Background
Swain, Robert Cuthbertson was born on September 14, 1907 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Son of Robert Eckles and Harriet King (Cuthbertson) Swain.
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Robert Cuthbertson Swain
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AB, Stanford University, 1928. Student, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1928. Student, University Berlin, 1932.
Career
Research chemist American Cyanamid Company, 1934-1942, director research division Stamford (Connecticut) Laboratories, 1942-1945, research director, 1945-1946, vice president charge research and development, 1946-1959, vice president international relations, 1959-1965, executive vice president, 1965-1973, retired, also board directors. President Cyanamid International Corporation, 1959-1965. Board directors Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut.
Consultant Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1943-1945. Member United States delegate, member Council International Congress Pure and Applied Chemistry, London, 1947. Member panel on nations' potential for basic research in chemistry, National Research Council, 1947-1950.
Chairman chemical warfare committee National Military Board Research and Development, 1950-1951.
Achievements
Membership
Past board directors Herbert Hoover Foundation, New York City. Past board overseers Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford, California. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Western Connecticut section 1945-1946, chairman new activities committee 1946-1947), International Union Chemistry (advisory committee 1947-1949), Society Chemical Industry (chairman 1951-1952), American Institute Chemists, Manufacturing Chemists Association, Chemists Club (New York City), Greenwich (Connecticut) Country Club, Riverside (Connecticut) Yacht Club, Bohemian Club (San Francisco), Phi Lamba Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Nu., Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Frances Grace Johnson, August 27, 1929 (deceased). Children: Mary Frances Swain Cole, Robert, Nancy (deceased).
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Nationality
American
Education
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1928
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1928
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1932
Awards
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Recipient Castner Memorial medal England, 1953, James Moorhead Turner medal, 1958for contributions to chemistry. National Research Council fellow, 1932-1934, Alexander von Humboldt fellow, 1928-1932.Recipient Castner Memorial medal England, 1953, James Moorhead Turner medal, 1958for contributions to chemistry. National Research Council fellow, 1932-1934, Alexander von Humboldt fellow, 1928-1932.