Donors

Robert W. Allington Fellowships

The Allington Fellowships were created with a bequest from the estate of Robert W. Allington. The income from the bequest supports short-term fellowships on any topic in the history of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries. 

Learn about Robert Allington in his own words through his oral history.

Gordon Cain Fellowship in Technology, Policy, and Entrepreneurship

The Cain Fellowship was created with a gift from the late Gordon A. Cain. The income from the gift supports a long-term fellowship, the Gordon Cain Conference, and a variety of travel grants. 

Cain received his B.S. in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University (LSU) and became one of this century's most successful entrepreneurs in the chemical and biotechnology industries. After graduating from LSU, Cain worked for Freeport Sulphur and Merck. He commanded an army battalion during World War II, which gave him his first experience in management. Cain creatively applied the skills he learned in the army to management practices in the chemical industry. He acquired and restructured such companies as Vista Chemical, Arcadian, Sterling Chemicals, Cain Chemical, and Fiber Industries.

Learn about Gordon Cain in his own words through his oral history.

Herbert D. Doan Fellowship

The Doan Fellowship was created to honor the memory of Herbert D. “Ted” Doan with gifts from family, friends, and colleagues. The income from the investment of the combined gifts supports a short-term fellowship on the history of chemical industries or chemical engineering.

Doan, grandson of Herbert H. Dow, was president and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company from 1962 to 1971. He served on the Dow and Dow Corning boards of directors and in 1973 founded Doan Associates, the second venture capital company in Michigan. Doan was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, and Sigma XI. He held the positions of president and chairman of the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation from 1996 until his death in 2006.

Sidney M. Edelstein Fellowships

The Edelstein Fellowships were created with an annual gift from the Sidney M. Edelstein Foundation. The annual gift supports two long-term fellowships on any topic in the history of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries.

Edelstein founded the Dexter Chemical Corporation in New York in 1945. His great dedication to the preservation and recording of the history and philosophy of science, technology, and medicine led him to play key roles in the promotion of excellence in academic historical study. As an active historian for almost half a century, Edelstein produced many of the earliest modern reviews of dyestuff technologies and related sciences, some based on original analysis of ancient colorants, such as the mollusks that afforded the Biblical blue and Roman purple. His publications remain influential in historical research today.

Learn about Sidney M. Edelstein in his own words through his oral history.

John C. Haas Fellowships

The three long-term Haas Fellowships—one in the history of chemical industries and two in public understanding—were created with a gift from John C. Haas.

Haas is the son of the founder of Rohm and Haas Company, a major global specialty chemicals company. Educated as a chemical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he joined Rohm and Haas in 1942 and held many positions in the company, including chairman of the board. He is a strong advocate of civic responsibility and the cause of the less fortunate. Especially notable is his work for Temple University Hospital and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia. Haas played a crucial role in the establishment of CHF’s predecessor organization (the Center for the History of Chemistry) in 1982. For more than two decades he has served on CHF’s advisory boards and development committees, and in June 2003 he completed a six-year term on CHF’s board of directors.

Theodore and Mary Herdegen Fellowship in the History of Scientific Information

The Herdegen Fellowship was created to honor the memory of Theodore Herdegen with a gift from Eugene Garfield. The income from the invested gift supports a short-term fellowship on the history of the production, transmission, and/or organization of scientific information. 

Herdegen was a chemist who became a key manager of the scientific literature department at Smith, Kline, and French Laboratories (now GlaxoSmithKline) in Philadelphia. When the labs introduced Thorazine onto the market he realized that they needed a more effective way to process the increasingly voluminous information that would be available to them. Herdegen hired Garfield as a consultant in this area after Garfield graduated from Columbia University in 1954, recognizing that the young man was an expert in information retrieval methods having already started his career as a scientific documentation expert at the Johns Hopkins Machine Indexing Project. Garfield has since become a renowned leader in that field. Among his many accomplishments are the founding of the Institute for Scientific Information (now Thomson Reuters Scientific Division) and publishing of the Science Citation Index.

Charles C. Price Fellowship in Polymer History

The Price Fellowship was created by gifts from friends and admirers of Charles C. Price. The income from the investment of the combined gifts supports a long-term fellowship with preference for scholars studying polymer history.

Price received his B.A. in chemistry from Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard University. Price taught at the University of Illinois, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he was made an emeritus professor. His research work centered on the effect of structure on chemical reactivity. Price served as founding chairman of the board for CHF and was central to the organization’s growth.

Learn about Charles C. Price in his own words through his oral history.

Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) Fellowship

The Société Fellowship is made possible through the generosity of the American Section of the Société de Chimie Industrielle. Their gift supports a short-term scholar conducting research designed to stimulate public understanding of the chemical industries.

The American Section of the Société de Chimie Industrielle is involved in a number of nonprofit activities. It sponsors the leading monthly luncheon speaker program at which prominent CEOs, government leaders, and scientists share their views on important industry developments. In addition to the fellowship, it jointly supports a minority scholars program with the American Chemical Society, and it honors individuals who have contributed significantly to the industry through its International Palladium Medal.

The Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot Scholarship

The Ullyot Scholarship is made possible through the generosity of Glenn E. and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot. The income from their gift supports a short-term scholar pursuing historical research that promotes public understanding of the chemical sciences.

Ullyot earned his B.A. at the University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois. His career was made at—and he made major contributions to—Smith Kline, and French Laboratories (now GlaxoSmithKline). The Ullyots were early supporters and benefactors of CHF. In addition to their support of CHF, both Ullyots played varied and significant roles in the Philadelphia Section and the national work of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

The papers of Glenn Ullyot and Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot are housed among CHF’s archival collections.