Dr. Carl Frederick Prutton (July 30, 1898 – July 15, 1970) was an American chemist, chemical engineer, inventor, industrial executive, philanthropist and educator.[1][2] Prutton held more than a hundred patents on lubricants and chemical processes known in the chemical industry as "the Prutton patents".[3] Prutton was the head of the department of chemistry and chemical engineering at the Case Institute of Technology,[1] a director of research and a vice president at Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation,[1] an executive vice president of the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation,[4] and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.[2]
He received several notable awards and distinctions, including the Perkin Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry,[1] the Modern Pioneer Award of the National Association of Manufacturers,[1] and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Manhattan College.[4]
Chronology edit
- 1898: born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 30
- 1920: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology
- 1923: M.S., Case Institute of Technology
- 1928: Ph.D., physical chemistry, Western Reserve University[2]
- 1929: associate professor in 1929, Case Institute of Technology[3]
- 1936-1948: full professor and chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology[3]
- 1948: director of research, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, Baltimore[3][5]
- 1949: vice-president, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation[3]
- 1952: president of a division, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation[6]
- 1954: vice president and director of the chemical division, the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation[3]
- 1956: executive vice president, the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f New York Times:DR. CARL PRUTTON; LED IN CHEMISTRY; Educator, Consultant and Inventor Dies at 71;Carl Frederick Prutton;Chalmer G. Kirkbride;July 16, 1970
- ^ a b c National Academy of Engineering, Memorial Tributes:Volume 1 (1979),
- ^ a b c d e f PRUTTON, CARL F. - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
- ^ a b New York Times:MANHATTAN DEGREES; 441 to Graduate Tuesday -- Argentine to Speak;June 12, 1960
- ^ New York Times:EXECUTIVE CHANGES;September 10, 1948
- ^ New York Times:New Officers in Mathieson-Squibb Reorganization;October 21, 1952
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