Carl Frederick Prutton (July 30, 1898 – July 15, 1970) was an American chemist, inventor, industrial executive, philanthropist and educator.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 National Academy of Engineering, Memorial Tributes:Volume 1 (1979), Prutton held more than a hundred patents on lubricants and chemical processes known in the chemical industry as "the Prutton patents".PRUTTON, CARL F. - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Prutton was the head of the department of chemistry and chemical engineering at the Case Institute of Technology, a director of research and a vice president at Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, an executive vice president of the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation,New York Times:MANHATTAN DEGREES; 441 to Graduate Tuesday -- Argentine to Speak;June 12, 1960 and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
He received several notable awards and distinctions, including the Perkin Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry, the Modern Pioneer Award of the National Association of Manufacturers, and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Manhattan College.
Chronology 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 1929: associate professor in 1929, Case Institute of Technology 1936-1948: full professor and chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology 1948: director of research, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, BaltimoreNew York Times:EXECUTIVE CHANGES;September 10, 1948 1949: vice-president, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation 1952: president of a division, Olin Mathieson Chemical CorporationNew York Times:New Officers in Mathieson-Squibb Reorganization;October 21, 1952 1954: vice president and director of the chemical division, the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation 1956: executive vice president, the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation
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