Biographical Memoirs: Volume 62 (1993)

Chapter: PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Previous Chapter: JOEL HENRY HILDEBRAND
Suggested Citation: "PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES." National Academy of Sciences. 1993. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 62. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2201.

CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

1881 Born November 16 in Camden, New Jersey

1903 B.S., University of Pennsylvania

1906 Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

1906-07 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Berlin

1907-13 Instructor in Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

1913-17 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

1917-18 Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

1918-52 Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

1923-26 Dean of Men, University of California, Berkeley

1939 Sc.D., University of Pennsylvania

1939-43 Dean, College of Letters and Science, University of California, Berkeley

1941-43 Chairman, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

1949-51 Dean, College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

1952 Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

1954 LL.D., University of California

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

1929 Member, National Academy of Sciences

1934 President, Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement of Science

1946 Member, Royal Society of Edinburgh

1951 Member, American Philosophical Society

1953 Honorary Life Member, Faraday Society

1955 President, American Chemical Society

1957 Honorary Life Member, American Institute of Chemists

1960 Honorary Life Member, California Academy of Sciences

Suggested Citation: "PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES." National Academy of Sciences. 1993. Biographical Memoirs: Volume 62. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/2201.
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