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{{Infobox company
| name = Commercial Solvents Corporation
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| industry = Chemicals
| founded = {{start date|Incorporated in 1919}}
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| hq_location = Midtown Manhattan
| hq_location_city = New York City
| hq_location_country = United States
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| key_people = Dr. Chaim Weizmann, William Davis Ticknor Sr.
| products = Alcohol solvents
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'''Commercial Solvents Corporation''' (CSC) was an American chemical and [[biotechnology]] company created in 1919.

==History==
The Commercial Solvents Corporation was established at the end of World War I; earning distinction as the pioneer producer of acetone and butanol by fermentation processes developed and patented by Dr. [[Chaim Weizmann]]. [[Terre Haute, Indiana]] was chosen to be the site of CSC's research as this location made possible the expedient translation of new processes from the laboratory and demonstration plant into full production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/archives/inventories/business/CommSolv.php|title=Vigo County Public Library - Archives & Local History|access-date=18 February 2017}}</ref><ref>Fred C. Kelly (1936). ''One Thing Leads to Another: The Growth of an Industry,'' Houghton Mifflin</ref>

As early as 1917, the corporation began work in [[Terre Haute, Indiana]]. It developed the conversion of corn and other grains into [[ethanol]] by [[Ethanol fermentation|fermentation]]. They later produced [[riboflavin]] by microbial action.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/lehman/chrono.html?company=commercial_solvents_corp |title=Commercial Solvents Corporation |access-date=2011-10-24 |quote=Commercial Solvents Corporation (CSC) was created in 1919. The corporation had started in Terre Haute as early as 1917 to convert Midwest grain surpluses into solvents by fermentation and also later to produce riboflavin and other nutrients by microbial action. |publisher=[[Harvard University]] }}</ref>

==Presidents==
*[[Philip G. Mumford]] 1922 to 1928.<ref>{{cite news|title=Solvents Heads Resigns; Goes to Banking Firm|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A127D718D1E33F961%40GB3NEWS-1290E8839E02C120%402425446-1290E4723A4E579A%4028-1290E4723A4E579A%40?h=24&page=1&fname=&lname=mumford&fullname=&kwinc=%22commercial%20solvents%22&kwexc=&sort=old&rgfromDate=1/1/1919&rgtoDate=12/31/2017&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=|access-date=13 January 2018|publisher=Seattle Daily Times|date=July 18, 1928|page=29|quote=Philip G. Mumford, president of Commercial Solvents Corporation since 1922, has resigned to become general partner of the banking firm of William Schall & Co. in which he has been a partner for a year and a half.}}</ref>
*[[William Davis Ticknor Sr.]] 1920 to 1922 and 1928 to 1938, was president and [[chairman of the board]].<ref>{{cite news |title=William Ticknor, Industrialist, 57. President of the Commercial Solvents Corporation Is Dead in Englewood. Held Many Directorates. Once Partner in New Jersey Banking Firm. Son Was a Harvard Football Star |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0616FB3C5C1B7A93C7AB1788D85F4C8385F9 |quote=William Davis Ticknor, president and chairman of the-board of directors of the Commercial Solvents Corporation, with offices at 230 Park Avenue in New York, died today of a heart ailment at his home, 53 Beech Road. He was 57 years old. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 25, 1938 |access-date=2011-10-24 }}</ref>
*[[Theodore P. Walker]] 1938 to 1947.<ref>{{cite news |title=New CSC Directors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EypQAAAAYAAJ&q=Ticknor+%22Commercial+Solvents%22 |quote=Mr. Walker, who was elevated to the presidency of Commercial Solvents upon the death of Mr. Ticknor, has been with the corporation since 1922. He was elected a vice-president in 1924 and has been executive vice-president since 1928. ... |work=[[Chemical Industries]] |year= 1938|access-date=2011-10-24 }}</ref>
*[[Henry E. Perry]] 1947 to 1950.<ref>{{cite news|title=Solvents Has New Head|url=http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40GB3NEWS-12BBCED214C6FEAD%402432521-12BBC9C0E05B0508%4012-12BBE86657871240%40?search_terms=Walker%7CTHEODORE%7Cp.%7CPRESIDENT|access-date=18 February 2017|publisher=Plain Dealer|date=December 1, 1947|page=13|quote=Directors of Commercial Solvents Corp. announced Maj. Theodore P. Walker, president, has been elected chairman and Henry E. Perry, executive vice-president, has been named president in succession.}}</ref>
*[[J. Albert Woods]] 1950 to 1959.<ref>{{cite news|title=J. Albert Woods Heads Commercial Solvents|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A143BBB730D96083A%40GB3NEWS-168174461064842F%402433385-167EA17276290A84%4020-167EA17276290A84%40?h=31&page=2&fname=&lname=perry&fullname=&kwinc=%22Commercial%20solvents%20corp%22&kwexc=&sort=old&rgfromDate=1/1/1938&rgtoDate=12/31/1980&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=|access-date=13 January 2018|publisher=Detroit Times|date=April 13, 1950|page=21|quote=J. Albert Woods was elected president of Commercial Solvents Corp. today at a special meeting of the board of directors. He succeeds the late Henry E. Perry.}}</ref>
*[[Maynard C Wheeler]] 1959 to 1966.<ref>{{cite news|title=President Quits Firm with Plant At Harvey|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A138F0D9908AC8D5F%40GB3NEWS-13AEADA5B2BCE540%402436617-13AD14D91F1D4478%4012-13AD14D91F1D4478%40?h=41&page=2&fname=&lname=woods&fullname=&kwinc=%22Commercial%20solvents%20corp%22&kwexc=&sort=old&rgfromDate=1/1/1950&rgtoDate=12/31/1980&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=|access-date=13 January 2018|publisher=The Advocate|date=February 17, 1959|page=13|quote=J. Albert Woods, president of Commercial Solvents Corp. since 1950, resigned Monday because of "differences of opinion" with major stockholders, the company said.}}</ref>
*[[Robert C. Wheeler]] 1966 to 1973.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wheeler Is President|url=https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40GB3NEWS-12BA1D331C4254F3%402439343-127C7A71D015C5BD%4020-127C7A71D015C5BD%40?h=253&page=16&fname=&lname=wheeler&fullname=&kwinc=%22Commercial%20solvents%20corp%22&kwexc=&sort=old&rgfromDate=1/1/1959&rgtoDate=12/31/1980&formDate=&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=range&processingtime=|access-date=13 January 2018|publisher=Plain Dealer|date=August 5, 1966|page=21|quote=Robert C. Wheeler, 52, has been named president of Commercial Solvents Corp., succeeding his brother Maynard C. Wheeler, who moves to the new position of chairman of the board.}}</ref>
*[[William S. Leonhardt]] 1973 to 1975.<ref>{{cite news|title=Solvent Firm Picks Leonhardt|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/231209185/?terms=commercial+solvents+wheeler|access-date=13 January 2018|publisher=Fort Lauderdale News|date=August 29, 1973|page=54|quote=Robert C. Wheeler, 59 years -old has been elected vice chairman of the board and William S. Leonhardt, 57 has been elected president of the Commercial Solvents Corporation.}}</ref>

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[[Category:Chemical companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Ethanol]]
[[Category:Defunct companies based in Indiana]]
[[Category:Terre Haute, Indiana]]
[[Category:Chemical companies established in 1919]]
[[Category:Technology companies established in 1919]]
[[Category:American companies established in 1919]]

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