Ralph W. Myerholtz

Background

Myerholtz, Ralph W. was born on July 29, 1926 in Bucyrus, Ohio, United States. Son of Ralph W.E. and Vera (Kirkland) Myerholtz.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Northwestern University, 1954.

Career

Project chemist, Standard Oil Corporation (Indiana), Whiting, Indiana, 1954-1958; group leader, Amoco Chemical Corporation, Whiting, 1958-1966; research associate, Amoco Chemical Corporation, Whiting, 1966-1969; director polymer physics division, Amoco Chemical Corporation, Naperville, Illinois, 1969-1986.

Achievements

• Ralph W. Myerholtz has been listed as a noteworthy chemical company executive, research chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Greenfield (Indiana) Public Library., since 1995. Radio officer Civil Defense, Naperville, 1971-1981. Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Hammond, Indiana, 1955-1959.

Sergeant United States Army, 1944-1946, PTO. Member American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, electronics, woodcarving, nature/environment.

Connections

Married Lois Ellen Congram, June 24,1951. Children: Carl Alan, Lynne Elaine Myerholtz Patterson.

Father:

Ralph W.E. Myerholtz

Mother:

Vera (Kirkland) Myerholtz

Spouse:

Lois Ellen Congram

child:

Lynne Elaine Myerholtz Patterson Myerholtz

child:

Carl Alan Myerholtz