Milton Harris (scientist)
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Milton Harris (March 21, 1906 – September 12, 1991) was an American chemist. Harris founded the Harris Research Laboratories, which later merged with Gillette, and was chairman of the board of directors for the American Chemical Society from 1966 to 1972.
Career
Early life and education
Born in
Early career
Upon his graduation from Yale, Harris took his first job as a
Later stages
After the end of the war, Harris founded the Harris Research Laboratories, which operated as a consulting laboratory for several companies such as the American Enka Company and Gillette. His association with the latter grew over time. In 1955, Gillette bought the Harris Research Laboratories and appointed Harris as Vice President of Research. Just before retirement, in 1966, he was approached by the American Chemical Society to serve on its board of directors. Harris accepted and served as chairman for six years. In 1975, he headed a panel that produced a study, which was instrumental to the recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences for widespread cultivation of jojoba shrubs. A year later, Harris also joined the National Academy of Engineering.[3] He died of stomach cancer in Chevy Chase in 1991.[4]
Legacy
Papers dating from between 1925 and 1991 from the career of Harris are currently held at The Valley Library at his alma mater, Oregon State University.[5] The school has an endowed professorship in his honor called the Milton Harris Chair Professor of Materials Science, which since 2006, has been held by Mas Subramanian.[6] Oregon State also gives the Milton Harris Award for Excellence in Basic Research to science scholars, which was won by Dawn Wright in 2005. Harris' other alma mater, Yale, also has a Milton Harris ’29 Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry, once held by Alanna Schepartz in the early 2000s.
See also
- List of members of the National Academy of Engineering (Chemical)
- List of Oregon State University people
- List of people from Los Angeles
- List of people with surname Harris
- List of Phi Sigma Kappa brothers
- List of Yale University people
References
- ^ "Early Years - Milton Harris: A Biography - Milton Harris Papers - Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries".
- ^ Beta Deuteron historian (2013). Office of the Archivist (ed.). Phi Sigma Kappa (U of MN) Archive: Chapter history and national roster. 218 Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN 55455: Triton Corp., alumni association – via University of Minnesota.
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- ^ "Milton Harris Papers, 1925-1996 - Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries".
- ^ "Milton Harris Chair of Materials Science".