Background
Wessel, Carl John was born on October 5, 1911 in Pittsburgh. Son of Reuben and Sarah Veronica (Boyle) Wessel.
Wessel, Carl John was born on October 5, 1911 in Pittsburgh. Son of Reuben and Sarah Veronica (Boyle) Wessel.
Student, University Buffalo, 1930. Bachelor of Science, Canisius College, 1934. Master of Science, University Detroit, 1938.
Doctor of Philosophy, Catholic University America, 1941.
Paint, varnish, lacquer and enamel chemist, Pratt & Lambert Company, Buffalo, 1934-1936;
charge testing laboratory, Pratt & Lambert Company, Buffalo, 1935;
supervisor lacquer formulation, Pratt & Lambert Company, Buffalo, 1936;
graduate instructor general chemistry, U. Detroit, 1936-1938;
instructor biochemistry, organic chemistry, U. Detroit, 1941;
microbiologist, chemist, Gelatin Products Corporation (now R.P. Scherer Corporation), Detroit, 1941-1946;
supervisor control laboratories, associate director control, Gelatin Products Corporation (now R.P. Scherer Corporation), 1942-1946;
instructor general chemistry, Wayne State University, 1944-1946;
biochemist, research associate prevention of deterioration center division chemistry-chemical technical, National Academy Science-National Research Council, 1946-1948;
assistant director, National Academy Science-National Research Council, 1954;
director, National Academy Science-National Research Council, 1955-1965;
member panel on prevention deterioration, materials advisory board, National Academy Science-National Research Council, 1957-1958;
member panel on effects ambient environmental quality, environmental research assessment committee, National Academy Science-National Research Council, from 1975. Treasurer The Capital Chemist, Publication Washington Chemical Society, 1951-1955. Secretary National Federation Science Abstracting and Indexing Services, 1963-1965.
Science information coordinator Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1965-1966. Vice president, chief scientist Tracor Jitco, Inc., Rockville, Maryland., 1966-1979, director carcinogenesis bioassay program, 1974-1976, consultant, from 1979.
Fellow American Institute Chemists (president Washington chapter 1957-1959), Institute Environmental Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Institute Biological Science, Corrosion Research Council, Seahorse Institute, American Chemical Society, American Society Information Sciences, Society Industrial Microbiology, Cosmos Club, Torch Club (Washington director, president 1965).
Married Laur Schell Huntington, February 14, 1942. Children: Gretchen Grimm, Gregory Huntington, Colman Langan, Hilary Lindsay, Kenwyn Brennan.