Background
Conn, Arthur Leonard was born on April 5, 1913 in New York City. Son of Nathan Avram and Jennie (Harmel) Conn.
Conn, Arthur Leonard was born on April 5, 1913 in New York City. Son of Nathan Avram and Jennie (Harmel) Conn.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1934; S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1935; graduate, Institute Management, Northwestern University, 1959.
Assistant to director research, Blaw-Knox Company, Pittsburgh, 1936;
experimental chemist, American Locomotive Company Products division American Locomotive Company, 1936-1939;
with, Standard Oil Corporation Indiana and Amoco Oil Corporation subsidiary, 1939-1978;
group and section leader in charge Boron isotope separation, Manhattan Project, 1943-1946;
division director, Manhattan Project, 1950-1959;
superintendent technical service, Manhattan Project, 1959;
director process development, Amoco Oil Corporation, 1960-1962;
research coordinator, Amoco Oil Corporation, 1962-1964;
senior construction engineering, Amoco Oil Corporation, 1964-1967;
director government contracts, Amoco Oil Corporation, 1967-1978;
president, Arthur L. Conn & Associations, Ltd., international consultant in new energy technologies, research and development management and information resource management, 1978-1995;
consultant, Atomic Energy Commission, 1951-1953;
consultant, Office Coal Research, Energy Research and Development Administration, Department Energy, 1968-1982;
consultant, Synthetic Fuels Corporation, 1983. Member industrial advising committee University of Illinois-Chicago, 1971-1978. Industrial committee advising CUNY on coal research, 1972-1979.
Member commission on coal liquefaction, Chairman of Commission on processing coal and shale liquids National Academy Engineering, 1975-1980. Trustee Engineering Information Inc., 1982-1985.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (council 1970-1973), American Institute Chemical Engineers (director 1966-1971, vice president 1969, president 1970, Founders award 1976). Member American Chemical Society.
Married Bernice Robbins, September 2, 1937 (deceased May 1970). Children: Robert Harmel, Elizabeth (Mistress J. Geoffrey Magnus), Alex Paul. Married Irene Sekely Farkas, June 10, 1972.