Background
Loy, Sylvester Kline was born on August 18, 1879 in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter S. and Hettie M. (Kline) Loy.
Loy, Sylvester Kline was born on August 18, 1879 in Hamburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Walter S. and Hettie M. (Kline) Loy.
Graduate Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, 1899. Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1905. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1910.
Teacher public schools, 1899-1901. Professor physics and chemistry Keystone State Normal School, 1907-1908. Instructor chemistry Simmons College, Boston, 1910-1911.
Assistant research chemist Colgate & Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, summer, 1911.
Research chemist U. Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station, 1911-1913, professor of chemistry and director laboratory, 1913-1918. Chief chemist The Midwest Refining Company, 1918-1921, Casper Plant, Standard Oil Corporation (Indiana), since 1921.
Consultant chemist United States Bureau Mines (shale oil), since 1920. Mayor of Casper, Wyoming, 1923.
Member American Society Testing Materials.
Married Ella May Nash, August 13, 1912.