Frank Rider Bacon

Background

Bacon, Frank Rider was born on April 28, 1914 in Wilton, Iowa, United States. Son of Frank Rider and Grace Gwendolyn (Woodhouse) Bacon.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1935; Master of Science in Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, 1937.

Career

Chemist, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, 1937-1982; chief surface chemistry, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Toledo, 1973-1982.

Achievements

• Frank Rider Bacon has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Ceramic Society (chairman N.W. Ohio section 1956, chairman glass div.1959). Member American Chemical Society (chairman Toledo section 1950), American Society Testing and Materials, International Commision on Glass.

Interests

• Avocations: naturalist study, travel, golf.

Connections

Married Eleanor Jane Bennett, June 25, 1938. Children: John B., George W., Katherine Bacon Endersbe.

Father:

Frank Rider Bacon

Mother:

Grace Gwendolyn (Woodhouse) Bacon

Spouse:

Eleanor Jane Bennett

child:

Katherine Bacon Endersbe Bacon

child:

George W. Bacon

child:

John B. Bacon