Dr. William Quattlebaum: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
State, The (Columbia, SC) - Sunday, December 10, 2000
Deceased Name: Dr. William Quattlebaum
COLUMBIA - Services for Dr. William Meritt Quattlebaum, 92, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at Greenlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home Chapel, 845 Leesburg Road. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at the home of Dr. Quattlebaum Monday night from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Dr. Quattlebaum, widower of Dorothy Cunningham Quattlebaum died Saturday, December 9, 2000, at his home. Born in Winnsboro, he was a son of the late William Merit Quattlebaum and Loretta Mae Ironmonger. Dr. Quattlebaum graduated from Mt. Zion Institute in Winnsboro and the University of South Carolina. He received a Master's Degree in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina in 1931 and a Doctoral Degree in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University in 1934.
Dr. Quattlebaum was subsequently employed as a research chemist at Union Carbide where he developed and patented high yield processes used in the production of synthetic rubber which was vital to the war effort during World War II. Dr. Quattlebaum was also the inventor of the first organotin heat stabilizers, which are necessary in the processing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Dr. Quattlebaum was a prolific inventor and held over 50 patents world-wide.
After 14 years with Union Carbide, Dr. Quattlebaum returned to Columbia in 1947 and became a partner in Continental Tapes (later Anchor Continental). In 1951, Dr. Quattlebaum founded Cardinal Chemical Company, a leading global producer of tin compounds and plastics additives.
Dr. Quattlebaum was a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity and the American Chemical Society. In 1995, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Society of Plastics Engineers for his scientific contributions to vinyl plastics. Dr. Quattlebaum was also a member of Forest Lake Club.
Surviving are his son, William Meritt Quattlebaum, III of Columbia; daughters, Dorothy Elizabeth Quattlebaum Piron of Montreal, Canada and Rosemary Anne Lockwood Quattlebaum Sanford; sister, Mary Wilhelmina Brose of East Harwich, Mass; grandchildren, Alexander Meritt Quattlebaum, Anne Q. Putnam, Grace Q. Stewart, Laura Q. Odom, William Meritt Quattlebaum, IV, Marie-Christine Piron, Georges Piron, Erica Lockwood Sanford, Charles Hughes Sanford, Jr., Linda Adair Quattlebaum; great grandchildren, Nathan Putnam, Katie Putnam, Shelby Putnam, Stephanie Stewart, Douglas Stewart, Bradley Stewart, William Callum Stewart, Maxwell Paul Quattlebaum. He was a beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather.
Edition: FINAL
Page: B6
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State, The (Columbia, SC) - Sunday, December 10, 2000
Deceased Name: Dr. William Quattlebaum
COLUMBIA - Services for Dr. William Meritt Quattlebaum, 92, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at Greenlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home Chapel, 845 Leesburg Road. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at the home of Dr. Quattlebaum Monday night from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Dr. Quattlebaum, widower of Dorothy Cunningham Quattlebaum died Saturday, December 9, 2000, at his home. Born in Winnsboro, he was a son of the late William Merit Quattlebaum and Loretta Mae Ironmonger. Dr. Quattlebaum graduated from Mt. Zion Institute in Winnsboro and the University of South Carolina. He received a Master's Degree in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina in 1931 and a Doctoral Degree in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University in 1934.
Dr. Quattlebaum was subsequently employed as a research chemist at Union Carbide where he developed and patented high yield processes used in the production of synthetic rubber which was vital to the war effort during World War II. Dr. Quattlebaum was also the inventor of the first organotin heat stabilizers, which are necessary in the processing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Dr. Quattlebaum was a prolific inventor and held over 50 patents world-wide.
After 14 years with Union Carbide, Dr. Quattlebaum returned to Columbia in 1947 and became a partner in Continental Tapes (later Anchor Continental). In 1951, Dr. Quattlebaum founded Cardinal Chemical Company, a leading global producer of tin compounds and plastics additives.
Dr. Quattlebaum was a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity and the American Chemical Society. In 1995, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Society of Plastics Engineers for his scientific contributions to vinyl plastics. Dr. Quattlebaum was also a member of Forest Lake Club.
Surviving are his son, William Meritt Quattlebaum, III of Columbia; daughters, Dorothy Elizabeth Quattlebaum Piron of Montreal, Canada and Rosemary Anne Lockwood Quattlebaum Sanford; sister, Mary Wilhelmina Brose of East Harwich, Mass; grandchildren, Alexander Meritt Quattlebaum, Anne Q. Putnam, Grace Q. Stewart, Laura Q. Odom, William Meritt Quattlebaum, IV, Marie-Christine Piron, Georges Piron, Erica Lockwood Sanford, Charles Hughes Sanford, Jr., Linda Adair Quattlebaum; great grandchildren, Nathan Putnam, Katie Putnam, Shelby Putnam, Stephanie Stewart, Douglas Stewart, Bradley Stewart, William Callum Stewart, Maxwell Paul Quattlebaum. He was a beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather.
Edition: FINAL
Page: B6
Copyright (c) 2000 The State
Dr. William Quattlebaum: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
State, The (Columbia, SC) - Sunday, December 10, 2000
Deceased Name: Dr. William Quattlebaum
COLUMBIA - Services for Dr. William Meritt Quattlebaum, 92, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at Greenlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home Chapel, 845 Leesburg Road. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at the home of Dr. Quattlebaum Monday night from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Dr. Quattlebaum, widower of Dorothy Cunningham Quattlebaum died Saturday, December 9, 2000, at his home. Born in Winnsboro, he was a son of the late William Merit Quattlebaum and Loretta Mae Ironmonger. Dr. Quattlebaum graduated from Mt. Zion Institute in Winnsboro and the University of South Carolina. He received a Master's Degree in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina in 1931 and a Doctoral Degree in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University in 1934.
Dr. Quattlebaum was subsequently employed as a research chemist at Union Carbide where he developed and patented high yield processes used in the production of synthetic rubber which was vital to the war effort during World War II. Dr. Quattlebaum was also the inventor of the first organotin heat stabilizers, which are necessary in the processing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Dr. Quattlebaum was a prolific inventor and held over 50 patents world-wide.
After 14 years with Union Carbide, Dr. Quattlebaum returned to Columbia in 1947 and became a partner in Continental Tapes (later Anchor Continental). In 1951, Dr. Quattlebaum founded Cardinal Chemical Company, a leading global producer of tin compounds and plastics additives.
Dr. Quattlebaum was a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity and the American Chemical Society. In 1995, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Society of Plastics Engineers for his scientific contributions to vinyl plastics. Dr. Quattlebaum was also a member of Forest Lake Club.
Surviving are his son, William Meritt Quattlebaum, III of Columbia; daughters, Dorothy Elizabeth Quattlebaum Piron of Montreal, Canada and Rosemary Anne Lockwood Quattlebaum Sanford; sister, Mary Wilhelmina Brose of East Harwich, Mass; grandchildren, Alexander Meritt Quattlebaum, Anne Q. Putnam, Grace Q. Stewart, Laura Q. Odom, William Meritt Quattlebaum, IV, Marie-Christine Piron, Georges Piron, Erica Lockwood Sanford, Charles Hughes Sanford, Jr., Linda Adair Quattlebaum; great grandchildren, Nathan Putnam, Katie Putnam, Shelby Putnam, Stephanie Stewart, Douglas Stewart, Bradley Stewart, William Callum Stewart, Maxwell Paul Quattlebaum. He was a beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather.
Edition: FINAL
Page: B6
Copyright (c) 2000 The State
State, The (Columbia, SC) - Sunday, December 10, 2000
Deceased Name: Dr. William Quattlebaum
COLUMBIA - Services for Dr. William Meritt Quattlebaum, 92, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 12, 2000, at Greenlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home Chapel, 845 Leesburg Road. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at the home of Dr. Quattlebaum Monday night from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Dr. Quattlebaum, widower of Dorothy Cunningham Quattlebaum died Saturday, December 9, 2000, at his home. Born in Winnsboro, he was a son of the late William Merit Quattlebaum and Loretta Mae Ironmonger. Dr. Quattlebaum graduated from Mt. Zion Institute in Winnsboro and the University of South Carolina. He received a Master's Degree in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina in 1931 and a Doctoral Degree in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University in 1934.
Dr. Quattlebaum was subsequently employed as a research chemist at Union Carbide where he developed and patented high yield processes used in the production of synthetic rubber which was vital to the war effort during World War II. Dr. Quattlebaum was also the inventor of the first organotin heat stabilizers, which are necessary in the processing of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Dr. Quattlebaum was a prolific inventor and held over 50 patents world-wide.
After 14 years with Union Carbide, Dr. Quattlebaum returned to Columbia in 1947 and became a partner in Continental Tapes (later Anchor Continental). In 1951, Dr. Quattlebaum founded Cardinal Chemical Company, a leading global producer of tin compounds and plastics additives.
Dr. Quattlebaum was a member of Phi Beta Kappa scholastic fraternity and the American Chemical Society. In 1995, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Society of Plastics Engineers for his scientific contributions to vinyl plastics. Dr. Quattlebaum was also a member of Forest Lake Club.
Surviving are his son, William Meritt Quattlebaum, III of Columbia; daughters, Dorothy Elizabeth Quattlebaum Piron of Montreal, Canada and Rosemary Anne Lockwood Quattlebaum Sanford; sister, Mary Wilhelmina Brose of East Harwich, Mass; grandchildren, Alexander Meritt Quattlebaum, Anne Q. Putnam, Grace Q. Stewart, Laura Q. Odom, William Meritt Quattlebaum, IV, Marie-Christine Piron, Georges Piron, Erica Lockwood Sanford, Charles Hughes Sanford, Jr., Linda Adair Quattlebaum; great grandchildren, Nathan Putnam, Katie Putnam, Shelby Putnam, Stephanie Stewart, Douglas Stewart, Bradley Stewart, William Callum Stewart, Maxwell Paul Quattlebaum. He was a beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather.
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Page: B6
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