Lawrence V. Redman

Lawrence V. Redman (September 1, 1880 – November 26, 1946), was a Canadian chemist and businessman who spent much of his adult life in the United States. Redman was a pioneer in the industrial applications of plastics.

Biography

Born in Oil Springs, Ontario, Redman took a B.A. degree from the University of Toronto in 1908. He continued his studies at the University of Kansas. In 1913, with the backing of S. Karpen & Bros., a Chicago furniture manufacturers, Redman established the Redmanol Chemical Products Company which produced a plastics similar to Bakelite. Redman was the president.

In 1922, the Redmanol company, the Condensite Company of America, and General Bakelite were consolidated into Bakelite Corporation.^[1] Redman became vice president and director of research. He retired in 1939.

Redman was a member of the American Chemical Society and its president in 1932.

References

1. Steen, Kathryn (2014). The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry: War and Politics, 1910-1930. University of North Carolina Press. p. 284. ISBN 9781469612911.

Bibliography

• "Redman, Lawrence V." The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 38:632-633.