Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on 31 May 1912. Died in Houston, Texas on 22 October 2002. Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University (1933). Employment: 1933-1935 Louisiana Power and Light Company ; 1941-1942 Merck & Co., Inc. ; 1942-1946 United States Army ; 1935-1941, 1946-1949 Freeport Sulphur Company ; 1949-1950 Standard Perlite Company ; 1950-1951 Consultant ; 1951-1955 Westvaco Mineral Products Division ; 1964-1970 Continental Oil Company ; 1970-1976 PASA Petroquimica Argentina ; Computer Application Technology, Iotron Group, Atec, Inc. ; 1955-1964, 1976-1980 Petro-Tex Chemical Corporation ; 1980-1982 Alaska Interstate ; 1982-1986 Vista Chemical Company ; 1982-1987 The Sterling Group ; 1986-1987 Sterling Chemicals ; 1987-1988 Cain Chemical, Inc, ; 1991-1993 Atlantic Coast Airlines, Inc.
From the description of Oral history interview with Gordon A. Cain, 1992 February 18 (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 76937847
