Edward R. Weidlein
Edward Ray Weidlein (born July 14, 1887 in Augusta (Kansas) , † August 15, 1983 in Rector (Pennsylvania) ) was an American chemical engineer.
Weidlein graduated from the University of Kansas with a master's degree and then spent four years researching as a Mellon Fellow in metallurgy in Arizona and Nevada. From 1912 he was at the Mellon Institute, whose director he was in 1921 and its president in 1951. In 1956 he retired. The Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, funded by the Mellon family, promoted industrial research in the public interest (e.g. studies on environmental pollution, epilepsy, pneumonia, tooth decay, safety glass, razor blades). He was a member of the War Industries Board during World War I and involved in the synthetic rubber manufacturing program during World War II.
In 1948 he received the Priestley Medal . In 1937 he was President of the American Chemical Society and he was President of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
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| SURNAME | Weidlein, Edward R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weidlein, Edward Ray (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Augusta (Kansas) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 15, 1983 |
| Place of death | Rector (Pennsylvania) |