The HistoryMakers video oral history with Arnold Stancell.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 38 min., 49 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2012.090 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Stancell, Arnold, 1936- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Arnold Stancell |
| Portion of title | Arnold Stancell |
| Abstract | Chemical engineer and corporate executive Arnold Stancell was born in 1936 in Harlem, New York. Earning his B.S. degree from the City College of New York, his Ph.D. degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), all in chemical engineering, Stancell began a thirty-one year career at Mobil Oil in 1962. Awarded eleven patents for plastics and plasma processes and promoted to vice president of the Mobil Plastics business, he progressed through several executive positions becoming vice president of oil and natural gas Exploration and Production. Following his retirement in 1993, Stancell became a professor of chemical engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering, elected to its Council, he was appointed to the Governing Board of the National Research Council, and named Black Engineer of the Year. Stancell consulted for the government after the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill. In 2011, he was appointed by President Barack Obama to the National Science Board. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2012 May 14. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2012.090 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |