Background
Jaeger, Alphons Otto was born on October 14, 1886 in Bergzabern, Palatine, Germany. Son of Philip and Scholastica Adolphine Wilhemine (Stoecker) Jaeger.
Jaeger, Alphons Otto was born on October 14, 1886 in Bergzabern, Palatine, Germany. Son of Philip and Scholastica Adolphine Wilhemine (Stoecker) Jaeger.
Student Institute Technology of Friedberg (Germany), 1906-1907. U. Zurich (Switzerland), 1907. U. Basel (Switzerland), 1911, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy, 1913.
Came to the United States 1923, naturalized, 1929. Research chemist Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik, Germany, 1914-1923. Group leader research department National Aniline & Chemical Company, Buffalo, 1923-1925.
Consultant chemist, 1925-1926.
Technical director The Selden Company, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania, 1926-1929, vice president, 1929-1934. General manager, research director Selden division American Cyanamid & Chemical Corporation, 1934-1938, chairman development committee American Cyanamid Company, since 1938.
Member new projects and process development committees Director general technical division.
Member American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists, American Chemical Society, American Society for Testing Materials, International Society Leather Trades Chemists, Chemical Society (England). Member United States Veterans Foreign Wars (Overbrook Post). Club: Chemists (New York).
Married Hedwig Maria Wuermell, September 9, 1920. Children: Carl Heinz, Raymond Alphons, Marian Scholastica, Lucia Constancia.