Name Horace Herrick Died October 8, 1948 | Uncles Albert Payson Terhune | |
Cousins Lorraine Virginia Terhune Stevens Grandparents Mary Virginia Terhune, Edward Payson Terhune Education Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University | ||
Parents Christine Terhune Herrick | ||
Horace Terhune Herrick, (April 22, 1887 – October 8, 1948) was a scientist, and director of the North Regional Research Laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Biography
Herrick was born in Newark, New Jersey on April 22, 1887 to James Frederick Herrick and Christine Terhune Herrick. He graduated from Columbia University from the Henry Krumb School of Mines with a degree in chemical engineering and by 1910 was working in the research laboratories of the New Jersey Zinc Company, in Palmerton, Pennsylvania.
In 1929 he developed a process for making gluconic acid by fermentation with Orville E. May.
He died on October 8, 1948.
References
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