Alton E. Bailey was an American chemist. He is best known for being publisher of the book
Industrial Oils and Fat Products, which was renamed after his death to Bailey's Industrial Oils and Fat Products.

Life

Bailey was born in Midland, Texas

Midland, Texas

Midland is a city in and the county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States, on the Southern Plains of the state's western area. A small portion of the city extends into Martin County. As of 2010, the population of Midland was 111,147. It is the principal city of the Midland, Texas...

 in 1907. He studied at the University of New Mexico

University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...

 and received his bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...

 in 1927. He started working for the Santa Fe Railroad and in 1929 he changed to the Cudahy Packing Company

Cudahy Packing Company

Cudahy Packing Company was a U.S. meat packing company established in 1887 as the Armour-Cudahy Packing Company and incorporated in Maine in 1915. It was founded by Patrick Cudahy and his brother John Cudahy, Irish immigrants from County Kilkenny who came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to avoid the Great...

 where he did research mostly on fat and oil chemistry.

Between 1945 and 1950 he worked for the Girdler Corporation. Bailey died May 1953.