Marston T. Bogert

Marston T. Bogert
Bogert in a 1926 publication
Born
Marston Taylor Bogert

(1868-04-18)April 18, 1868
Flushing, New York, U.S.
DiedMarch 21, 1954(1954-03-21) (aged 85)
Islip, Long Island, New York, U.S.
EducationFlushing Institute
Alma materColumbia University (AB)
Columbia School of Mines (PhB)
AwardsWilliam H. Nichols Medal (1906)
Priestley Medal (1938)
Charles Frederick Chandler Medal (1949)
Scientific career
FieldsOrganic Chemistry
Notable students
Hal Trueman Beans, J. M. Nelson, Michael Heidelberger, Foster D. Snell, George Scatchard

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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