Louis Atwell Olney (1875, Providence, Rhode Island, United States – 1949) was a pioneering textile chemist and educator.Clark, Mark H. "Founding the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists: Louis Atwell Olney and the professionalization of dyeing" (AATCC History Project) Textile Chemist and Colorist, v 27, n 8, Aug, 1995.David H. Abrahams, "Textile chemistry", McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. (subscription access).
He was the founder and first president of the American Association of Textile Chemists and ColoristsDeanin, R. D., Louis Atwell Olney: Pioneering Textile Educator and Founder of the AATCC, in Seymour, Raymond B. and Porter, Roger S., Manmade Fibres, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1993, which in 1944 established the Olney Medal, in his honor, to recognize outstanding achievements in textile or polymer chemistry or other fields of chemistry of major importance to textile science.Third UGA family and consumer sciences researcher receives textile chemistry's highest awardWesley Minnis, Donald R. Baer, David H. Abrahams, "Dye", McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. (subscription access). Last modified: January 29, 2001.
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