Marston T. Bogert | |
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Born | Marston Taylor Bogert April 18, 1868
Flushing, New York, U.S. |
Died | March 21, 1954
Islip,
Long Island, New York, U.S. | (aged 85)
Education | Flushing Institute |
Alma mater |
Columbia University (
AB) Columbia School of Mines ( PhB) |
Awards |
William H. Nichols Medal (1906) Priestley Medal (1938) Charles Frederick Chandler Medal (1949) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Organic Chemistry |
Notable students |
Marston Taylor Bogert (April 18, 1868 – March 21, 1954) was an American chemist.
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]
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]