Alton E. Bailey (1907-1952) was an American chemist. He is best known for being publisher of the book ''Industrial Oils and Fat Products'', which was renamed after his death to ''Bailey's Industrial Oils and Fat Products''.

Life

Bailey was born in

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in 1907. He studied at the

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and received his

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in 1927. He started working for the

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and in 1929 he changed to the

Cudahy Packing Company Cudahy Packing Company was an American meat packing company established in 1887 as the Armour-Cudahy Packing Company and incorporated in Maine in 1915.

where he did research mostly on fat and oil chemistry. Between 1945 and 1950 he worked for the

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. Bailey died May 1953.

Alton E. Bailey Award

Each year, the Alton E. Bailey award is presented by the

American Oil Chemists' Society The American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) is an international professional organization based in Urbana, Illinois dedicated to providing the support network for those involved with the science and technology related to fats, oils, surfactants, an ...

to a deserving fats and oil chemist. The 2017 Award Recipient was Dr. Dharma Kodali, a Professor at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

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