Background
Manuel, Thomas Asbury was born on January 3, 1936 in Austin, Texas, United States. Son of Herschel Thurman and Dorothy (Broad) Manuel.
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Thomas Asbury Manuel
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Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1957; AM, Harvard University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1961.
Career
Research chemist, Esso Research and Engineering Company, Linden, New Jersey, 1960-1966;
section manager then manager elastomers, Exxon Chemical, Linden, 1967-1976;
director polymer chemicals Research and Development, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1977-1979;
general sales manager polymers, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1980-1984;
director polymer technical, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1985-1986;
general manager chemicals technical, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1987-1989;
general manager corporation science and technical, Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1989-1994;
vice president technical, chemicals, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania, since 1994. Member governing board Council Chemical Research, since 1991, vice chairman since 1993. Hurd lecturer Northwestern University, 1993.
Board directors Industrial Research Institute, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Chemical Society, Society Chemical Industry, Tapp I.
Connections
Married Sally Linn Waddell, June 14, 1958 (divorced September 1978). Children: Thomas Broad, Elizabeth Linn. Married Nancy Walker Schneider, December 27, 1984 (deceased April, 1993).
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American