Background
Whale, Arthur Richard was born on October 28, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur B. and Orpha Louella (Doak) Whale.
Whale, Arthur Richard was born on October 28, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur B. and Orpha Louella (Doak) Whale.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1945; Bachelor of Laws, George Washington University, 1956.
Chemical engineer, Ansul Chemical Company, Marinette, Wisconsin, 1946-1947; chemical engineer, Parke, Davis & Company, Detroit, 1947-1950; writer medical literature, Parke, Davis & Company, 1950-1952; chemical engineer, Bureau Ships, unites states department Navy, Washington, 1952-1955; deputy section head, industrial gas section, Bureau Ships, unites states department Navy, 1954-1955; patent engineer, Swift & Company, Washington, 1955-1956; patent attorney, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, 1956-1965; assistant manager organic chemicals section patent department, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, 1965-1966; manager, Dow Chemical Company, 1967-1973; managing counsel, Dow Chemical Company, 1973-1975; assistant secretary, general patent counsel, Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, 1975-1986; of counsel, Miller, Morriss, & Pappas, Lansing, Michigan, 1986-1989; of counsel, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, since 1987. Board directors Wyckoff Chemical Company, South Haven, Michigan. Lecturer Practicing Law Institute, John Marshall Law School.
President National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, 1978-1979. Board directors Holcomb Research Institute, INdpls, 1982-1986. Served to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member State Bar Michigan (chairman patent trademark copyright section 1967-1969), District of Columbia Bar Association (member patent trademark copyright division), Midland County Bar Association (president 1974-1975), American Bar Association (member patent trademark copyright section), Association Corporation Patent Counsel, National Council Patent Law Assns. (chairman 1979-1980), American Intellectual Property Law Association (president 1974-1975), Ashlar Lodge, Masons, Shriners.
Married Roberta Lou Donaldson, October 29, 1949. Children: Richard Donaldson, Linda Jean.