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Education: USL and LSU, focusing on Chemistry
Career: Analytical Chemist, Dow
Chemical (32 years), Consultant for Dow Chemical after
retirement (8 yrs). Supervising Control Labs, a key
component of Dow’s product quality control. I have stayed
in LA except for six months I spent near Houston setting up
a lab.
Professional Achievements: 10
patents (pertaining to analytical chemistry) for Dow
Chemical
Personal Interests: Fishing,
Hunting, Gardening, and Woodwork, and Church
Spouse: Mary Lou Sullivan
(deceased, 1998) taught for almost 10 years, but her real
career was homemaker for which she had superior skills. We
met at Coffee Call in downtown Baton Rouge, LA. A group of
her friends met with a group of mine. She shared my love
for hunting and fishing. Our motor home allowed us to enjoy
these interests.
Parents: Grant and Evelyn Witty - My
father was Depot Agent and my mother was a teacher.
Personal Information: Children
5; grandchildren 17
Major Events after BHS: Getting
married and raising 5 children who are doing well and have
become community leaders.
Recollections of BHS: Lots of
fun. Loved athletics, especially football, and playing in
the band. Enjoyed having very good friends at BHS. I had a
high regard for the teachers. Mrs. Hatley was a very good
teacher.
After BHS: I went to college
then I went to work with Dow Chemical Company. Early in my
tenure with Dow, I was drafted. I went through boot camp,
then I got a letter informing me that my work had received a
classification of “Critical Skills,” so was I was released
to go back to my work, and to serve out my time in the
Inactive reserves. I received various promotions and was
finally promoted to setting up laboratories throughout Dow
as well as training employees to perform the work in them.
I ended my career at Dow in Research and Development and
retired in 1992. After retirement I started a consulting
company for Dow and worked in it for the next 8
years.
Hopes for the Future: To
continue to make friends and enjoy life.
I have a very close family,
which is one of my many blessings. We are together at all
holiday events. I am looking forward to all BHS reunions.
I love and miss ya’ll a lot.
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