Paul K. Calaway
{{Short description|American chemical engineer}}
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|birth_place = Bethesda, Arkansas
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|workplaces = Georgia Tech Research Institute
|alma_mater = Arkansas College
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Paul Kenneth Calaway (March 31, 1910 - October 31, 1993){{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/ar/independence/cemeteries/campground.txt|title=Independence County, AR-Campground Cemetery|publisher=USGenWeb Archives|accessdate=2010-02-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503121743/http://files.usgwarchives.org/ar/independence/cemeteries/campground.txt|archivedate=2010-05-03}} was an American chemical engineer and the director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1954 to 1957.{{cite web|url=http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/gtri75/history-makers|title=History Makers|publisher=Georgia Tech Research Institute|accessdate=2010-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616174329/http://www.gtri.gatech.edu/gtri75/history-makers|archive-date=2010-06-16|url-status=dead}}
Education
Born in Bethesda, Arkansas,{{cite web|url=http://www.oirm.org/audio-compactdisk.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105174126/http://www.oirm.org/audio-compactdisk.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-05|title=Audio Tape or Compact Disk Interviews|publisher=Old Independence Regional Museum|accessdate=2010-02-02}} Calaway received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Arkansas College, a Master of Science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1933,{{cite web|url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28854|title=A study of the preparation of thiolbenzoic acid by new methods|date=May 1933|first=Paul|last=Calaway|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|accessdate=2010-02-02}} and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas.{{cite news|url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/27199|title=Dr. Paul K. Calaway Awarded '47 Sigma Xi Research Prize|work=The Technique|date=1947-04-19|accessdate=2010-02-02}}{{cite web|url=http://library.uta.edu/findingAids/AR406_Series2_2.jsp|title=Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection|publisher=University of Texas at Arlington Library|accessdate=2010-02-02|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621044820/http://library.uta.edu/findingAids/AR406_Series2_2.jsp|archivedate=2010-06-21}}
Career
After completing his doctorate, Calaway returned to Georgia Tech to teach chemistry, often teaching classes in explosives.{{cite web|url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/29261|title=Dr. Calaway To Teach Again Powder Course|work=The Technique|date=1941-11-21|accessdate=2010-02-02}}{{cite news|url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/29284|title=Defense Course In Explosives Again Offered|work=The Technique|date=1942-03-04|accessdate=2010-02-02}}{{cite news|url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/27198|title=Dr. Calaway Speaks To Alpha Chi Sigma On Topic, 'Explosives'|work=The Technique|date=1947-03-08|accessdate=2010-02-02}} Calaway also spent time developing replacements for quinine, the anti-Malaria drug.{{cite news|url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/29265|title=Graduate Chemist Develops Three New Quinoline Drugs|work=The Technique|date=1942-02-20|accessdate=2010-02-02}}{{cite web|url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/30702|title=A study of quinoline compounds|date=May 1942|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|accessdate=2010-02-02}}
As an associate professor of chemistry, he won Georgia Tech's first-ever Sigma Xi Research Prize for his paper "The Tolymercaptopropanones and their Condensation with Isatins" in 1947, which was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society in January 1947.{{cite news|url=http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/27203|title=Dr. Calaway Is Awarded Sigma Xi Research Prize|work=The Technique|date=1947-06-28|accessdate=2010-02-02}} Calaway was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa on May 25, 1952.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/odk/membership/membership_tappingall.htm|title=Membership by Tapping Class|publisher=Georgia Tech Omicron Delta Kappa|accessdate=2010-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203120912/http://www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/odk/membership/membership_tappingall.htm|archive-date=2008-12-03|url-status=dead}}
From 1954 to 1957, Calaway was the director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, then known as the Engineering Experiment Station. In 1957, he returned to teaching.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s30PNtDhBD4C&q=Paul+Calaway+Engineering+Experiment+Station&pg=PA208|title=Atlanta and environs: a chronicle of its people and events|pages=208–209|year=1987|accessdate=2010-02-02 | first1=Harold H. | last1=Martin | isbn=978-0-8203-0913-2 | publisher=Atlanta Historical Society}}
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