Background
Hasche, Rudolph Leonard was born on June 20, 1896 in Doon, Iowa, United States. Son of Carl Harmann and Clara Belle (Lemon) Hasche.
Hasche, Rudolph Leonard was born on June 20, 1896 in Doon, Iowa, United States. Son of Carl Harmann and Clara Belle (Lemon) Hasche.
Bachelor of Science, Tarkio (Missouri) College, Doctor of Laws, 1953. Master of Science, Washington and Jefferson Colege, 1919, Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1924. Fellow University of California, 1924-1925, universities Berlin and Vienna, 1925-1926.
Geraldine (Mistress Richard P. Clarke). Research chemist for American Smelting & Refining Company, 1926-1930, superintendent research, 1930-1931. Director chemical research A. O. Smith Corporation, 1931-1934.
Superintendent research and development division Tennessee Eastman Corporation, 1934-1943, science counsel, 1943-1952.
President, Chairman of the Board Carbonic Development Corporation, since 1931. President Hasche Engineering Company, since 1950, Hasche Process Company, since 1958.
Also private consultant Consultant War Production Board, 1943, F. Electronic Arts, 1945, investigator chemical plants in Germany, 1945.
Technical Deferment Committee, War Production Board, 1943.
Served in poison gas research department, C.W.S., United States Army, World War. National Research fellow of Rockefeller Foundation, 1924-1925. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Gas Association, American Institute Civil Engineer, American Chemical Society, Society Chemical Industry (London), American Petroleum Institute, American Society Refrigerating Engineers, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Gamma Alpha.
Clubs: University, Chemists.
Married Blanche Knox, August 25, 1920.