Egloff, Gustav

Egloff, Gustav, The Reactions of Pure Hydrocarbons, Am. Chem. Soc., Mono Series,... 

GUSTAV EGLOFF, MARY ALEXANDER, end CATHERINE ZIMMER Universal Oil Products Co., Des Plaines, III. 

In the late 1920s, the industrialized nations were greatly concerned about a shortage of petroleum—the rich Texas oil pools and the vast Arabian deposits were unknown. There was therefore much interest in the possible catalytic conversion of coal to motor fuel, and Universal Oil Products Company, then licensor of thermal-cracking processes to the oil industry, had decided to build a research competence in catalysis. The director of research for UOP, Dr. Gustav Egloff, was commissioned to search everywhere for catalytic experts. 

When my supervisor left for vacation. Dr. Gustav Egloff came to the laboratory. To those of you who have heard of "Gasoline Gus" but have not met him, I shall give you a short description. A short, wiry,... 

A little later, a cracking research group was formed with me as supervisor and Drs. Gustav Egloff and J. C. Morrell as directors. The group included, in its early years, Drs. J. 

While the Commission was correct about the Frasch supply, their conclusion of other sulfur minerals was off the mark. Frasch sulfur would be largely replaced, not by other minerals, but other sources. The new source was already there. As early as 1937, the potential of recovered sulfur was reported by Gustav Egloff (1886 - 1955) of the Universal Oil Products Company (Haynes, The Stone That Burns, p. 261) ... 

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