Harold Fritz McDuffie, Jr., age 98, passed away June 7, 2015, after a period of declining health.
Harold Fritz McDuffie, Jr., age 98, passed away June 7, 2015, after a period of declining health.
He was born April 20, 1917, in Atlanta, Ga., to Dr. Harold Fritz McDuffie and Hattie Louise Ferguson, both of New Jersey.
He won a state-wide mathematics competition to earn a scholarship contest to Emory University, where he received A.B. and M.A. degrees with honors in chemistry (38-39G). In 1939, he was awarded a research assistantship at Princeton and obtained his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry in 1942.
Following his graduate work at Princeton, he spent a year of post-doctorate study with the Cornell University Biochemistry Department at New York Hospital on an O.S.R.D. Project dealing with the mechanism of action of mustard gas. While there, he discovered a chemical reaction that could be used to predict the activity of prospective vesicant agents. While attending Princeton, he attended New York University Law School for one year in 1942-1943. He subsequently joined the Patent Department of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation in New York City and in 1943 transferred to the Nitrogen Division Research Laboratories of Allied to do research on catalytic oxidation. At the end of the war, he moved to Bristol Laboratories in Syracuse as an assistant to the director of research. While there, he acted as a patent liaison and also received a patent on a direct method for making derivatives of penicillin while preserving the essential chemical structure.
Early in 1950, he joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He became a Group Leader in the Chemistry Division and an associate Director of the Reactor Chemistry Division. He spent two years in India for the Atomic Energy Commission as the United States Scientific Representative and returned to ORNL to become Director of the Information Division. He later returned to the Chemistry Division. After retiring, he was employed by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities to manage the production of a Handbook of Energy Use. During his professional career, he was active with the ACS, Sigma Xi, the Heart Association, the Oak Ridge Rotary Club, and a variety of civic associations.
He was always interested in sports and excelled in swimming and golf. As an adult member of the Master Swimming organization in Oak Ridge, he achieved national ranking and later held Tennessee State records for his age group (85-89).
Throughout his life, he was interested in music. In college, he was a member of the Emory Glee Club and became president in his last year. In graduate school he sang with the Princeton University Chapel choir. While working in New York City, he sang in the church choir in Brooklyn. When work took him to Syracuse, N.Y., he sang in the choir of the Camillus N.Y. Methodist Church and later was its director.
In Oak Ridge, 1950, he joined the Community Chorus and later became its president. He sang in a number of presentations for ORCMA, the Jaycees, and the Playhouse. Until age 90, he was a member of the First United Methodist Church choir.
He joined the Scouting program in 1929 and continued his participation throughout his life; he became an Eagle Scout, Scoutmaster, District Commissioner, and District Chairman during service in the Atlanta, Onondaga County, N.Y., and the great Smoky Mountain Councils. He received the Silver Beaver Award from the Great Smoky Mountain Council and had been a member of the Eagle Scout Review Board.
At age 90, he began to study Spanish corresponding with friends in Spanish, French, and German. He was a member of the Atomic Optimists stock club, Roane-Anderson Professional Society, Friends of ORNL, a Rotarian and a past president of the Oak Ridge Rotary Club, and was a member of the Oak Ridge Country Club for many years. He was an emeritus member of the American Chemical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
After retiring, he became the Genealogist for the McDuffee Clan Society of Clan McFie and undertook to combine the existing paper versions into a comprehensive computerized version. He and his wife, Elizabeth, made many trips to meet with Clan Society members and also to study the land and obituary records in county courts. Ultimately, he produced a loose-leaf printed collection of more than 25 different lines of McDuffies and their descendants in the U.S. and some were continued from Scotland and Ireland. More than 18,000 individual entries were in this collection. This information was transmitted to the Scottish Heritage collection at the Saint Andrew’s University in Laurinburg, N.C.
He was predeceased by his son, Mark.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Elizabeth; and three sons, Kurt McDuffie (Andrea) of Sacramento, Calif., David McDuffie (Chanie) of Knoxville, Tenn., and Greg McDuffie (Brenda) of Clinton, Tenn.; five grandchildren, Joshua McDuffie (Joanna), Elissa Brown (Dawson), Amy McDuffie, Justin McDuffie and Jeremy McDuffie; three great-grandchildren, Camden and Calder Brown and Adeline McDuffie.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund at the United Methodist Church, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Emory College or Boy Scouts of America.
Memorial Services will be held at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge on June 15 at 4 p.m. with a gathering of friends afterward in the church parlor.
Harold Fritz McDuffie, Jr., age 98, passed away June 7, 2015, after a period of declining health.
He was born April 20, 1917, in Atlanta, Ga., to Dr. Harold Fritz McDuffie and Hattie Louise Ferguson, both of New Jersey.
He won a state-wide mathematics competition to earn a scholarship contest to Emory University, where he received A.B. and M.A. degrees with honors in chemistry (38-39G). In 1939, he was awarded a research assistantship at Princeton and obtained his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry in 1942.
Following his graduate work at Princeton, he spent a year of post-doctorate study with the Cornell University Biochemistry Department at New York Hospital on an O.S.R.D. Project dealing with the mechanism of action of mustard gas. While there, he discovered a chemical reaction that could be used to predict the activity of prospective vesicant agents. While attending Princeton, he attended New York University Law School for one year in 1942-1943. He subsequently joined the Patent Department of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation in New York City and in 1943 transferred to the Nitrogen Division Research Laboratories of Allied to do research on catalytic oxidation. At the end of the war, he moved to Bristol Laboratories in Syracuse as an assistant to the director of research. While there, he acted as a patent liaison and also received a patent on a direct method for making derivatives of penicillin while preserving the essential chemical structure.
Early in 1950, he joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He became a Group Leader in the Chemistry Division and an associate Director of the Reactor Chemistry Division. He spent two years in India for the Atomic Energy Commission as the United States Scientific Representative and returned to ORNL to become Director of the Information Division. He later returned to the Chemistry Division. After retiring, he was employed by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities to manage the production of a Handbook of Energy Use. During his professional career, he was active with the ACS, Sigma Xi, the Heart Association, the Oak Ridge Rotary Club, and a variety of civic associations.
He was always interested in sports and excelled in swimming and golf. As an adult member of the Master Swimming organization in Oak Ridge, he achieved national ranking and later held Tennessee State records for his age group (85-89).
Throughout his life, he was interested in music. In college, he was a member of the Emory Glee Club and became president in his last year. In graduate school he sang with the Princeton University Chapel choir. While working in New York City, he sang in the church choir in Brooklyn. When work took him to Syracuse, N.Y., he sang in the choir of the Camillus N.Y. Methodist Church and later was its director.
In Oak Ridge, 1950, he joined the Community Chorus and later became its president. He sang in a number of presentations for ORCMA, the Jaycees, and the Playhouse. Until age 90, he was a member of the First United Methodist Church choir.
He joined the Scouting program in 1929 and continued his participation throughout his life; he became an Eagle Scout, Scoutmaster, District Commissioner, and District Chairman during service in the Atlanta, Onondaga County, N.Y., and the great Smoky Mountain Councils. He received the Silver Beaver Award from the Great Smoky Mountain Council and had been a member of the Eagle Scout Review Board.
At age 90, he began to study Spanish corresponding with friends in Spanish, French, and German. He was a member of the Atomic Optimists stock club, Roane-Anderson Professional Society, Friends of ORNL, a Rotarian and a past president of the Oak Ridge Rotary Club, and was a member of the Oak Ridge Country Club for many years. He was an emeritus member of the American Chemical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
After retiring, he became the Genealogist for the McDuffee Clan Society of Clan McFie and undertook to combine the existing paper versions into a comprehensive computerized version. He and his wife, Elizabeth, made many trips to meet with Clan Society members and also to study the land and obituary records in county courts. Ultimately, he produced a loose-leaf printed collection of more than 25 different lines of McDuffies and their descendants in the U.S. and some were continued from Scotland and Ireland. More than 18,000 individual entries were in this collection. This information was transmitted to the Scottish Heritage collection at the Saint Andrew’s University in Laurinburg, N.C.
He was predeceased by his son, Mark.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Elizabeth; and three sons, Kurt McDuffie (Andrea) of Sacramento, Calif., David McDuffie (Chanie) of Knoxville, Tenn., and Greg McDuffie (Brenda) of Clinton, Tenn.; five grandchildren, Joshua McDuffie (Joanna), Elissa Brown (Dawson), Amy McDuffie, Justin McDuffie and Jeremy McDuffie; three great-grandchildren, Camden and Calder Brown and Adeline McDuffie.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund at the United Methodist Church, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Emory College or Boy Scouts of America.
Memorial Services will be held at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge on June 15 at 4 p.m. with a gathering of friends afterward in the church parlor.
Harold Fritz McDuffie, Jr., age 98, passed away June 7, 2015, after a period of declining health.
Harold Fritz McDuffie, Jr., age 98, passed away June 7, 2015, after a period of declining health.
He was born April 20, 1917, in Atlanta, Ga., to Dr. Harold Fritz McDuffie and Hattie Louise Ferguson, both of New Jersey.
He won a state-wide mathematics competition to earn a scholarship contest to Emory University, where he received A.B. and M.A. degrees with honors in chemistry (38-39G). In 1939, he was awarded a research assistantship at Princeton and obtained his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry in 1942.
Following his graduate work at Princeton, he spent a year of post-doctorate study with the Cornell University Biochemistry Department at New York Hospital on an O.S.R.D. Project dealing with the mechanism of action of mustard gas. While there, he discovered a chemical reaction that could be used to predict the activity of prospective vesicant agents. While attending Princeton, he attended New York University Law School for one year in 1942-1943. He subsequently joined the Patent Department of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation in New York City and in 1943 transferred to the Nitrogen Division Research Laboratories of Allied to do research on catalytic oxidation. At the end of the war, he moved to Bristol Laboratories in Syracuse as an assistant to the director of research. While there, he acted as a patent liaison and also received a patent on a direct method for making derivatives of penicillin while preserving the essential chemical structure.
Early in 1950, he joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He became a Group Leader in the Chemistry Division and an associate Director of the Reactor Chemistry Division. He spent two years in India for the Atomic Energy Commission as the United States Scientific Representative and returned to ORNL to become Director of the Information Division. He later returned to the Chemistry Division. After retiring, he was employed by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities to manage the production of a Handbook of Energy Use. During his professional career, he was active with the ACS, Sigma Xi, the Heart Association, the Oak Ridge Rotary Club, and a variety of civic associations.
He was always interested in sports and excelled in swimming and golf. As an adult member of the Master Swimming organization in Oak Ridge, he achieved national ranking and later held Tennessee State records for his age group (85-89).
Throughout his life, he was interested in music. In college, he was a member of the Emory Glee Club and became president in his last year. In graduate school he sang with the Princeton University Chapel choir. While working in New York City, he sang in the church choir in Brooklyn. When work took him to Syracuse, N.Y., he sang in the choir of the Camillus N.Y. Methodist Church and later was its director.
In Oak Ridge, 1950, he joined the Community Chorus and later became its president. He sang in a number of presentations for ORCMA, the Jaycees, and the Playhouse. Until age 90, he was a member of the First United Methodist Church choir.
He joined the Scouting program in 1929 and continued his participation throughout his life; he became an Eagle Scout, Scoutmaster, District Commissioner, and District Chairman during service in the Atlanta, Onondaga County, N.Y., and the great Smoky Mountain Councils. He received the Silver Beaver Award from the Great Smoky Mountain Council and had been a member of the Eagle Scout Review Board.
At age 90, he began to study Spanish corresponding with friends in Spanish, French, and German. He was a member of the Atomic Optimists stock club, Roane-Anderson Professional Society, Friends of ORNL, a Rotarian and a past president of the Oak Ridge Rotary Club, and was a member of the Oak Ridge Country Club for many years. He was an emeritus member of the American Chemical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
After retiring, he became the Genealogist for the McDuffee Clan Society of Clan McFie and undertook to combine the existing paper versions into a comprehensive computerized version. He and his wife, Elizabeth, made many trips to meet with Clan Society members and also to study the land and obituary records in county courts. Ultimately, he produced a loose-leaf printed collection of more than 25 different lines of McDuffies and their descendants in the U.S. and some were continued from Scotland and Ireland. More than 18,000 individual entries were in this collection. This information was transmitted to the Scottish Heritage collection at the Saint Andrew’s University in Laurinburg, N.C.
He was predeceased by his son, Mark.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Elizabeth; and three sons, Kurt McDuffie (Andrea) of Sacramento, Calif., David McDuffie (Chanie) of Knoxville, Tenn., and Greg McDuffie (Brenda) of Clinton, Tenn.; five grandchildren, Joshua McDuffie (Joanna), Elissa Brown (Dawson), Amy McDuffie, Justin McDuffie and Jeremy McDuffie; three great-grandchildren, Camden and Calder Brown and Adeline McDuffie.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund at the United Methodist Church, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Emory College or Boy Scouts of America.
Memorial Services will be held at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge on June 15 at 4 p.m. with a gathering of friends afterward in the church parlor.
Harold Fritz McDuffie, Jr., age 98, passed away June 7, 2015, after a period of declining health.
He was born April 20, 1917, in Atlanta, Ga., to Dr. Harold Fritz McDuffie and Hattie Louise Ferguson, both of New Jersey.
He won a state-wide mathematics competition to earn a scholarship contest to Emory University, where he received A.B. and M.A. degrees with honors in chemistry (38-39G). In 1939, he was awarded a research assistantship at Princeton and obtained his Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry in 1942.
Following his graduate work at Princeton, he spent a year of post-doctorate study with the Cornell University Biochemistry Department at New York Hospital on an O.S.R.D. Project dealing with the mechanism of action of mustard gas. While there, he discovered a chemical reaction that could be used to predict the activity of prospective vesicant agents. While attending Princeton, he attended New York University Law School for one year in 1942-1943. He subsequently joined the Patent Department of Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation in New York City and in 1943 transferred to the Nitrogen Division Research Laboratories of Allied to do research on catalytic oxidation. At the end of the war, he moved to Bristol Laboratories in Syracuse as an assistant to the director of research. While there, he acted as a patent liaison and also received a patent on a direct method for making derivatives of penicillin while preserving the essential chemical structure.
Early in 1950, he joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He became a Group Leader in the Chemistry Division and an associate Director of the Reactor Chemistry Division. He spent two years in India for the Atomic Energy Commission as the United States Scientific Representative and returned to ORNL to become Director of the Information Division. He later returned to the Chemistry Division. After retiring, he was employed by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities to manage the production of a Handbook of Energy Use. During his professional career, he was active with the ACS, Sigma Xi, the Heart Association, the Oak Ridge Rotary Club, and a variety of civic associations.
He was always interested in sports and excelled in swimming and golf. As an adult member of the Master Swimming organization in Oak Ridge, he achieved national ranking and later held Tennessee State records for his age group (85-89).
Throughout his life, he was interested in music. In college, he was a member of the Emory Glee Club and became president in his last year. In graduate school he sang with the Princeton University Chapel choir. While working in New York City, he sang in the church choir in Brooklyn. When work took him to Syracuse, N.Y., he sang in the choir of the Camillus N.Y. Methodist Church and later was its director.
In Oak Ridge, 1950, he joined the Community Chorus and later became its president. He sang in a number of presentations for ORCMA, the Jaycees, and the Playhouse. Until age 90, he was a member of the First United Methodist Church choir.
He joined the Scouting program in 1929 and continued his participation throughout his life; he became an Eagle Scout, Scoutmaster, District Commissioner, and District Chairman during service in the Atlanta, Onondaga County, N.Y., and the great Smoky Mountain Councils. He received the Silver Beaver Award from the Great Smoky Mountain Council and had been a member of the Eagle Scout Review Board.
At age 90, he began to study Spanish corresponding with friends in Spanish, French, and German. He was a member of the Atomic Optimists stock club, Roane-Anderson Professional Society, Friends of ORNL, a Rotarian and a past president of the Oak Ridge Rotary Club, and was a member of the Oak Ridge Country Club for many years. He was an emeritus member of the American Chemical Society and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
After retiring, he became the Genealogist for the McDuffee Clan Society of Clan McFie and undertook to combine the existing paper versions into a comprehensive computerized version. He and his wife, Elizabeth, made many trips to meet with Clan Society members and also to study the land and obituary records in county courts. Ultimately, he produced a loose-leaf printed collection of more than 25 different lines of McDuffies and their descendants in the U.S. and some were continued from Scotland and Ireland. More than 18,000 individual entries were in this collection. This information was transmitted to the Scottish Heritage collection at the Saint Andrew’s University in Laurinburg, N.C.
He was predeceased by his son, Mark.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Elizabeth; and three sons, Kurt McDuffie (Andrea) of Sacramento, Calif., David McDuffie (Chanie) of Knoxville, Tenn., and Greg McDuffie (Brenda) of Clinton, Tenn.; five grandchildren, Joshua McDuffie (Joanna), Elissa Brown (Dawson), Amy McDuffie, Justin McDuffie and Jeremy McDuffie; three great-grandchildren, Camden and Calder Brown and Adeline McDuffie.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Pastor’s Discretionary Fund at the United Methodist Church, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Emory College or Boy Scouts of America.
Memorial Services will be held at First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge on June 15 at 4 p.m. with a gathering of friends afterward in the church parlor.
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