Dr. Clyde Orr

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  www.micromeritics.com/about - [Cached Version]
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  In the early 1960's, a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology named Warren Hendrix and his advisor, Dr. Clyde Orr, built what is believed to be the first all-metal, transportable gas adsorption analyzer.
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  It was the the obvious choice for the name of the Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, founded by Warren Hendrix and Clyde Orr in July of 1962.

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  Hendrix and his advisor, Dr. Clyde Orr, built what is believed to be the first all-metal, transportable gas adsorption analyzer.

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  www.micromeritics.com/news/press_release.aspx?id=75 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/9/2005    Last Visited: 3/12/2007  

  "The management team remains strong and the direction of the company has not changed," states Dr. Clyde Orr, co-founder and chairman of the board of directors.

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  About Us | Micromeritics - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 8/12/2009    Last Visited: 8/12/2009  

  In the early 1960’s, a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology named Warren Hendrix and his advisor, Dr. Clyde Orr, built what is believed to be the first all-metal, transportable gas adsorption analyzer.
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  It was the the obvious choice for the name of the Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, founded by Warren Hendrix and Clyde Orr in July of 1962.

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  Bioscience Innovations -- Company Profile - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/5/2004    Last Visited: 7/8/2005  

  Board Members: Clyde Orr, chairman of board, Micromeritics; Warren Hendrix, president, Micromeritics; Chris Fender, chief financial officer, Micromeritics.

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  P. A. Webb and Clyde Orr, Analytical Methods in Fine Particle Technology, Micromeritics Instrument Co., Georgia, 1997.

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  Gwinnett Business Journal - [Cached Version]
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  Warren, along with Dr. Clyde Orr, licensed the rights to the instrument and formed Micromeritics Instrument Corporation.

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  Gwinnett Forum -- commentary by Elliott Brack - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/21/2002    Last Visited: 10/21/2008  

  Its two founders, Dr. Clyde Orr, 84, and Warren Hendrix, 70, were honored at the anniversary of their company Tuesday at Flint Hill.
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  Dr. Orr is chairman and Hendrix is president of the firm.
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  Orr and Hendrix were instrument pioneers in a field that had not developed back in the late 1950's.
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  Dr. Orr led a research laboratory of the Georgia Tech Engineering Experiment Station, and Hendrix, a grad students, was his assistant.
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  Dr. Orr remembers that kaolin firms, in particular, were sending measurement requests to the Experiment Station."They wanted to know the surface area of powders, and we got a dozen or so a week.We would run the surface area for them, and in effect, found that we had a market for a device to measure it."
  
  Yet the technique was slow, and came out of a cumbersome machine.Their first instrument measured about 6 feet high and wide, and was made out of glass.Dr. Orr remembers: "The trouble with it was that it was big.
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  Over the years, Hendrix has handled the business side, "and I work on development and technology," Dr. Orr says.

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  Industry News: Micromeritics President and Co-Founder... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/27/2005    Last Visited: 6/29/2005  

  "The management team remains strong and the direction of the company has not changed," said Clyde Orr, Ph.D., co-founder and chairman of the board of directors.

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  Micromeritics sadly announces the death of its... - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 8/12/2009  

  Prior to his death, the elder Mr. Hendrix bolstered the core management group by reassignment of current management responsibilities and by recruiting needed talent from outside the company. “The management team remains strong and the direction of the company has not changed,†states Dr. Clyde Orr, co-founder and chairman of the board of directors. “We remain committed to providing our customers with the same superior products and supporting services that have distinguished Micromeritics in the field of particle science and technology.â€

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