Background
Polley, Richard Donald was born on February 23, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of George Weston and Evelyn (Tuttle) Polley.
microbiologist polymer chemist
Polley, Richard Donald was born on February 23, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of George Weston and Evelyn (Tuttle) Polley.
Student, Trinity College, 1957. Bachelor of Science, Hofstra University, 1960.
Assistant advertising manager technical Sun Chemical Corporation, 1961-1963. Technical advertising manager Celanese Plastics Company, Newark, 1963-1967. Account director McCann Industrial Technology Science Marketing, New York City, 1967-1968, vice president, general manager Miami, 1968-1970.
President Intercapital Belgium S.A., Brussels, Nassau, Bahamas, Panama City, Panama, 1970-1972. Consultant Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Atomic City, Idaho, 1975—1976. Founder, president, technical director Iodinamics Corporation, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, El Paso, Texas, El Paso, Texas, 1973-1976.
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, chief operating officer, technical director, board directors, chairman Hydrodine Corporation, Miami, 1976—2002, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, technical director, 1986—2002, also board directors. Founder, chairman Chief Executive Officer, chief operating officer, technical director Polymorphic Polymers Corporation, Miami, 1978—1990. Founder, chief operating officer, technical director, Chief Executive Officer, board directors Omnidine Corporation, Miami, 1980—1998, board directors.
President, technical director Skin Care Laboratories, Inc., Miami, Florida, 1979—1990. Technical director Hydrodine Biotech (Far East) Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, 1989—1998. Chief Executive Officer, technical director Polllabs., Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1990—2000.
Technical director Ecology Technology do Brasil, Sao Paulo, 1993—2000. Technical director, environmental and agricultural manager Environmental Technology do Brasil, Sao Paulo, since 1995. Chief international technical director environmental microbiology General Environmental Science Corporation, Solon, Ohio, 1993—2000.
Chairman, co-founder Peer Group Influencers Ltd., London, Miami, 1988—1998. Vice president, board directors International Airlines, Long Beach, California, 1984—2000. Chief operating officer, technical director Swiver Corporation, Miami, 1994—2002.
Technical director chief scientist Infinity Technologies, Ltd., Panama City, 1996—1998. Founder, board directors, Chief Executive Officer, president, technical director PolleyTech Corporation, Pembroke Pines, Florida, since 1998. Overseas director field Iodine Deficiency Disease medical demonstration projects Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard University Medical School, 1977—1988.
Lecturer Harvard Business School, 1980. Consultant water disinfection control, water environments Pan American Health Organization, others. Medical and technical director Enzymes Brasil, Ltd., Sao Paulo, since 2001, medical manager, technical director, Guayaquil, Ecuador, since 2001.
Chairman medical/science advisory board, foundation technical director RAH Medical Research Foundation, Napa Valley, California, since 2001. Consultant IGFA Wetlands Project, since 2001. Founder, Chief Executive Officer, chief operating officer, chairman board directors Xurex Nano-Coatings Corporation, Davie, Florida, since 2005.
Member community board American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, Broward County, Puerto Rico. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Rifle Association, American Concrete Institute, New York Academy of Sciences, International Iodine Institute (chairman board and technical director since 1976), Associaçao de Ciencia e Tecnologia Ambiental (board directors Sao Paulo since 1993), The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, Sierra Club, Audubon Society, Wilderness Society, Defenders of Wildlife, Environmental Defense Organization, Florida Wildlife Federation, International Game Fish Association, others.
Married Linda R. Radford, September 21, 1991. Married Linda R. Radford, 1991. Children from previous marriage: Gordon MacHeath, Jennifer Elizabeth, Tabitha Isabelle, Sean Sullivan.