Oral history interview with Warren G. Schlinger 2002 July 24

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Oral history interview with Warren G. Schlinger 2002 July 24

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Warren G. Schlinger begins his oral history interview by tracing his family heritage and discussing his introduction to chemistry: a Gilbert Chemistry Set owned by a friend. While a young man, Schlinger began to attend public lectures at California Institute of Technology [Caltech] where he eventually was accepted and completed his education, earning a doctorate in mechanical and chemical engineering. Schlinger spent the entirety of his career at the research lab in Montebello, California. Schlinger recollects the history of Texaco. He shares aspects of his private life-stories of meeting his wife Katharine, the successes of their three children, and the Warren and Katharine Schlinger Foundation that the Schlinger family established and manages

Sound recordings ; digital, mp3 fileTranscript : (53 leaves) ; 29 cm.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History

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Warren G. Schinger was born in Los Angeles and earned his BS, Ms and PhD degrees from Cal Tech. He also taught there from 1949 through 1953 when he went to work for Texaco, where he stayed for the remainder of his career, rising from Chemical Engineer to Associate Director, Gasification. His areas of expertise were catalytic cracking, fluid bed technology and the recovery of oil from shale. From the description of Analysis of an Aluminum alloy notebook, 1942. (Chemical Heritage Found...

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