Joseph C. Krejci
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Joseph C. Krejci
| image =Joseph_C._Krejci.jpg
| birth_date = Dec. 19, 1910
| birth_place = Galveston, Texas, US
| death_date = Aug. 23, 1991
| death_place = Borger, Texas, US
| field = Polymer science
| work_institution = Phillips Carbon Black Company
| alma_mater = University of Texas
| doctoral_advisor =
| known_for = Carbon black
| prizes = {{ubl|Charles Goodyear Medal (1974)}}
}}
Joseph C. Krejci (December 19, 1910 – August 23, 1991) was a chemical engineering associate and manager of the Pyrolysis section at the Phillips Carbon Black Research facility in Borger, Texas. He is known for his work in developing the oil furnace production process for carbon black.{{cite news|title=125 People and innovations that Shaped the Rubber industry|url=http://digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com/publication/index.php?i=227982&m=&l=&p=36&pre=&ver=html5#{"page":36,"issue_id":227982}|accessdate=19 August 2017|publisher=Rubber World|date=October 2014}}{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Peter J. T. |title=The American Synthetic Rubber Research Program |date=2017 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=9781512818161 |page=32 |doi=10.9783/9781512818161-005 |url=https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512818161-005 |access-date=27 August 2022}}
Personal
Krejci was born on 19 December 1910 in Galveston, Texas, the 2nd of 9 children. He married Fay Deen Yarbro Jan. 29, 1938 in Mineral Wells. He died on 23 August 1991 in Borger, Texas.
Education
Dr. Krejci obtained his Bachelor of Science, master's of science and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Texas.
Career
He was a chemical engineering associate and manager of pyrolysis at the Phillips Carbon Black Research facility in Borger. He retired in 1971 following 34 years of service.
Krejci was the inventor of 31 patents in the carbon black field, many of these were also patented outside the United States. His earliest patent was a process for producing furnace black.{{cite web |last1=Krejci |first1=Joseph C. |title=US2375795A Carbon black process |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2375795A |website=patents.google.com |publisher=US Patent Office |access-date=30 January 2024}} His most cited patent was for a process for improving yield and quality in the manufacture of high-reinforcing carbon black.{{cite web |last1=Krejci |first1=Joseph C. |title=US Patent US2564700A Production of Carbon Black |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US2564700A/en |website=patents.google.com |publisher=U.S. Patent Office |access-date=30 January 2024}}
Awards and recognitions
- 1974 - Charles Goodyear Medal from the ACS Rubber Division{{cite news |title=Rambling Around |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/texas/arlington/arlington-citizen-journal/1974/04-25/ |access-date=27 August 2022 |work=Arlington Citizen Journal Newspaper Archives |publisher=Citizen Journal, Inc. |date=April 25, 1974}}
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