James Farnsworth York

Background

York, James Farnsworth Son of Randolph M. and Helen F. York.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1961. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, 1968.

Career

Senior engineer Borg Warner Chemicals, Washington, 1961—1964, administrative manager, 1964—1974, research manager Morgantown, 1974—1987. Principal engineer General Electric Plastics, Washington, 1987—1999. Instructor Washington County Career Center, Marietta, Ohio, since 1999.

Adjunct professor Washington State Community College, since 2007.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents for United States 4, 305, 866 Polyolefins Stabilized with Cyclic Diphosphites. Patents for United States 4, 120, 882 Catalytically Active Composition for Electroless Plating. Patents for United States 4, 665, 211 Process for Preparing bis (Dialkylphenyl) Pentaerythritol Diphosphites.
  
  Patents for United States 4, 116, 926 Stabilizer for Polymers. Patents for Great Britain 1, 526, 603 Preparation of Organic Phosphite. Patents for CAN 807, 200 Dehydrohalogenation of Halogenated Nitrile Compounds.

Membership

Member of American Chemical Society.

Connections

Married Evelyn Yvonne Anderson, April 6, 1962. Children: David Michael, Robert Alan.

Father:

Randolph M.

Mother:

Helen F. York

Spouse:

Evelyn Yvonne Anderson

child:

David Michael York

child:

Robert Alan York