Background
Little, Arthur Dehon was born on December 15, 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Amelia (Hixon) Little.
Little, Arthur Dehon was born on December 15, 1863 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Amelia (Hixon) Little.
Education public and high schools, Portland, Maine, Berkeley School, New York, Massachusetts Institute Technology. Honorary Doctor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 1918. Honorary associate, College Technology, Manchester, England, 1929.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Manchester University, 1929, Tufts, 1930, Columbia, 1931.
Perkin medallist, 1931.
Chemist and supt, of first mill in the United States making sulphite wood pulp, 1884-1885. Chemical engineering practice, Boston, since 1886. President Arthur Doctorate. Little, Incorporated., since 1909.
Director Arthur Doctorate. Little Industrial Corporation.
Member Corporation Massachusetts Institute Technology (life), president Alumni Association, 1921-1922, and founder School of Chemical Engineering Practice. Chairman Advisory Committee National Exposition of Chemical Industries. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chemical Society (England), Institute of Fuel (London).
Married Henrietta Rogers Anthony, January 22, 1901.