Background
Allen, Eugene Murray was born on November 7, 1916 in Newark. Son of Mitchell and Celia (Schnitter) Kaplan.
Allen, Eugene Murray was born on November 7, 1916 in Newark. Son of Mitchell and Celia (Schnitter) Kaplan.
Bachelor of Arts, Columbia, 1938; Master of Science, Stevens Institute Technology, 1944; Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1952.
Research chemist, Utility Color Company, Newark, 1938-1939; research chemist, United Color & Pigment Company, Newark, 1939-1941; research chemist, E.R. Squibb & Sons, Brooklyn, 1941-1942; chemist, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, 1942-1945; research chemist, American Cyanamid Company, Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1945-1963; research associate, American Cyanamid Company, 1963-1966; research fellow, American Cyanamid Company, 1966-1967; consultant, American Cyanamid Company, 1967-1972; professor of chemistry, Lehigh University, 1967-1982; professor emeritus, Lehigh University, since 1982; director Color Science laboratory, Lehigh University, since 1968; Consortium for Color Technology, Lehigh University, since 1973. Consultant International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Celanese Canada, Pantone, Inc., Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik-Inmont, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Industries. Member United States national committee, consultant colorimetry committee International Commission Illumnination.
Fellow Optical Society of America. Member American Chemical Society, American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists (chairman color technical committee 1965), Inter-Society Color Council (chairman fluorescence subcommittee 1952-1967, director 1974-1976, Godlove award 1983), Sigma Xi.
Married Beatrice Hyman, January 23, 1937. Children: Marlene, Julian Lewis.