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Russ Marker was born on 11 October 1926 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Yesterday Machine (1965), Night Fright (1967) and The Demon from Devil's Lake (1964). He was married to Jean Alice Phillips. He died on 22 February 2010 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- Actor, Writer, Director
- October 11, 1926
- Russ Marker
- February 22, 2010
Russell Earl Marker (March 12, 1902 – March 3, 1995) was an American chemist who invented the octane rating system when he was working at the Ethyl Corporation.
Russ Marker was born on 11 October 1926 in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Yesterday Machine (1965), Night Fright (1967) and The Demon from Devil's Lake (1964). He was married to Jean Alice Phillips.
In Pond Laboratory, Russell E. Marker achieved the first practical synthesis of the pregnancy hormone, progesterone, by what now is known as the "Marker Degradation."
Russell Marker helped develop the octane rating system for gasoline, but his real gift was for synthesizing organic compounds, most notably hormones. He was able to produce progesterone from Mexican yams.
En 1944 en el sitio de la fundación de Syntex, S.A. en la ciudad de México, el químico Russell E. Marker del Colegio del Estado de Pennsylvania, logró la primera conversión industrial de diosgenina (aislada de una especie mexicana de Dioscorea) a progesterona, la hormona de la preñez, mediante reacciones químicas conocidas actualmente ...
Russ Marker is known as an Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, and Screenplay. Some of their work includes The Yesterday Machine and Night Fright.
