Herman Elkan Ries

Background

Ries,, Herman Elkan was born on May 6, 1911 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman Elkan and Henrietta (Brenner) Ries.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, 1936.

Career

Head laboratory instructor physical chemistry University Chicago, 1934-1936. Head physical chemistry section Sinclair Refining Company Research Laboratories, 1936-1951, assistant director catalysis research division, 1948-1950. Research associate Standard Oil Corporation, Indiana, Whiting, 1951-1972.

Visiting professor Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan, 1972-1974. Research associate department biology University Chicago, 1974-1991. Consultant in surface chemistry, 1972-1991.

Faculty participant in research Argonne National Laboratories, 1978. Consultant petroleum and water pollution United Nations Industrial Development Organization, from 1973. Lecturer Institut Francais du Petrol, Paris, 1951-1957.

Visiting scientist Cavendish Laboratory, University Cambridge, England, 1964. Visiting research associate Physico-Chimie des Surfaces et des Membranes National Center for Scientific Research University Paris, 1984. Associate secretary 1st International Congress on Catalysis, 1956.

Coordinator critical data on monolayers National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council-National Bureau Standards, from 1965. Lecturer World Congress on Surface Chemistry, London, 1957, Brussels, Belgium, 1964, Barcelona, Spain, 1968, Zurich, Switzerland, 1972, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1976, International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, Jerusalem, 1981, International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science, Paris, 1983, Potsdam, New York, 1985, Hakone, Japan, 1988. Plenary lecturer Chemical Society Japan, 1973, International Conference on Transferred Films, Susono City, 1988.

Welch Foundation lecturer, 1978-1979.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents in field.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (national awards committee 1965-1968, 73-75, co-chairman physical chemistry group Chicago section 1948-1949, committees continuing education, environment Chicago section 1970-1971, reviewer Journal Physical Chemistry from 1960, Journal American Chemical Society, Journal Chemical Physics, Langmuir, executive committee petroleum division 1951-1952, advisory committee colloid division from 1956, executive committee division colloid and surface chemistry 1964), American Association for the Advancement of Science (advisory board Gordon Research Conferences 1947-1951, program committee Gordon Research Conference from 1960, chairman Gordon Research Conference on Interfaces 1960), Faraday Society (London), Chemical Society Japan, American Institute Chemists, American Society Lubrication Engineers (fundamentals committee 1960), New York Academy of Sciences, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (affiliate), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Catalysis (Chicago), Quadrangle (Chicago).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Hamburger, August 17, 1940 (deceased July 1979). Children: Walter Elkan, Richard Alan. Married Mildred Small Allen, May 8, 1981.

Father:

Herman Elkan Ries,

Mother:

Henrietta (Brenner) Ries,

Spouse:

Elizabeth Hamburger

Spouse:

Mildred Small Allen

child:

Richard Alan Ries,

child:

Walter Elkan Ries,