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- Niagara Gazette
BRENNAN-Joseph H. at Mt. St. Mary's
Hospital, April, 19, 1961 of 1318
Thorndale Ave. Husband of Anne Gallagher
Brennan, father of Cal, Sgt.
1st Class Alan H. Brennan, U. S.
Army, all of this city, William
C. Brennan, Newfane, N. Y., brother
of John Brennan, Minneapolis,. Minn.
Also survived by 3 gradchildren.
Friends may call at the Grldley
Funeral Home Inc., 750 Main 5t. after
4 p.m., Thursday. Funeral Announcements
later. Memorial contributions
may be made to the Brennan
Memorial Fund for the Mt. St. Mary's
Building. Fund.
ALSO
Niagara Gazette - 4/19/1961
Joseph H. Brennan, 58, of
1318 Thorndale Ave., chief
metallurgist of the Union Carjbide
Metals Co. and pioneer
in the field of ferro-alloy
production, died at Mt. St.
Mary's Hospital today (April
19, 1961) after an illness of
three months.
Mr. Brennan, winner of the
Frank J. Tone Medal Awaru
and J a c o b F. Schoellkopf
Medal for outstanding contributions
to the science of
chemistry and practice of
metallurgy, suffered a heart
attack in February. He had
been in hospitals here and in
Boston since his seizure.
He spent a lifetime building
one of thefinest collections of
books on the Niagara Frontier,
including rare works, curiosities,
dictionaries, modern fiction
and old grammars.
Mr. Brennan, a resident
here for 38 years, won the
Frank J. Tone Medal Award
in 1958 and the Schoellkopf
Medal In 1950.
Served at Analyst
Born In Minneapolis, Minn,
on May 5, 1902, Mr. Brennan
was graduated f r om Dunwoody
Institute in 1917 and
was a part-time student at the
University of Minnesota from
1917 to 1920. From 1918 to
1920 he was associated with
the U. S. Bureau of Mines as
an analyst for the Electro
Metallurgical Co. and later
served in this capacity with
the Union Carbide and Carbon
Research laboratories at
Long Island City and with the
Havnes Stellite Co., Kokomo,
Ind.
In 1925 he became a research
metallurgist on the
staff of Union Carbide, and
Carbon Research L a b o r atorles.
He served in this capacity
until he was appointed
manager of the development
division in 1937. In 1944 Mr.
Brennan vfas appointed chief
metallurgist of the Electro
Metallurgical Co., the name
of which was changed to
Union Carbide Metals Co. several
years ago.
Aided in Procastts
He had been connected
with the ferro-alloy industry
during his entire career. With
the rise in stainless steel production
in the '20s, a need
developed for improved processes
for the production of
low-carbon ferrochromlum.
Mr. Brennan made many contributions
to this field which
resulted in more economical
production of alloys with a
lower carbon content than had
previously been available.
He is a co-inventor of a
process for treating low-grade
tungsten ores. The process
was used for the larger part
of America's tungsten production
during World War II.
Besides these technological
contributions, he had actively
directed the research work of
a large group of chemists and
metallurgists.
Held U.S. Patents
He held more than* a dozen
U.S. patents for the puriflca-
tion and production of meta\s
and alloys and several time'sthat
n u m b e r of. f o r e i gn
patents. ;
Mr. Brennan had served as
a consultant to the National
Research Council on the design
and processes for complex
rare ores and was associated
in a consulting capacity
with the Manhattan Project
and the Atomic Energy Com-;
mission.
Had Many Affiliations
He was a fellow of the Institute
of C h e m i s t r y , past
chairman of the local section
of t h e Electrochemical Society,
member of the Advisory
Board of Mt. St. Mary's Hospital,
the Niagara Falls Public
Library Board, Prospectors
and Developers Association of
Toronto, Ont., Niagara Club,
Niagara Fal)s Area Chamber
of Commerce, S o c i e t y Of
Chemical Industry of London,
American Society of Metals,
treasurer of the Niagara Frontier
Section of the American
Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineers, National
Association for the Advancement
of Science, the American
Society for Metals and the
Electro Chemical Society. , '
He suffered a heart attack
shortly after returning from a
trip to Norway.
Survivors Listed
Surviving, besides his wife,
Mrs. Anne Gallagher Brennan,
are three sons, Cal and
Army Sgt. 1st Class Alan H.
Brennan, both of this city, and
William C. B r e n n a n , New-
fane; a brother, John Brennan,
Minneapolis, Minn.; and
three grandchildren.
Friends may call at the
Grldley Funeral Home after,
4 p.m. Thursday. Funeral a r rangements
will be announced
later.. The family said that do-
nations to the Brennan Memo-
rial Fund of the Mt. St, M a r y's
Hospital Building Fund will be
acceptable as tributes.
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