His father was an executive vice president in New York of the Ethyl Corporation, a fuel additives manufacturer.
The Ethyl Corporation says it plans to spin off its chemical business to shareholders, creating a new $1 billion publicly traded company.
Gasoline treated with the antiknocking agent tetraethyllead, which was made by the Ethyl Corporation.
His father was an insurance manager at the Ethyl Corporation, a maker of fuel additives and specialty chemicals, in Richmond.
While Ethyl Corporation rose 1 1/4, to 28 3/4.
He then began work at the Ethyl Corporation where he came up with the concept of the octane rating.
In 1957, Anderson's descendants sold the land to Ethyl Corporation, who began restoration of some of the surviving structures.
After the war, Snyder returned to the Houston area and worked as a pipefitter for Ethyl Corporation.
Albemarle then changed its name to Ethyl Corporation.
Ethyl Corporation historically denied that tetraethyllead poses significant public health risks in excess of those associated with gasoline itself.