Albemarle Scientists Named 'Heroes of Chemistry'

BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 21 LA-Albemarle-"Heroes" BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Twelve scientists from specialty chemical maker Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (NYSE: XOM) were honored by the American Chemical Society (ACS) in a special ceremony Sunday night as "Heroes of Chemistry" for their work in the development of NEBULA(R) catalyst, a unique and more environmentally sustainable catalyst for the production of cleaner diesel fuels. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050801/ALBEMARLELOGO ) The 2008 Heroes of Chemistry honored in Philadelphia during the 236th National Meeting of the ACS, the world's largest scientific society, were: -- Ir. Rinus Cerfontain, Ph.D.; Sonja Eijsbouts, Ph.D.; Ir. Hans Homan Free, M.S.c.; Bob Leliveld, Ph.D.; Ing. Bob... [read full story]