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consultant chemical engineer

Richard Kieth Bartoo, American chemical engineer, consultant. Achievements include design, consulting on operation and troubleshooting acid gas scrubbing processes, including a chemical process called "Hot Potassium Carbonate Process," or Benfield Process used for removal of Carbon dioxide and H2S from industrial gas streams. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Background

Bartoo, Richard Kieth was born on June 3, 1938 in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Raymond Eldon and Norma Grace (Butler) Bartoo.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1962. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1972.

Career

Process engineer, Atlas Chemical Industries, Wilmington, Delaware, 1962-1964; process engineer, Central Romana By-Products Company, La Romana, Dominican Republic, 1964-1966; process engineer research division, Consol Coal Company, Library, Pennsylvania, 1966-1968; pilot plant engineer, The Benfield Corporation, Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1968-1972; senior process engineer, The Benfield Corporation, Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, 1972-1981; senior process engineer, Union Carbide Corporation (now Universal Oil Products), Tarrytown, New York, since 1989.

Achievements

  • Richard Kieth Bartoo has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineer, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Connections

Married Nancy Jo Hoebler, October 15, 1988 (divorced). Children: Scott Lee, Roy Keith. Married Barbara A. Wilber, October 13, 1995.

Father:
Raymond Eldon Bartoo

Mother:
Norma Grace (Butler) Bartoo

Spouse:
Nancy Jo Hoebler

Spouse:
Barbara A. Wilber

child:
Roy Keith Bartoo

child:
Scott Lee Bartoo