Research Catalog

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Albert Antoine.

Publication

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Details

Additional Authors

• Antoine, Albert, 1925-2017
• Williams, Regennia N.
• Hickey, Matthew
• HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.

Description

1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 18 min., 51 sec.)) : sound, color.

Summary

Chemist Albert Antoine was born on January 14, 1925 in New York City. His parents, Wilhelmina Marie and Emmanuel Evans Antoine, were natives of the British West Indies. He earned his B.S degree from the City College of New York and his Ph.D. in chemistry from Ohio State University. Antoine served as professor of chemistry at Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1954, he became a research chemist at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA, which was renamed NASA when space research was added in the 1960s. Antoine worked at the NASA Lewis Research Center, researching jet and rocket propulsion, fuel efficiency for aircraft, alternate fuel sources, batteries, and fuel cells. In 1983, Antoine became a senior research associate for Cleveland State University teaching students at the NASA Lewis Research Center. Antoine was an American Chemical Society member and worked with the Council for Careers in Science.

Alternative Title

• History Makers video oral history with Albert Antoine
• Albert Antoine

Subject

• Antoine, Albert, 1925-2017 > Interviews
• African Americans > Interviews
• African Americans
• Chemist Chemistry Professor

Genre/Form

• Internet videos.
• Interviews.
• Nonfiction films.
• Oral histories.

Credits (note)

• Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

OCLC

994208830

Title

The HistoryMakers video oral history with Albert Antoine.

Publisher

Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

Country of Producing Entity

United States. naf

Playing Time

021851

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Digital File Characteristics

video file

Performer

Regennia Williams, interviewer.

Credits

Videographer, Matthew Hickey.

Event

Recorded Shaker Heights, Ohio 2004 March 18.

Source of description

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Indexed Term

Chemist Chemistry Professor.

Added Author

Antoine, Albert, 1925-2017, interviewee.

Williams, Regennia N., interviewer.

Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.

HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.