Louis Olney Explained

Louis Atwell Olney (1875, Providence, Rhode Island, United States – 1949) was a pioneering textile chemist and educator.^{[1] [2]}

He was the founder and first president of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists^[3] which in 1944 established the Olney Medal, in his honor, to recognize outstanding achievements in textile or polymer chemistry or other fields of chemistry of major importance to textile science.^{[4] [5]}

Bibliography

• Book: Louis Olney . Elementary organic chemistry. Howes . New York . 1927. 27011737.
• Book: Louis Olney . Textile chemistry and dyeing : a manual of practical instruction in the art of textile bleaching and coloring, and allied processes of treatment ; including many useful hints and recipes . American School of Correspondence . Chicago . 1909. 09008904.

Notes and References

1. Clark, Mark H. "Founding the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists: Louis Atwell Olney and the professionalization of dyeing" (AATCC History Project) Textile Chemist and Colorist, v 27, n 8, Aug, 1995.
2. David H. Abrahams, "Textile chemistry", McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. (subscription access).
3. http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/id/Manmade_Fibres/9781851668885 Deanin, R. D., Louis Atwell Olney: Pioneering Textile Educator and Founder of the AATCC
4. http://www.uga.edu/news/newsbureau/releases/2001releases/0110/011004baughman.html Third UGA family and consumer sciences researcher receives textile chemistry's highest award
5. Wesley Minnis, Donald R. Baer, David H. Abrahams, "Dye", McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. (subscription access). Last modified: January 29, 2001.