Arnold Stancell

Arnold Stancell is an African American chemical engineer and scholar known for his contributions to petrochemical research.

Early life and education Arnold Stancell was born on November 16, 1936 in Harlem, New York. His parents were Francis Stancell and Maria Lucas. Stancell went to Stuyvesant High School and attended City College of New York. In 1958, he earned a B.S. in chemical engineering with the honor of magna cum laude. After his retirement from Mobil Oil Company in 1993, he began teaching chemical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in 1994 and received the title of Turner Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 2001.

Stancell received several acknowledgements which include the Career Achievement Award of City College of New York, the Professional Achievement Award of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Award for Chemical Engineering Practice. He received an appointment to the Governing Board of the National Research Council in 2010. Stancell collaborated with the US Department of Interior after the 2010 BP oil spill and was appointed to the National Science Board by President Barack Obama in 2011.