Albert Fredrick Ottomar Germann (February 18, 1886 – December 22, 1976) was an American physical chemist, university professor, and chemical entrepreneur.
Germann taught in Miami County rural schools while working his way through a chemistry major at Indiana University Bloomington.
Germann's first scholarly publications[2] reported his undergraduate electrochemistry research under the direction of Frank Curry Mathers (1881–1973).
At Western Reserve, he extended his doctoral research,[4][5][6] and then began cryoscopic studies of non-aqueous systems involving boron trifluoride or phosgene.
in chemistry from Western Reserve in 1920, and had begun graduate research with Germann on phosgene.
He then joined with Germann to form Nutritional Research Associates, Inc. Wendell Phillips[12] was beginning his senior year, and would be awarded the A.B.
[16] His goal was to develop[17] a solvent-system definition of acids and bases that would apply to compounds dissolved in solvents such as phosgene.
"[18] Recognizing that the infant-food field was becoming crowded, the Frohring brothers began to diversify research and operations.
Germann was granted a year leave[19] to take an active role in Lutheranizing a faltering Valparaiso University.
[20] Back in Cleveland at Laboratory Products Company, Germann assembled his own research group.
His associates were Vernon Jersey, Robert John Cross (1884–1955), Otto Ungnade (1883–1963), and Harold Barnett (1903–1956).