Gene Sumrell

Background

Sumrell, Gene was born on October 7, 1919 in Apache, Arizona, United States. Son of Joe B. and Dixie (Hughes) Sumrell.

Education

Bachelor, Eastern New Mexico University, 1942. Bachelor of Science, University New Mexico, 1947. Master of Science, University New Mexico, 1948.

Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1951.

Career

Assistant professor chemistry Eastern New Mexico University, 1951—1953. Senior research chemist J. T. Baker Chemical Company, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, 1953—1958. Senior organic chemist Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, 1958—1959.

Project leader Food Machinery & Chemical Corporation, Baltimore, 1959—1961. Research section leader El Paso Natural Gas Products Company, 1961—1964. Project leader Southern utilization research and development division United States Department Agriculture, New Orleans, 1964—1967, investigations head, 1967—1973.

Research leader Oil Seed and Food Laboratory, Southern Regional Research Center, 1973—1984. Collaborator, from 1984. From private to staff sergeant Army of the United States, 1942-1946.

Achievements

• Gene Sumrell has been listed as a noteworthy research chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Research Society of America, American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists, American Oil Chemists Society, American Institute Chemists, New York Academy of Sciences, American Chemical Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi.