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Crusading for Chemistry

The Professional Career of Charles Holmes Herty

By: Germaine M. Reed

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Crusading for Chemistry

The Professional Career of Charles Holmes Herty

By: Germaine M. Reed

In this biography of Charles Holmes Herty (1867–1938), Germaine M. Reed portrays the life and work of an internationally known scientist who contributed greatly to the industry of his native region and who played a significant role in the development of American chemistry. As president of the American Chemical Society, editor of its industrial journal, adviser to the Chemical Foundation, and as a private consultant, Herty promoted southern industrial development through chemistry. On a national level, he promoted military preparedness with the Wilson administration, lobbied Congress for protection of war-born chemical industries, and sought cooperation and research by business, government, and universities. In 1932, he established a pulp and paper laboratory in Savannah, Georgia, to prove that cheap, fast-growing southern pine could replace Canadian spruce in the manufacture of newsprint and white paper. As a direct result of Herty's research and his missionary-like zeal, construction of the south's first newsprint plant was begun near Lufkin, Texas, in 1938.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820335525

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9780820335520

David French Boyd

Founder of Louisiana State University

By: Germaine M. Reed

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David French Boyd

Founder of Louisiana State University

By: Germaine M. Reed

David Boyd's biography is the story of one man's dedicated struggle to protect and preserve Louisiana's fledgling state university from the cumulative effects of war, Reconstruction, political hostility, and parochial greed. Boyd fought hard to promote his vision of higher education among a largely antagonistic or apathetic citizenry. He died, bitter and disillusioned, in 1899, without realizing his dream. But his life was not wasted. Clearly those who governed the university in more prosperous days owned much of their success to the devotion and self-sacrifice of this heroic figure.

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0807124699

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9780807124697

David French Boyd

Founder of Louisiana State University

By: Germaine M. Reed

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Founder of Louisiana State University

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