ACS President: Willis R. Whitney (1868-1958)
Served as President: 1909
Considered one of the fathers of industrial research
To him no real experiment was useless and he liked the word 鈥渟erendipity鈥� which he defined as the art of profiting from unexpected discovery.
Education:
- Ph. D., 1896, University of Leipzig
Career Highlights:
- 1900 鈥� 1928, General Electric Company, Director of the Research Laboratory
- 1928 鈥� 1932, General Electric Company, Vice President in charge of Research
- 1932 鈥� 1945, General Electric Company, honorary vice-president of company
Notable Accomplishments:
- Research topics included solubility, colloid suspensions, corrosion of iron
Major Awards and Honors:
- President, American Electrochemical 中国365bet中文官网, 1912
Service to Science:
Did you know
. . . that the first research laboratory for General Electric Co started in a barn, but when the barn burned shortly afterward the research operation was moved to a small building in the Schenectady Works?
. . . that before and after retirement he had many hobbies, all of which involved some sort of experimentation, including Indian arrowheads, the growing of corn under different conditions, and turtles ?
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