Background
Shreve, Randolph Norris was born on March 9, 1885 in Saint Louis. Son of Thomas Taliaferro and Mary Rhodes (McMillin) Shreve.
Shreve, Randolph Norris was born on March 9, 1885 in Saint Louis. Son of Thomas Taliaferro and Mary Rhodes (McMillin) Shreve.
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Harvard, 1908. Engineer.D., Purdue University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), China Academy, 1970.
December 1932); married second, Eleanor Burns Mitchell, December 26, 1935 (deceased November 1967). Married 3d, Irene M. Strieby, June 1, 1968. In charge manufacturing chemicals Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Saint Louis, 1902-1904, 07-11.
With Lamar Chemical Works, Newark, 1911-1915.
Building and operating chemical plants for Marden, Orth & Hastings Corporation, Newark, Shreve Chemical Company, Jersey City, and Calco Chemical Company, Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1915-1919. Consultant chemical engineer
Associate professor chemical engineering in charge organic technical Purdue University, 1930-1931, professor 1931-1961, emeritus, 1961-1975, head School Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, 1947-1951, director Formosa-Purdue Engineering Project, 1953-1961. Official investigator Office Science Research and Development.
Dollar-a-year man in research (atomic fission engineering, for bomb) War Production Board.
Observer with United States Navy in Pacific, 1947. Studied chemical industry in Europe, 1928, Japan, 1952, Formosa, 1952-1959. Philippine Islands, 1955-1956. Board of directors, member Executive Committee Purdue Research Foundation, trustee Indianapolis Museum Artist
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists, American Institute Chemical Engineers. Member American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists (charter), American Society Engineering Education, American Chemical Society (organizer and secretary dye division 1918-1924, chairman 1924-1925, chairman medicinal division 1935, counselor-at-large, 1936-1938, chairman division industrial and engineering chemistry 1943-1944. Mason, Rotarian.; Clubs: Harvard (Indiana, New Jersey).
Married Nancy B. Vaughan, January 28, 1928 (deceased. Married second, Eleanor Burns Mitchell, December 26, 1935 (deceased. Married 3d, Irene M. Strieby, June 1, 1968.