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October 12, 2006
Dr. Miles Drake, Vice President And Chief Technology Officer, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 10-13-06
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Dr. Miles Drake earned a B.S. in chemistry from Cambridge University and a Ph.D. in surface and colloid chemistry from the University of Bristol. For 10 years, he worked at STL, a corporate laboratory of ITT in the United Kingdom, which focused on developing materials for electronic component manufacturing.
Dr. Drake joined Air Products and Chemicals in 1986 as the technology manager for the company's European Electronics Research and Development group. Shortly after, he was appointed to technology director. In 1990 Dr. Drake relocated to the United States, where he became director of Advanced Technology for the Global Applications Development Group.
Dr. Drake was later named director of the Corporate Science and Technology Center, followed by director of Gases and Equipment Group Technology. He assumed his current position as vice president and chief technology officer in 2001. Dr. Drake is also chairman-elect of the Industrial Research Institute and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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