Emmett Francis Hitch 2
In the Federal Census of 1920, Emmett Hitch is indicated in New Castle County, Delaware in a household as follows: - Emmett Hitch, age 37, born in MD - Helen Hitch, age 32, born in NY - Frances Hitch, age 7, born in NY - Helen Hitch, age 3 11/12, born in NY - Eleanor Hitch, age 5 months, born in NY - Louise Guile, age 69, born in NY.
• Graduation, Abt 1909, Washington College, Chestertown, MD. 3 • Graduation, 1912, Cornell University. 3 PhD in Chemistry. • Occupation: Professor - Organic Chemistry, Between 1912 and 1914, Cornell University. 3 • Occupation: Professor - Organic Chemistry, 1914-1915, University Of Pittsburgh. 3 • Occupation: Chief Chemist, Between 1915 and 1918, Western Cartrage Co., Alton, IL. 3 • Occupation: Director of Synthetic Dye Department and Chief Chemist, Between 1918 and 1948, Dupont, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE. 3 Emmett Hitch moved to Wilmington, Delaware in 1918 at the request of Lamont DuPout as he was looking to diversify the DuPont Co. into synthetic dyes. Mr. Hitch obtained many patents for various synthetic dyes and procedures. He retired from Dupont in 1948. • Occupation: Professor - Organic Chemistry, Between 1948 and 1950, Perdue University. 3 • Occupation: Emissary of U.S. Government, Between 1950 and 1954, Athens, Greece. 3 Mr. Hitch went to Athens under the Marshall Plan to help rehabilitate Greece's chemical industry. • Occupation: Chemical Consultant, Between 1954 and 1956, Gates Engineering, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE. 3
Emmett married Helen Evealina Guile, daughter of William Guile and Louise Elizabeth Livermore, in 1912.1 (Helen Evealina Guile was born on 27 Mar 1888 in Penn Yan, NY,3 9 10 died in Oct 1971 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE 3 and was buried in Oct 1971 in Lombardy Cemetery, Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE 3.) |
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