Show AN ACTORS ACTOR'S FATHER I While every motion picture fan has bas witnessed the capable performances mances of Franchot Tone on the and his name is a wor word comparatively few outside of business and scientific circles ever heard of his fa- fa father a- a them ther Dr Frank Jerome Tone of among the worlds world's leaders and only recently was awarded a most honor the Perkin medal for his work vork in applied chemistry His of medals for scientific scientific achievements began in 1900 with one from the th Paris exposi- exposi ti n cd oy others a awarded vard d dat at the Buffalo and St Louis ex- ex when lie he was still in his thirties It recent years he has re- re the medal of the Society and the Acheson medal of the American Society of which he is a former His latest the Perkin medal was awarded b by bythe the Society of Chemical Industry Dr Tone originated the first commercial process for the man man- manufacture manufacture of silicon medal and has made many of high industrial importance He is pres- pres president president ident of Corn Com pany and of the Republic Carbon Company and a director of various corporations Both hc be and his actor son are graduates of Cornell University |