Walter Frank Rittman
# Walter Frank Rittman

Walter Frank Rittman (December 2, 1883 - September 26, 1954) was a chemical engineer with the United States Bureau of Mines.

## Biography

He was born in Sandusky, Ohio on December 2, 1883, to Louisa and Christ Rittman. He attended Sandusky High School then Ohio Northern University. He received a master's degree from Swarthmore College in 1909 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. In 1915 he invented a process which increased the amount of gasoline distilled from crude oil. He died on September 26, 1954, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

