Dr. William F. (Bill) Carroll, Jr., 2004 ACS President-Elect, holds a B.A. in Chemistry and Physics from DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, an M.S. from Tulane University in New Orleans, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, both in Organic Chemistry. After graduate school in 1978 he worked for one year in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) impact modifier research for Rohm and Haas Company, Bristol, PA. In 1979, Bill came to Firestone Plastics Company in Pottstown, PA as Manager of Research and Development. In 1985, after Firestone's PVC operations were acquired by OxyChem, he became Director of Technology for PVC Resins and Compounds with responsibility for R&D, Technical Service, Pilot Plant, and Technical Licensing. In September, 1989, he was named Director of Commercial Development for Polymers and Plastics, and primarily worked in recycling, and in 1994 began two years on loan to the Chlorine Chemistry Council (CCC) working on dioxin and plastics issues for the chlorine industry.
He is currently Vice President, Chlorovinyl Issues for OxyChem and works on public policy issues and communications related to chlorine and PVC. He is Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University, and teaches polymer chemistry there. He has been an active member of and chaired various committees for CCC as well as the Society of the Plastics Industry, the National Fire Protection Research Foundation, The Vinyl Institute, the Plastics Recycling Foundation, the American Plastics Council and the National Recycling Coalition Recycling Advisory Council. He has served on the State of Florida Packaging Council, an Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Task Force and an advisory panel commissioned by the United Nations Environmental Program. He is the recipient of the Vinyl Institute's Roy T. Gottesman Leadership Award for 2000. He is also currently chair of the ACS International Activities Committee, and was elected as 2004 President-Elect. Bill and his family reside in Dallas, Texas.
Bill holds two patents, and has numerous publications in the fields of
organic electrochemistry, polymer chemistry, combustion chemistry and physics,
incineration, plastics recycling and chlorine issues.