Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1886, Feb. 16 | Born near Nellore, India |
1907 | B.S., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
1908 | M.S., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
1909-1915 | Chemist, Bureau of Science, Interior Department, Manila, Philippines |
1912 | Married, Augusta C. Parrish |
1915-1918 | Chemist, Bureau of Chemistry, Agriculture Department, Washington, D.C. |
1919-1924 | Chemist, Western Electric Co. |
1925-1945 | Chemical director, Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York, N.Y. |
1933 | Isolated crystalline form of vitamin B1 |
1935 | Completed synthesis of vitamin B1 Established the Williams-Waterman Fund for the Combat of Dietary Diseases |
1945-1950 | Director of grants, Research Corp., New York, N.Y. |
1950-1956 | Chairman of the Williams-Waterman Fund |
1965, Oct. 2 | Died, Summit, N.J. |