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Carl Donald KEITH

Carl Donald KEITH

Male 1920 - 2008  (88 years)


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  • Name Carl Donald KEITH
    Birth 29 May 1920  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • Birthplace given in his obituary as Stewart Creek, but in his Ritchie County birth record as Harrisville Rt. 3. We have been unable to locate a community named Stewart Creek anywhere in Ritchie County.
    Gender Male
    Census 1930, 1940  Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation chemical engineer  [5] 
    • Carl D. Keith was a chemist for Sinclair Oil from 1943 until 1957, and then joined Engelhard Industries. Until his retirement in 1985, he served as an executive vice president, president, and then chairman of the company. Working with John J. Mooney and a team of other chemical engineers in the 1970s, Carl Keith designed the three-way catalytic converter, a major advance in eliminating toxic tailpipe emissions in automobiles. In 2002, President George W. Bush presented Keith and Mooney with the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest honor for technological innovation.
    Occupation co-inventor of the 3-way catalytic convertor for automobiles  [5] 
    Occupation 1940  [6] 
    inspector for State Road Commission 
    Residence Marco Island, Collier Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 7] 
    Death 14 Nov 2008  New Bern, Craven Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I135743  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2023

    Father Howard Palser KEITH,   b. 7 Jul 1899, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1951, East Chicago, Lake Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    Mother Mary Hazel RAWSON,   b. 19 Jun 1898, Petroleum, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jul 1987, Vienna, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    Family ID F59942  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV, BR p. 256, Line 31 : https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2297223&Type=Birth.

    2. [S2490] U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S2641] 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV.

    7. [S1925] Social Security Death Index.

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.