Sol William Weller

Background

Weller, Sol William was born on July 27, 1918 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Ira and Bessie (Wieselthier) Weller.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1941.

Career

Assistant chief coal hydrogenation, United States Bureau Mines, Pittsburgh, 1945-1950; head fundamental research, Houdry Process Corporation, Linwood, Pennsylvania, 1950-1958; manager propulsion research, Ford Aeronutronic Company, Newport Beach, California, 1958-1961; director chemical laboratory and materials research laboratory, Philco-Ford Company, Newport Beach, 1961-1965; professor chemical engineering, State University of New York-Buffalo, since 1965; emeritus, 1989; Community College Furnas professor, State University of New York-Buffalo, since 1983. Visiting fellow University of Oxford, 1989.

Achievements

• Sol William Weller has been listed as a noteworthy Chemical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Chemical Society (chairman Orange County section 1964, H.H. Storch award 1981, E.V. Murphree award 1982, Schoellkopf medal 1984, Dean's award 1991), American Society for Testing and Materials (founder committee D32 on catalysts).

Connections

Married Miriam Damick, June 11, 1943. Children— Judith, Susan, Robert, Ira.

Father:

Ira Weller

Mother:

Bessie (Wieselthier) Weller

Spouse:

Miriam Damick

child:

Robert Weller

child:

Susan Weller

child:

Judith Weller

child:

Ira Weller