About Carl F. Prutton
Lived 1898 – 1970 (aged 71). Carl F. Prutton was an American chemist and engineer.
Carl Frederick Prutton (July 30, 1898 – July 15, 1970) was an American chemist, inventor, industrial executive, philanthropist and educator.
Prutton held more than a hundred patents on lubricants and chemical processes known in the chemical industry as "the Prutton patents".
Prutton was the head of the department of chemistry and chemical engineering at the Case Institute of Technology,
and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
1949: vice-president, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation
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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Who was Carl F. Prutton?
American chemist
When was Carl F. Prutton born?
Carl F. Prutton was born on 30 July 1898.
When did Carl F. Prutton die?
Carl F. Prutton died on 15 July 1970.
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Carl F. Prutton was a chemist and engineer.
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Carl F. Prutton was American.
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