George Oenslager

George Oenslager (September 25, 1873 – February 5, 1956)[1] was a Goodrich chemist who discovered that a derivative of aniline accelerated the vulcanization of rubber with sulfur. He first introduced carbon black[2] as a rubber reinforcing agent in 1912.

Biography

Oenslager attended Harrisburg & Phillips Exeter Academies, AB 1894, AM 1896. He first worked for the Warren Paper Co. in Maine from 1896 until 1905. He then worked for the Diamond & B.F. Goodrich Rubber Companies from 1905 until 1940. During World War I Oenslager inflated the first Hydrogen Balloon in the US.

Oenslager received his Ph.D. from Harvard under Prof. Theodore William Richards.[3]

He was awarded the Perkin Medal in 1933 for his discovery of organic accelerators, specifically thiocarbanilide. This development crucial to the commercialization of both natural and synthetic rubber.[4] Oenslager was awarded the Charles Goodyear Medal in 1948.

He was married to Ruth Alderfer Oenslager.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "George Oenslager, FindAGrave".
  2. ↑ John Tully (2011), "The Devil' s Milk", p. 139
  3. ↑ "Chains of Opportunity, page 15".
  4. ↑ Trumbull, H. L. (1933). "Accomplishments of the Medalist". Ind. Eng. Chem. 25 (2): 230–232. doi:10.1021/ie50278a030.
  5. ↑ "Ruth Alderfer Oenslager, 1892-1992".
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