biography
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| (1898–1962)
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| biography:
| Chemical engineer and petroleum executive, born in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He was affiliated with Standard Oil Development Co (1934–62), becoming its president (1947). He was a leader in the development of synthetic toluene, hydrocarbon synthesis, and fluid catalytic cracking, hydroforming, and coking. In 1956 he became involved in the US guided-missile programme. |
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