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Hershel Herbert Cudd (July 29, 1912 – March 9, 1992) was the director of the Georgia Institute of Technology's Engineering Experiment Station (now known as the Georgia Tech Research Institute) from 1952 to 1954, succeeding Gerald Rosselot in that position.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History Makers )〕 He would later become the president of Amoco Chemical Company and serve on the board of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Cudd was initially a part-time instructor of chemistry and a state liquor board chemist. Cudd quickly attained jobs as a research chemist at E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc, the International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, and then the West Point Manufacturing Company, focusing on inorganic chemistry, the development of synthetic materials, and the head of a textile engineering plant. From there, he was the director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, where he created a solution to a long-standing debate about the role of research engineers in a tenure system and significantly increased the number of researchers.〔McMath, p.267〕 He would then lead or hold a leadership role in several oil companies, including American Viscose Corporation, AviSun Corporation, Sun Oil Company, and finally Amoco Chemical Corporation; Cudd would be president of the latter from 1963 to 1974. From 1976 until his retirement in 1983, Cudd served on the Board of Directors for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.〔 ==Education and early career== Cudd graduated from Texas A&I University in 1933 with a degree in chemistry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Distinguished Alumni )〕 He then studied physical chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin and received a Master of Arts in 1936 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1941.〔 From 1934 to 1937 and from 1939 to 1940, Cudd was a part-time instructor of chemistry at the University of Texas. From 1937 to 1939 and 1940 to 1941, he was a Texas Liquor Control Board chemist.〔 From 1941–1942, he was a research chemist at the Rayon Technical Division of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc.〔 At du Pont, Cudd worked on pilot-plant development of experimental polymers such as synthetic fibers and plastics.〔 In 1942, he took a job as Supervisor of Inorganic Research for the International Minerals and Chemical Corporation in East Point, Georgia,〔 now known as The Mosaic Company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=International Minerals & Chemical Corp )〕 While there, he oversaw work on silica gel, phosphates, magnesium and powder metallurgy.〔 In 1946, he became a research chemist for the West Point Manufacturing Company in Shawmut, Alabama (now known as WestPoint Home); in 1949, he became director of West Point Manufacturing's new Lantuck Division in West Point, Georgia.〔 While there he studied the use of synthetic resins in textile engineering, which led to West Point Manufacturing's fabric, "Lantuck". Cudd was in charge of production and sales of the fabric until he came to Georgia Tech.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herschel H. Cudd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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