Ambrose Monell
Ambrose Monell (1874-1921)
1921 Obituary [1]
AMBROSE MONELL died on May 2, 1921, at Beacon, New York.
He was born in New York in 1874, and after graduating from Columbia University in 1896 he became a metallurgical engineer to the Carnegie Steel Co., rising in six years to assistant to the president.
At the time of his death he was an officer or director in each of the following: Air Reduction Co., American International Corporation, Coronet Phosphate Co., Haskell & Barker Car Co., International Motor Truck Co., and the International Nickel Co. His name is best known through its application to the alloy termed Mond metal, which was discovered during his presidency of the International Nickel Co., and has since been exploited by that company. While connected with the Carnegie Steel Co. he developed the process of open-hearth steel manufacture which bears his name. The process was adapted to the stationary open-hearth furnace.
He was elected a member of the Iron and Steel Institute in 1900.