On the scene at the creation of the petrochemical industry
The petrochemical industry came of age during World War II, ushering in the era of gasoline, polymers, and plastics. But it truly expanded after the war, helped along by pioneering chemical engineers such as Peter H. Spitz ’48, SM ’49. Spitz’s family emigrated to the US from Austria in 1939, when he was 13, after […]
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