Marker, Russell Earl, 1902-1995

LC control no.	no2005016311
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Marker, Russell Earl, 1902-1995 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Marker, Russell E., 1902-1995
Associated country	U.S.
Birth date	19020312
Death date	19950323
Place of birth	Hagerstown, Md.
Field of activity	Chemistry
Affiliation	United States Naval Powder Factory Ethyl Corporation Rockefeller Institute Pennsylvania State College. Department of Chemistry Syntex Pharmaceuticals Botanica-Mex Hormosynth Sociedad Química de México
Profession or occupation	Chemist
Found in	Piru tanjou no shikake nin, Kisai kagakusha, Mākā den, 2001: added t.p. (Russell Marker, the pioneering chemist who gave us the "Pill") OCLC, Feb. 11, 2005 (hdg.: Marker, Russell Earl, 1902-1995) Oral history interview with Russell E. Marker, 1987 usage (Russell, E. Marker). Russell E. Marker, 1991? : title leaf (Russell E. Marker) preliminary leaf 3 (born in Hagerstown, Maryland on 12 March 1902; B.S., Chemistry, University of Maryland, 1923; M.S., Chemistry, University of Maryland, 1924; completed thesis requirement for Ph.D., 1925; Chemist, Naval Powder Factory, Indian Head, Maryland, 1925-1926; Chemist, Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, 1926-1928; Chemist, Rockefeller Institute, 1928-1935; Fellow, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, 1935-1942 [Pennsylvania State College at this time]; Partner, Syntex S.A., 1944-1945; Owner, Botanica-Mex S.A., 1945-1946; Consultant, Hormosynth S.A., 1946-1949; Honorary Member, Mexican Chemical Society, 1969) Wikipedia, viewed October 25, 2013 (Russell Earl Marker (March 12, 1902 - March 23, 1995) was an American chemist who invented the octane rating system when he was working at the Ethyl Corporation. Later in his career, he went on to found a steroid industry in Mexico when he successfully made semisynthetic progesterone from chemical constituents found in Mexican yams in a process known as Marker degradation. This eventually led to the development at Syntex of the combined oral contraceptive pill and synthetic cortisone - and to the development of the Mexican barbasco trade.)
Associated language	eng