Biography:Sidney Milton Edelstein
Sidney Milton Edelstein | |
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| Born | 22 January 1912 Chattanooga, Tennessee, US |
| Died | 18 September 1994 Fort Lee, New Jersey, US |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical Engineering |
| Institutions | Dexter Chemical Corporation |
Sidney Milton Edelstein (22 Jan 1912 – 18 Sep 1994) was an American chemist, inventor and industrialist.
Life
He was born on 22 January 1912 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, into a Jewish family.[1]
He was married to Mildred Citron Edelstein.[1]
He died on 18 September 1994 (aged 82) in Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.
Education
He attended Baylor High School.[2]
He gained admission, at the age of sixteen, to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He graduated from MIT in 1932.[3] There he developed expertise in the chemistry of cellulose and in textile microscopy.[1]
Career
He was the founder in 1945 of the Dexter Chemical Corporation in the Borough of the Bronx, New York City.[1]
Awards and honours
Several awards and honours were either started by Sidney Milton Edelstein or are named after him:
- HIST Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry
- Sidney Edelstein Prize
He holds a number of patents related to the preparation of cellulose solutions.[4]
See also
- Chemical Engineering
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dr. Edelstein’s Biography". 13 July 2010. https://edelsteincenter.wordpress.com/about/the-edelstein-center/dr-edelsteins-biography/.
- ↑ Travis, Anthony S. (1996). "Sidney Milton Edelstein (1912-1994)". Technology and Culture 37 (1): 216-219. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3107235.
- ↑ "Oral history interview with Sidney Edelstein". https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/t435gd96t.
- ↑ "Cellulose product". https://patents.google.com/patent/US2322427A/en.
External links
- Travis, Anthony S. (January 1996). "Sidney Milton Edelstein (1912–1994)". Technology and Culture 37 (1): 216–219. doi:10.1353/tech.1996.0142.
- "Edelstein, Sidney Milton". MIT Museum. https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/person/7262.
- "Sidney Melton Edelstein". https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58548737/sidney-melton-edelstein.
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