Carl F. Prutton

Who was Carl F. Prutton?

Dr. Carl Frederick Prutton was an American chemist, chemical engineer, inventor, industrial executive, philanthropist and educator. Prutton held more than a hundred patents on lubricants and chemical processes known in the chemical industry as "the Prutton patents". Prutton was the head of the department of chemistry and chemical engineering at the Case Institute of Technology, a director of research and a vice president at Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, an executive vice president of the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He received several notable awards and distinctions including the Perkin Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry, the Modern Pioneer Award of the National Association of Manufacturers, an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Manhattan College.