Background
Derick, Clarence George was born on October 29, 1883 in Sutton, Quebec, Canada. Son of Wesley Talmage and Emma Delia (Ryan) Derick.
Derick, Clarence George was born on October 29, 1883 in Sutton, Quebec, Canada. Son of Wesley Talmage and Emma Delia (Ryan) Derick.
Bachelor of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1906. Master of Science, University of Illinois, 1909, Doctor of Philosophy, 1910.
Reseaarch assistant to Professor Moore, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1906-1907, to Professor West. A. Noyes, University of Illinois, 1907-1908. Assistant in organic chemistry, 1908-1910, associate, 1910-1913, assistant professor, 1913-1916, University of Illinois. Director of research, Schoellkopf Aniline & Chemical Company, Incorporated., Buffalo, New York, 1916-1917.
National Aniline & Chemical Company, Buffalo, 1917-1921.
Vice president By-Products Steel Corporation, Buffalo, 1924-1925. President Derick Laboratories, Incorporated., Buffalo, since 1925.
Consultant practice. Consulting chemist bureau of Mines, at Edgewood Arsenal branch, Buffalo, during World War, in charge research on mustard gas.
Member National; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Edith Lillian Blowe, August 27, 1907. Children: Clarence George, Kenneth Earl, William Blowe, Edith Dawne, Hazel Gertrude (deceased), Lincoln, Goldie L., June Phyllis.