Soderberg, Allan Cadwallader
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1929 - 2011
Biographical Information
Allen Cadwallader Soderberg came from Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania to study at Purdue. As a student at Purdue, Soderberg was a member of the Green Potters Board, the governing body of the freshman class, lived in Phi Kappa Tau, was a member of the Scriveners, and a member of the American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE). He received a bachelor’s degree in science in 1951 and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1956. He worked for Arthur G. McKee and Company in Chicago, Illinois from 1975 to 1978. During those three years, Soderberg flew to Warsaw, Poland to do research on building an antibiotics plant and then to design it. This was during the Cold War and, according to his wife, each time he arrived in Warsaw his passport was taken and given back to him upon departure. He was later asked by Arthur G. McKee and Company to do similar research and design in Russia but Soderberg declined their offer.
Citation
Letter from Dolores Burnham Soderberg, wife of Allan C. Soderberg and donor of the Allan C. Soderberg papersPurdue alumni centennial directory, 1969
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Allan C. Soderberg papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSA 247
Scope and Contents
The Allan C. Soderberg papers (1976; 0.4 cubic feet) documents the research and planning Allan C. Soderberg conducted when working for Arthur G. McKee and Company in Warsaw, Poland to build an antibiotics plant. Materials include descriptive material, an equipment list, and project drawings. The descriptive materials include the following information: project scope, process descriptions, utilities and services, cost estimate, and engineering schedule. Each book is bound together.
Dates:
1976