HERBERT SMITHERMAN

0:00Hello, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful black people. His name was Herbert S. Smithman, Jr. He was a scientist. He is a scientist. He is a corporate research leader, a very accomplished chemist by the way. He is a foundational black American. A chemist, an inventor, a research director who played a major role in research laboratories of the proctor and gamble company. But you never hear his name because, again, these jealous,

1:10invades low IQ less than mediocre white people are pretendians, pretending to be real humanity. Herbert Smithman's work contributed to advances in industrial chemistry, laundry detergents, and consumer products like toothpaste, by the way. His early life born in 1937 in Birmingham, Alabama, grew up doing the era of segregation in the deep south, earned a PhD in physical, organic chemistry from Howard University in 1963. His doctoral research focused on chemical

2:18reactions, mechanisms, a foundation for industrial product chemistry. During the 1960s, very few black scientists were working in major corporate laboratories. But he was there, making his career path particularly significant. His career at proctor and gamble, Mr. Smithman, Jr. PNG, as a research chemist, and eventually became a research manager and corporate scientific leader. His key contributions are, he worked on surface tons, surface tons chemistry, the size behind the science behind detergents, soaps, and cleaning agents.

3:31He contributed to the chemistry used in laundry detergents and consumer cleaning products. He held multiple patents related to chemical formulations and processes. He managed teams of scientists developing raw consumer products. Surface tons are crucial because they lift, remove oil and dirt from fabrics, allow detergent to clean effectively. These innovations helped improve modern laundry and household products. He broke barriers, Mr. Smithman did.

4:31He was also important socially inside corporate science. At a time when black scientists were largely excluded from leadership roles. He became one of the first black research managers at PNG. His later career leadership, he sacrificed, became director of the Office of Energy Research, minority economics, impact at the U.S. Department of Energy. His name was Herbert Smithman.