Carl F. Prutton

Dr. Carl Frederick Prutton (July 30, 1898 – July 15, 1970) was an American chemist, chemical engineer, inventor, industrial executive, philanthropist and educator.^[1][2] Prutton held more than a hundred patents on lubricants and chemical processes known in the chemical industry as "the Prutton patents".^[3] Prutton was the head of the department of chemistry and chemical engineering at the Case Institute of Technology,^[1] a director of research and a vice president at Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation,^[1] an executive vice president of the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation,^[4] and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.^[2]

He received several notable awards and distinctions, including the Perkin Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry,^[1] the Modern Pioneer Award of the National Association of Manufacturers,^[1] and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Manhattan College.^[4]

Chronology

• 1898: born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 30
• 1920: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology
• 1923: M.S., Case Institute of Technology
• 1928: Ph.D., physical chemistry, Western Reserve University^[2]
• 1929: associate professor in 1929, Case Institute of Technology^[3]
• 1936-1948: full professor and chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology^[3]
• 1948: director of research, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, Baltimore^[3][5]
• 1949: vice-president, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation^[3]
• 1952: president of a division, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation^[6]
• 1954: vice president and director of the chemical division, the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation^[3]
• 1956: executive vice president, the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation^[1]