Background
Mysels, Karol Joseph was born on April 14, 1914 in Krakow, Poland. Came to the United States, 1938. Son of Adolf Abraham and Janina Henryka (Rosenberg) Meisels.
Mysels, Karol Joseph was born on April 14, 1914 in Krakow, Poland. Came to the United States, 1938. Son of Adolf Abraham and Janina Henryka (Rosenberg) Meisels.
Licencie Science, University Lyon (France), 1937. Ingenieur Chemiste, University Lyon (France), 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1941.
Member staff patent and engineering department Shell Development Company, San Francisco, 1940-1942. Research assistant, associate Stanford (California) University, 1941-1945. Instructor New York University, New York City, 1945-1947.
From assistant professor to professor University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1947-1966. Associate director research Richard Joshua Reynolds Company, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1966-1970. Senior research advisor General Atomic Company, San Diego, 1970-1979.
Principal Research Consultant, La Jolla, California, since 1979. Research chemist University California, San Diego, since 1979. Consultant various industries, 1950-1966, 79—.
Visiting professor Science University Tokyo, 1987. Invited lecturer College de France, Paris, 1987, 91, 92. External examiner University Paris, 1991, 92.
Associate member Commission on Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 1961-1969, titular member, 1969-1979, chairman, 1973-1979. Member committee on physical chemistry International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
(The fascinating science of soap films by Mysels, Shinoda,...)
With Chemical corpus, United States army, 1042-1043. Fellow American Institute Chemists (national council 1969-1976, chairman 1973-1979, committee member 1975-1979). Member American Chemical Society (national council 1961-1962, 73-83, Kendall award 1964, co-editor 20 Years of Colloid and Surface Chemistry--The Kendall Award Addresses 1973, 18 Years of Colloid and Surface Chemistry--The Kendall Award Addresses, 1991).
Married Helen B. Meisels, 1938 (divorced 1951). Married Estella Ruth Katzenellenbogen, March 28, 1953.