Scientists at Shell: Oral Histories of Immigration and Innovation Collection: Science History Institute

The website links to oral history interviews of two scientists who worked or consulted at Shell Oil Company. Chemical engineer Peter Lederman was born in 1923 in Weimar, Germany, and immigrated with his family to New York City at the age of seven after his father spent a week in a concentration camp. Lederman worked at Shell Oil and later at the US EPA. Organic chemist Madeleine M. Joullié was born in Paris in 1927 and spent her early life in Brazil. She worked for Shell Oil as a consultant. She narrates as a dedicated educator, and is also the writer of a textbook on organic chemistry.