Louis Atwell Olney (1875,

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, United States – 1949) was a pioneering

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chemist and educator. He was the founder and first president of the

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which in 1944 established the Olney Medal, in his honor, to recognize outstanding achievements in textile or

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or other fields of

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of major importance to textile science.Wesley Minnis, Donald R. Baer, David H. Abrahams, "Dye", ''

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