Background
Doolittle, Arthur King was born on November 15, 1896 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Frederick Giraud and Maud (Tucker) Doolittle.
Doolittle, Arthur King was born on November 15, 1896 in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Son of Frederick Giraud and Maud (Tucker) Doolittle.
AB, Columbia University, 1919; Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1920; Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 1923.
Research engineer, The Dorr Company, Westport, Connecticut, 1923-1925; plant engineer, Sherwin-Williams Company, Chicago, 1925-1929; chief lacquer division, Sherwin-Williams Company, Newark, 1929-1931; development engineer spray drying, Bowen Research Corporation, New York City, 1931; director lacquer research, Bradley Vrooman Company, Chicago, 1931-1932; technical head coatings research, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1932-1944; assistant director research, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1944-1945; senior scientist, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Company, South Charleston, West Virginia, 1955-1961; president, consultant, Arcadia Institute for Science Research, Charleston, West Virginia, from 1959; partner, Dorr Consultants, New York City, 1959-1961; professor chemical, Drexel Institute Technology, Philadelphia, 1961-1964. Member of advisory board chemical engineering department Princeton, 1955-1958.
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From private to Second lieutenant A.S., Army of the United States, 1917-1919, acceptance test pilot, 1919. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman management committee Gordon Conferences, 1955-1956, advisory board 1950-1958), American Institute Chemical Engineers (director 1951-1954, vice president 1955, chairman Charleston section 1943-1944), American Chemical Society (chairman paint plastics and printing ink division 1952-1953, division council 1952-1956, council committee on national meetings and divisional activities 1952-1956, advisory board industrial and engineering chem 1954-1956), Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Chi Beta Phi, Alpha Chi, Sigma Xi Rho, Columbia University Club (New York City), Quiet Birdmen, Cosmos (Washington).
Married Dortha Bailey, August 8, 1923. Children: Robert Frederick II, Elizabeth May (Mistress Donald Charles Peckham).