Louis Olney

Louis Atwell Olney (1875, Providence, Rhode Island, United States – 1949) was a pioneering textile chemist and educator.^[1][2]

He was the founder and first president of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists^[3] which in 1944 established the Olney Medal, in his honor, to recognize outstanding achievements in textile or polymer chemistry or other fields of chemistry of major importance to textile science.^[4][5]

Bibliography

• Louis Olney (1927). Elementary organic chemistry. New York: Howes. LCCN 27011737.
• Louis Olney (1909). Textile chemistry and dyeing : a manual of practical instruction in the art of textile bleaching and coloring, and allied processes of treatment ; including many useful hints and recipes. Chicago: American School of Correspondence. LCCN 09008904.

References

1. Clark, Mark H. "Founding the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists: Louis Atwell Olney and the professionalization of dyeing" (AATCC History Project) Textile Chemist and Colorist, v 27, n 8, Aug, 1995.
2. David H. Abrahams, "Textile chemistry", McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. doi:10.1036/1097-8542.687500 (subscription access).
3. Deanin, R. D., Louis Atwell Olney: Pioneering Textile Educator and Founder of the AATCC, in Seymour, Raymond B. and Porter, Roger S., Manmade Fibres, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, 1993, ISBN 1-85166-888-8
4. Third UGA family and consumer sciences researcher receives textile chemistry's highest award
5. Wesley Minnis, Donald R. Baer, David H. Abrahams, "Dye", McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. doi:10.1036/1097-8542.207300 (subscription access). Last modified: January 29, 2001.