Max Gergel

Max G. Gergel (July 24, 1921[1] - July 5, 2017) was an American chemist. He graduated with a BS in chemical engineering from the University of South Carolina in 1942 and founded the Columbia Organic Chemical Company in 1944.[2][3] He died in Columbia, South Carolina on July 5, 2017, aged 96.[4]

The first volume of his autobiography Excuse Me Sir, Would You Like to Buy a Kilo of Isopropyl Bromide? was published in 1977.[5] Research chemist Derek Lowe described the book as an "extraordinary memoir".[6]

Published works
  • Excuse Me Sir, Would You Like to Buy a Kilo of Isopropyl Bromide?
  • The Ageless Gergel
gollark: It's currently *probably* the optimal structure for high-efficiency fuels at low heat.
gollark: (you just plonk down a glowstone cooler in bits where there are two moderators, and then copper in the empty spaces where you can't put glowstone coolers)
gollark: Glowstone coolers.
gollark: Yes, but moderators.
gollark: So I tried to design something satisfying as many of those constraints as possible, and came out with this, which coincidentally has *great* cooling support.

References
  1. Stinso, Stephen C. (1986). "Adventures in Making Fine Chemicals". Chemical & Engineering News. American Chemical Society. 64 (31): 23–24. doi:10.1021/cen-v064n031.p023.
  2. "Looking Back — Max Gergel" (PDF). USC Chemist. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry College of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015.
  3. "Advisors". Arkalon Chemical Technologies, LLC. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.
  4. Berger, Eric (July 16, 2017). "96-Year-Old South Carolina Man's Last Mitzvah: A Bar Mitzvah". Chabad-Lubavitch News. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  5. Gergel, Max (1977). Excuse Me Sir, Would You Like to Buy a Kilo of Isopropyl Bromide? (PDF). Pierce Chemical Company.
  6. Lowe, Derek (May 27, 2010). "Max Gergel's Memoirs". Corante. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015.



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