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Marston Taylor Bogert (April 18, 1868 – March 21, 1954) was an American chemist.

Biography

He was born in Flushing, New York on April 18, 1868[1] and studied at the Flushing Institute.[2]

He entered Columbia College in New York in 1886 and graduated in 1890 with an A.B. degree. He then entered the new Columbia School of Mines and completed a Ph.B. degree in analytical and applied chemistry in 1894.[3][4] He stayed on to teach organic chemistry and in 1904 was appointed a full professor, retiring in 1939 as emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry in Residence.[1]

He was president of the American Chemical Society 1907-8[4] and president of the Society of Chemical Industry in 1912.[citation needed]

During the First World War, Bogert initially served as chief of the Technical & Consulting Section of the Chemical Industry Branch of the War Industries Board[5] before joining the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service.[6] He was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel on March 9, 1918, promoted to colonel on July 13, 1918 and honorably discharged from active duty on May 1, 1919.[3] After joining the U.S. Army, he continued to serve in the Chemical Warfare Section of the Chemical Division of the War Industries Board.[7]

Honors and awards

Personal

Bogert was the son of Henry A. Bogert and Mary B. (Lawrence) Bogert.[3]

On September 12, 1893, he married Charlotte E. Hoogland.[3][6]

A resident of Manhattan, Bogert died at a convalescent home in Islip on Long Island on March 21, 1954.[11][14]

References

  1. ^ a b c Secretary, O.H.; Sciences, N.A. (1974). Biographical Memoirs. Vol. 45. National Academies Press. p. 99. ISBN 9780309022392. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bogert, Marston Taylor". Who's Who in New York City and State. New York, New York: L. R. Hamersly Company. 1904. p. 71. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Marquis, Albert Nelson (1924). "Bogert, Marston Taylor". Who's Who in America. Vol. 13. Chicago, Illinois: A. N. Marquis & Company. p. 445. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "ACS President: Marston T. Bogert (1907-1908 )". Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  5. ^ Haynes, Williams (1945). "Appendix X: The War Industries Board". American Chemical Industry: The World War I Period: 1912–1922. Vol. II. New York, New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. p. 354. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002" (PDF). June 29, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  7. ^ Clarkson, Grosvenor B. (1923). Industrial America in the World War: The Strategy Behind the Line, 1917–1918. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 394. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Historic Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  10. ^ "Marston Taylor Bogert". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. February 9, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Dr. M. T. Bogert, 85, Eminent Chemist: Columbia Ex-Professor Dead—Synthetics Expert Won Highest Honors in Field" (PDF). The New York Times. March 22, 1954. p. 27. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  12. ^ "Gold Medal Award Winners". American Institute of Chemists. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  13. ^ a b "ACS President: Marston T. Bogert (1907–1908 ) – American Chemical Society". acs.org. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  14. ^ "Marston Bogert". New York State Death Index. No. 19135. Albany, New York: New York Department of Health. March 21, 1954.

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