Oral history interview with Warren G. Schlinger
- 2002-Jul-24
Oral history interview with Warren G. Schlinger
- 2002-Jul-24
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.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.
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About the Interviewer
Arnold Thackray founded the Chemical Heritage Foundation and served the organization as president for 25 years. He is currently CHF’s chancellor. Thackray received MA and PhD degrees in history of science from Cambridge University. He has held appointments at Cambridge, Oxford University, and Harvard University, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1983 Thackray received the Dexter Award from the American Chemical Society for outstanding contributions to the history of chemistry. He served for more than a quarter century on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the founding chairman of the Department of History and Sociology of Science and is currently the Joseph Priestley Professor Emeritus.
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Interviewee biographical information
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Education
| Year | Institution | Degree | Discipline |
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| 1944 | California Institute of Technology | BS | Applied Chemistry |
| 1946 | California Institute of Technology | MS | Chemical Engineering |
| 1949 | California Institute of Technology | PhD | Chemical and Mechanical Engineering |
Professional Experience
California Institute of Technology
- 1949 to 1953 Instructor and Research Fellow
Texaco Montebello Research Laboratory
- 1953 to 1957 Chemical Engineer
- 1957 to 1961 Senior Chemical Engineer
- 1961 to 1969 Supervisor, Research
- 1969 to 1981 Manager
- 1981 to 1987 Associate Director, Gasification
- 1987 to 2003 Consultant
Honors
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| 1976 | Technical Achievement Award, AIChE, Southern California Section |
| 1981 | Chemical Engineering Practice Award, AIChE |
| 1985 | KFA Achievement Award, Electric Power Research Institute |
| 1991 | National Academy of Engineering |
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