Background
Grundmann, Christoph Johann was born on December 29, 1908 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Bruno Johann and Mathilde (Bolomey) Grundmann.
Grundmann, Christoph Johann was born on December 29, 1908 in Berlin, Germany. Son of Bruno Johann and Mathilde (Bolomey) Grundmann.
Diploma Chemical, University Berlin, Germany, 1931. Doctor of Philosophy, University Berlin, Germany, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy Habil, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1937.
Chemical researcher academic institutions private companies, Germany, 1933-1951;
staff, Research Foundation, Ohio State University, 1952-1958;
director research and development, General Cigar Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1958-1960;
senior fellow, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1961-1985;
professor of chemistry, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, 1967-1976;
professor emeritus, since 1976. Patent consultant, since 1961. Research consultant Olin Matheson Chemical Corporation, 1952-1958.
Medical patent advising committee Department of the Interior, 1960-1962. Honorary board directors Lancaster laboratories, Inc.
Member Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Sigma Xi.
Married Lieselotte M. Mieth, March 1, 1963. 1 child, by previous marriage, Henning J.