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Robert Dégeilh, French chemist. Achievements include research in molecular structure of chelates and proteins, patents for production of polyvinyl butyral, process for production of pure silicon and semiconductors, research on study of metal surfaces and catalysts-Leed, deposition of metals on glass surfaces, extrusion of polymers. Scholarship State of France, 1939-1952.

Background

Dégeilh, Robert was born on April 19, 1927 in Magnac sur Touvre, France. Son of Jean and Amelia (Boursier) Dégeilh.

Education

Ingenieur, ENSCP, Paris, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1955.

Career

Research fellow California Technology Institute, Pasadena, 1955-1957. Research chemist Saint Gobain, Antony, France, 1958-1961, Pechiney-Saint Gobain, Antony, 1961-1969. Group leader Saint Gobain, Aubervilliers, France, 1969-1987, retired France, 1987.

International consultant ECTI, Paris, since 1987. Vice director Tianjin Bing Feng Organic Chemical Company Ltd., China, since 1997.

Achievements

  • Robert Dégeilh has been listed as a noteworthy chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Councillor City Council, Port-Marly, France, 1983-1989. Member American College of Surgeons, American Counseling Association, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Josette Joliff, September 5, 1963. Children: Francoise, Marianne, Jean-Marie.

Father:
Jean Dégeilh

Mother:
Amelia (Boursier) Dégeilh

Spouse:
Josette Joliff

child:
Jean-Marie Dégeilh

child:
Marianne Dégeilh

child:
Francoise Dégeilh

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Awards

  • Scholarship State of France, 1939-1952.