of John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872-1962). In partnership with John Lundberg and A.D. Wilson, Van Nostrand Dorr owned the Lundberg, Dorr, & Wilson gold & silver mining operation in Terry, South Dakota. In 1916, he…

Portrait of Japanese chemist Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922). The son of a doctor, Takamine graduated from the College of Science and Engineering of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1879 and, with support from the…

Portrait of Ira Remsen (1846-1927). Along with Constantin Fahlberg, Remsen discovered the artificial sweetener saccharin in 1879.

A native of New York City, Remsen received his M.D. from the Columbia University…

Portrait of Albert Edward Marshall (b. 1883). A native of Liverpool, England, Marshall studied at the Liverpool Institute (1898-1900) and Liverpool University College (1900-01). In 1902, Marshall joined the United…

Portrait of Benjamin Talbot Brooks (b. 1885). Brooks was an authority on petroleum and author of several volumes on the subject, including The Chemistry of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (1954-55).

Portrait of Arthur Vining Davis (1867-1962), American industrialist and philanthropist best known for his work with the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa).

Born in Sharon, Massachusetts, Arthur Vining Davis attended…

Portrait of Williams Haynes (1886-1960). Williams Haynes was born on July 29, 1886 in Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from high school, Haynes worked as a reporter for the New York Sun before enrolling at Johns…

Portrait of Benjamin Talbot Brooks (b. 1885). Brooks was an authority on petroleum and author of several volumes on the subject, including The Chemistry of Petroleum Hydrocarbons (1954-55).

Portrait of Marston Taylor Bogert (1868-1954), American Chemical Society President (1907-1908) known for his work on the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and perfumes.

Marston Taylor Bogert…

Portrait of John Van Nostrand Dorr (1872-1962). In partnership with John Lundberg and A.D. Wilson, Van Nostrand Dorr owned the Lundberg, Dorr, & Wilson gold & silver mining operation in Terry, South Dakota. In 1916, he…

Portrait of Williams Haynes (1886-1960). Williams Haynes was born on July 29, 1886 in Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from high school, Haynes worked as a reporter for the New York Sun before enrolling at Johns…

Portrait of Marston Taylor Bogert (1868-1954), American Chemical Society President (1907-1908) known for his work on the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and perfumes.

Marston Taylor Bogert…

Portrait of Edgar Clay Britton (1891-1962). Born in Rockville, Indiana in 1891, Britton studied chemistry at the University of Michigan under Dr. William J. Hale. He earned his Ph.D. from Michigan in 1918 and, while at…