The author has directed the boron fuels program at Midwest Research Institute under a subcontract to Callery Chemical Company for the past six years. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Missouri in 1948 and his M.A. in Chemistry in 1949. He has written several technical papers in the areas of boron chemistry, organic synthesis and high temperature reactions of hydrocarbons. Mr. Carpenter was Assistant Manager of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division at Midwest Research Institute until recently. He is now Manager of the Washington office of the Callery Chemical Company.
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