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Ills 8pnrriinudr -n-is.dsc..iy.Henry F. Atherton, Chemical Industrialist, Dies in Floridalt;iBy the Associated PressJJ; BOCA GRANDE. Fla., Feb. 11.— Henry F. Atherton. 65. chairman of the board of directors of Allied*1 Chemical Dye Corp., died un-Jjj expectedly yesterday, rs Mr. Atherton, whose home is in^ Brookville. Long: Island, had been* yd vacationing here with his wife, the r,n former Madeline Wesson. t'sh He is survived also by one son. iiHenry F. Atherton, jr., of Warren-1 T. ton. Va.The body will be returned to hr- New York today for services ands burial.p -Henry F. Atherton, a lawyer bv training, had been a leader in the )n chemical industry during most of is his long business career. He was tv born in Nashua, N. H. He was d? graduated from Harvard College *' in 1905 and Harvard Law School ni 1908. From 1909 to 1917 he practiced law in New York City and from 1917 to 1919 served over-r 5 seas as a captain in the Army.In 1919. Mr. Atherton became’is-iVi secretary of the National Aniline Cl |f; Chemical Co.. which later be- Scame one of the constitutent com- isCPP»u-thpanies of Allied Chemical Dye.In 1928 he was made secretary h o.’of Allied Chemical, in 1933 vice bv I president and in 1934 president. • at a post he retained until 1946. In le 1935 he was named chairman of m R- the board and held this office until blt; his death. Tu Sir.ce 1939. Mr. Atherton had R 71 been a member of the Chemical )'/ Advisory Committee of the Army- re c\ Navy Munitions Board, and in K 11945 received a certificate of ap- tl preciation from the Secretary of st ]’ War for his contribution to the vi JV, advancement of military chem- al istry. ,tlon - Isi-di
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Evening Star
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Fri, Feb 11, 1949
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