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J. Alden Erikson
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| Title: |
Author |
| Industry: |
New Proprietary Intermediates and Resins for Coating Applications |
| Type of Organization: |
Research and Development Laboratories |
| Major Product/Service: |
"Models of Reality" for Static, Nuclei and Atoms |
| Expertise: |
Dr. Erikson specializes in the discovery, development and scale-up of new coatings vehicles and intermediates. He retired in 1988. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
International |
| Affiliations: |
American Chemical Society, PPG Industries, Inc.; Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity |
| University/Degree: |
B.S., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1950; Ph.D., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953 |
| Born: |
March 3, 1926, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Theoretical nuclear science, following developments in diabetes treatments, gardening, pets (2 Maine Coon cats and a Golden Retriever) |
| Spouse: |
Ruth L. Flory |
| Married: |
June 17, 1955 |
| Children: |
Kristine, Mark, Nancy |
| Work History: |
Dr. Erikson worked for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1953 to 1959 before transferring to what became PPG Industries, Inc. in Springdale and Allison Park, Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1988. |
| Honors & Awards: |
Dr. Erikson presented his first paper on static nuclear models at the Chicago American Chemical Society Meeting in 1967. He was named Man of the Year by the American Biographical Institute as well as Outstanding Professional of the Year by the International Biographical Center in England, both in 2007. |
| Published Works: |
Book,"Models of Reality" for Static, Nuclei and Atoms. The book is straightforward and concise with numerous figures to enhance the text. Dr. Erikson delves into the intriguing background concerning the dilemma of incomprehensible quantum mechanics before offering his models, based on the carbon icosahedron as a solution to understanding the nuclei-atomic relationship. He believes the foundation has been made for models of reality for some key element-isotopes in the periodic table beginning with carbon made from two hydrogen-3 atoms and two helium-3 atoms forming an icosahedron with four electrons outside the nucleus and two inside to neutralize two helium protons giving the valence of 4. In a giant step, 4 beryllium-9 partial-icosahedrons were added to tetrahedrally-directed faces of carbon to form titanium-48, the most abundant of 5 stable isotopes from -46 to -50. The outermost faces of titanium are like carbon and point toward the corners of tetrahedron to provide the most common valence of four. Two of the new icosahedrons fused to carbon are carbon-types and could provide six valence faces while the other two boron-12-type icosahedrons might provide two valence faces to give titanium a valence of 8 as has been observed. It appears that the chemistry and physics of elements is determined by the structure of nuclei and atoms as seen in the new models of reality. |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Dr. Erikson is responsible for 30 coatings-related U.S. Patents. |
