BALBES CONSULTANTS - Key Persons
Chancellor of Germany, Angela Dorothea Merkel, Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) for thesis on quantum chemistry. The Secret to Germany's COVID-19 Success: Angela Merkel Is a Scientist
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- Artist Known As Jess, BS in Chemistry from Caltech ( 1948 ) under His Given Name Burgess Collins
Actor Ashton Kutcher, Biochemical Engineering Student at the University of Iowa (1997, did not graduate)
Writer Barbara Ehrenreich, "started out majoring in chemistry but after a couple of years decided I would only get to the bottom of things with physics", bachelor's in physics from Reed College (1963). In 1968, Ph.D in cell biology from Rockefeller University (1968).
Princess of Thailand, Chulabhorn Walailak, graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Faculty of Science at Kasetsart University (1979), First Class Honours. She continued to study Science at Mahidol University, where she received her Doctorate in 1985.
Actor, Dolph Lundgren, (A View to a Kill, Rocky IV, etc.) has a degree in chemistry from Washington State University, and a M. Sc. in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stokholm (KTH) in 1983 . He studied chemical engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia (1982) . He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983, but quit after two weeks to pursue acting.
State Senator, Douglas La Follette, (1972-1974), PhD in organic chemistry from Columbia University, then became an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside and took leave of absense to serve in his state senate.
Author E.L. Konigsburg, who wrote "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler", majored in chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, studied chemistry at the graduate school of the University of Pittsburgh, then became a teacher of chemistry at Bartram, a private all-girls school in Jacksonville, Florida.
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- Chief Operating Officer
- President
President and Chief Operating Officer Eli Lilly, John C. Lechleiter, BS (summa cum laude) in chemistry from Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio) in 1975. Harvard University, master's and doctorate degrees in organic chemistry 1980.
Film Director, Frank Capra, studied chemistry at the Throop College of Technology, part of the California Institute of Technology (graduated 1918)
, most famous for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979-1981 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. After dropping out of college, Gerard landed a job as an industrial chemist, and within a few years he became regional manager of a large chemical company headed by governor Winthrop Rockefeller.
Mark Balbes provides technical and programming support, and Miles the Office Rabbit provided paper shredding and comic relief. That job has now been taken over by Octavia.
Author, Primo Levi, graduated from the University of Turin in 1941, with full marks and merit, having submitted additional theses on X Rays and Electrostatic Energy.