Elon Huntington Hooker

Elon Huntington Hooker (December 23, 1869 – May 10, 1938) was the founder of Hooker Electrochemical Company.

Elon Huntington Hooker
Born(1869-12-23)December 23, 1869
Rochester, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 10, 1938(1938-05-10) (aged 68)
SpouseBlanche Ferry
Children2, Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller Helen Hooker

Biography

From a New England family, Elon Hooker obtained degrees in civil engineering from the University of Rochester and Cornell University.[1] In 1912, he was named treasurer of the Progressive Party. In 1920, he unsuccessfully sought the Republican Party nomination for governor of New York.

Hooker Electrochemical Company

The company was opened in 1905 and produced chlor-alkali chemicals by electrolysis of salt with the Townsend cell using the hydro electric power of the nearby power plants. The company was located on Buffalo Avenue, Niagara Falls, New York. In 1968 it was bought by Occidental Petroleum Corporation.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. Thomas, Robert E. (1955). Salt & Water, Power & People: A Short History of Hooker Electrochemical Co. Niagara Falls, NY: Hooker Chemical Co. p. 109. ISBN 1258790807.
  2. Ingham, John N (1983). Biographical Dictionary of American Business Leaders. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313239083.
  3. MacMullin, R. B.; Gardiner, W. C. (1944). "Electrochemical and Allied Industries of the Niagara Frontier". Transactions of the Electrochemical Society. 86: 51. doi:10.1149/1.3071604.
  4. "AMERICAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES - Hooker Electrochemical Company". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry. 22 (8): 914–915. 1930. doi:10.1021/ie50248a034.
  5. Hooker Chemical Company 1909–1938.
  6. Eisenstadt, Peter R; Moss, Laura-Eve (2005). The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815608080.
  7. Cahn, Matthew Alan (1995). Environmental Deceptions: The Tension Between Liberalism and Environmental Policymaking in the United States. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791422649.
  8. Reed, Jennifer (January 1, 2002). Love Canal. Infobase. ISBN 9781438124827.
  9. Company, Hooker Electrochemical (1938). Elon Huntington Hooker, 1869–1938.
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