Robert Berry Akell

Background

Akell, Robert Berry was born on May 14, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph William and Elizabeth (Posner) Akell.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northeastern University, 1942. MChemE, University Louisville, 1946.

Career

With, Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons, Louisville and Baltimore, 1942-1956; chief chemist, Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons, Louisville and Baltimore from construction engineering to principal consultant, Éleuthère Irénée duPont de Nemours, Wilmington, Delaware, 1956-1982; president, Fresno Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, since 1982. Consultant in field, since 1982.

Achievements

• Robert Berry Akell has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineering consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

District commissioner Boy Scouts American, Baltimore, 1955. Board directors Wilmington Civic Association, 1957, Wilmington Recreation Association, 1980. Trustee, vice president Congregation Beth Emeth, Wilmington, 1966, 83—.

Trustee Wilmington Jewish Community Center, 1988-1992. Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineers (member international committee for solvent extraction and technical, chairman international solvent extraction conference 1983).

Interests

• Avocations: miniature furniture and settings.

Connections

Married Josephine Gelb, June 3, 1942 (deceased July 1985). Children: Paul S., Sandra, June. Married Dorothy Margaret Hirzel, September 25, 1988.

Father:

Joseph William Akell

Mother:

Elizabeth (Posner) Akell

Spouse:

Dorothy Margaret Hirzel

Spouse:

Josephine Gelb

child:

June Akell

child:

Sandra Akell

child:

Paul S. Akell