Background
Wilson, Archie Spencer was born on January 19, 1921 in Tekoa, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Andrew Hamilton and Viola (Sledge) Wilson.
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Archie Spencer Wilson
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Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Iowa State University, 1946; Master of Science in Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Chicago, 1951.
Career
Research associate, Manhattan Project, Iowa State College, Ames, 1943-1946;
research assistant, Gallium Project, University of Chicago, 1948-1949;
teaching assistant, University of Chicago, 1949-1950;
instructor chemistry, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1950-1951;
chemist, senior scientist, Hanford laboratories, General Electric Company, Richland, Washington, 1951-1965;
lecturer inorganic chemistry, Joint Center for Graduate Studies, Richland, Washington, 1954-1971;
research associate, Pacific N.W. laboratories/Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Washington, 1965-1971;
professor, associate department chairman chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1971-1989;
professor emeritus, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1989. Visiting associate professor department chemistry Washington State College, Pullman, 1964-1965. Guest associate Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, 1970.
Science advisor 2nd International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland,1958. Member United States Delegation to Joint United States, United Kingdom Conference on Ruthenium Chemistry, Harwell, 1958.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Center Washington State University, Ellensburg, 1959-1969. Member Richland Ethics Committee, 1967. Assistant scoutmaster, scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, 1939, 44, 57-65.
Second lieutenant United States Army, 1946-1948. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Ivon Marie Teeter, June 11, 1944. Children: Andrea Lou, Ronald Spencer, Steven Daniel.
