After retiring as Vice President of Technical Services for Wikoff Color Corporation, Fort Mill, S.C., Saul 71, moved to Lake Worth, Fl.

“I had a hard time right after I retired in January 2000. Going cold turkey from working eleven to twelve hours a day to no work at all was tough.”

Saul was born in New York City, earned a BS in Chemistry at CCNY in 1956 and a MS in Chemistry at Brooklyn College in 1964. He became Chief Chemist at Tempil Corporation in New York from 1956 to 1968. In the early sixties he was involved with the development of color changing inks that indicate completion of steam sterilization, and color changing lacquers to measure the skin temperature of astronaut Eugene Cernan’s space suit during his space walk among many other projects.

Saul explains: “The patent for this process finally came through and was assigned to the Tempil Corporation in 1969 after I left their employ. It was issued in my name but as you know when you work for a company all rights belong to them.”

In January, 1968 he joined Wikoff Color Corporation in Fort Mill, S. C. as Director of Research & Development. He was appointed Vice President of Technical Services at Wikoff in January 1997. In November 1997 the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) named Saul the recipient of the Education Award of Excellence. He also received the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturer's lifetime achievement award for technical contributions to the printing ink industry from 1968 through 1999.

During his 30 years at Wikoff he also taught Graphic Communications as an adjunct professor at Clemson University. A colleague at Wikoff, Jim Freid, had this to say in an article published in Ink World, March 2005:

“Saul absolutely loved to teach and share his years and years and years of experience with the current generation of printers and ink chemists. There wasn’t any part of the technical aspect that Saul didn’t understand to a point where he couldn’t teach it. He also had the ability to quickly grasp the technical skill level of his audience, whether it was one-on-one or 50 people, and convey the message in terms and with analogies that made it much easier to comprehend.”

Saul has been married to wife Judy since 1963. They have two sons and six grandchildren. At home he uses a Dell desktop and a Canon Power Shot S 330 digital camera. “I enjoy the BRCS meetings. With membership increasing you must be doing something right.”

JANUARY 2006