Background
Grosse, Aristid V. was born on January 4, 1905 in Riga, Russia. Came to the United States, 1930, naturalized, 1937. Son of Victor G. and Ella (Lieven) Grosse.
Grosse, Aristid V. was born on January 4, 1905 in Riga, Russia. Came to the United States, 1930, naturalized, 1937. Son of Victor G. and Ella (Lieven) Grosse.
Doctor of Engineering, Technische Hochschule, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany, 1927.
Research chemist, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Chemistry, Berlin-Dahlem, 1927-1928; research chemist, Medical Analysis laboratories, Shanghai, China, 1928-1929; research associate, Technische Hochschule, Berlin-Charlottenburg, 1929-1932; research associate, Universal Oil Products Company, Chicago, 1930-1935; associate director research, Universal Oil Products Company, Chicago, 1935-1940; visiting assistant professor department chemistry, University of Chicago, 1931-1940; Guggenheim research fellow department physics, Columbia University, 1940-1941; associate with hockey club Urey in war research laboratories for Manhattan Project, Columbia University, 1942-1943; consultant on synthetic rubber, Houdry Process Corporation, Philadelphia, 1942-1985; director research Houdry laboratories, Houdry Process Corporation Pennsylvania, Houdry Process Corporation, Philadelphia, 1943-1948; chief consultant on synthetic rubber, War Production Board, Washington, 1942-1943. Member American rubber mission to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1942-1943.
President Research Institute Temple University (name changed to Franklin Institute), Philadelphia, 1948-1969, Germantown Laboratories, Inc. affiliate, 1969-1985. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Institute Aeronautics an Astronautics, Chemical Society (London), American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Irene Lieven, March 3, 1932. 1 child, Aristd.