He wrote more than fifty scientific articles, secured many patents dealing with nitrogen compounds in petroleum and cottonseed meal, and discovered more than twenty drugs. On leave of absence from the university during World War II he worked with Alcan Hirsch in New York and "cracked" the German formulas for novocaine and synthetic adrenalin. Among his discoveries were adaline, salaphene, novasperin, and a number of analine dyes. His work in developing compounds for pharmaceuticals helped eliminate America's need for foreign medicines. In 1940 he announced the discovery of two new benzoquinolines (white crystals similar to sugar) in petroleum. His laboratory pioneered in research on petroleum bases and derived thirty-two nitrogen compounds from the by-products of petroleum. The laboratory received a grant from the American Petroleum Institute (1926) and a fellowship from the Union Oil Company of California (1931).
On December 18, 1907, Bailey married Mrs. Rosine Mailliot Meyer, who died in 1915. They had one daughter. On January 1, 1924, he married Mrs. Ann Throckmorton Shirley. He died in Austin on March 25, 1941.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Alcalde (magazine of the Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas), December 1920, May, 1941. Dallas Morning News, March 26, 1941. Daily Texan, May, 1941. Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
He wrote more than fifty scientific articles, secured many patents dealing with nitrogen compounds in petroleum and cottonseed meal, and discovered more than twenty drugs. On leave of absence from the university during World War II he worked with Alcan Hirsch in New York and "cracked" the German formulas for novocaine and synthetic adrenalin. Among his discoveries were adaline, salaphene, novasperin, and a number of analine dyes. His work in developing compounds for pharmaceuticals helped eliminate America's need for foreign medicines. In 1940 he announced the discovery of two new benzoquinolines (white crystals similar to sugar) in petroleum. His laboratory pioneered in research on petroleum bases and derived thirty-two nitrogen compounds from the by-products of petroleum. The laboratory received a grant from the American Petroleum Institute (1926) and a fellowship from the Union Oil Company of California (1931).
On December 18, 1907, Bailey married Mrs. Rosine Mailliot Meyer, who died in 1915. They had one daughter. On January 1, 1924, he married Mrs. Ann Throckmorton Shirley. He died in Austin on March 25, 1941.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Alcalde (magazine of the Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas), December 1920, May, 1941. Dallas Morning News, March 26, 1941. Daily Texan, May, 1941. Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin.
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