Evening journal., 1917-11-02
(OABRATULATE NEW
DUfOIT Directors
DR.. Reese, Chief Chemist,
and H. NJ. ierce, Chief
Engineer, Elected
HAVE HAD BIG PART
IN ITS DEVELOPMENT

Or. Charles L. Reese, chief chemist,
and Harry NJ Pierce. chief engineer Of
,he E /. dupont de Nemours and Com
pany. are receiving congratulations Of
their friends because Of their election
as directors OF the company. DR..
Reese is one OF the most widely
known scientists and chemists In
the country. and his WORK IN con-
meet on with the manufacture OF
explosives and other chemical prob
lens has established his reputation
firmly He was born IN Baltimore, Md ,
and received bis education In Johns
Hopkins University, the University Of
Virginia and afterwards studied abroad
at Heidelberg and Gottingen, winning
degrees I'm those universities and
Specializing in chemistry and physics.
On his return from Europe he be-
came an instructor OF chemistry In
Johns Hopkins University; was after
wards a professor OF chemistry and
physics al Wake Forest College and
fllled a chair In these sciences at the
South Caroline Military Academy and
returned then TO Johns Hopkins Uni
versity to teach
He became associated with the du-
Pont interests In June, 1902 He or
ganlzed the chemical department OF
the company and has been at the head
OF 10, directing It's forces, during the
extraordinary development OF the last
few years, both In regard TO its ex-
periments and progress In military eX-
plosives and In the great expansion In
the manufacture OF commercial pro
ducts.
He first developed In this country the
contact process for making fumic sui
phuric acid and was the director In the
work OF developing new processes and
efficiency work which brought about
enormous savings in chemical opera
tion when the European war made
such demands on the company.
When the European war shut on
The Importation Of certain raw ma
terials here, under Dr. Reese's leader
ship new processes for those raw ma
terials were developed in this country
with such qulckness that there was
no delay In filling orders for military
explosives
DR.. Reese Is a Fellow OF the Ameri-
can Association for the Adv0Dcement
Of Science. member OF the American
Chemical Society. member Of the So
ciety of Chemical Industry. member Of
American Institute OF Chemical Engi-
neers, member OF the Franklin lnsti-
tute. American Academy Of Political
and Social Science, member Of th'
Chemists Club OF New York, associate
member Of the Naval Consulting Boars
and chairman OF the Delaware Stat
Committee OF that body member o
the Wilmington Country Club an
holds membership In certain foreig
chemical societies
Harry NJ Pierce has been chief er
glncer Of the dupont Company sine
Tho death ~ Major William C. Ram
say on September %. 1916 lie ha
boon assistant chief engineer OF Oh
company since the Organization Of th
enr.necring department IN 1908. MI
Pierce became associated with the du
Pont Interests In 1893. and his Ions
experience In the explosive industry
combined with his ability and cleal
foresight. has earned for him a splen-
did reputation.
The engineering department is one OF
the most imnoriant p qncheq - 'N'
activities OF the company. 1t was this
department which u.ue sHrA al.,-
did record in The construction OF thi
great war plants OF tie company which
Wee needed az once when The European
war began Mr. Pierce was closely as
ISOLATED with that important cOnstruc
tiOn work.