Earl Ralph Purchase

Background

Purchase, Earl Ralph was born on July 2, 1919 in Oceana County, Michigan, United States. Son of Ralph J. and Alice Cornelia (Henshaw) Purchase.

Education

Bachelor, Hope College, 1940. Master of Science, University Vermont, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1948.

Career

Chemist, Clinton laboratories, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1944-1945; research chemist, E.I. DuPont & Company, Waynesboro, Virginia, 1947-1951; group supervisor, E.I. DuPont & Company, Waynesboro, 1951-1962; senior supervisor, E.I. DuPont & Company, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1962-1967; product superintendent, E.I. DuPont & Company, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1967-1970; senior supervisor, E.I. DuPont & Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1970-1972; process specialist, E.I. DuPont & Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1972-1981; retired, E.I. DuPont & Company, Richmond, Virginia environmental control consultant, E.I. DuPont & Company, Richmond, Virginia, since 1981.

Achievements

• Earl Ralph Purchase has been listed as a noteworthy organic chemist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Warren County (North Carolina) Strategic Planning committee, since 1989. Board directors Lake Gaston Association, since 1987. Member American Chemical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, photography, gardening.

Connections

Married Patricia Verhulst, August 21, 1941. Children: Stephen Earl, Laurel Virginia.

Father:

Ralph J. Purchase

Mother:

Alice Cornelia (Henshaw) Purchase

Spouse:

Patricia Verhulst

child:

Laurel Virginia Purchase

child:

Stephen Earl Purchase