Background
Balls, Arnold Kent was born on April 2, 1891 in Toronto. Son of Alfred Z. and Amelia C. (Arnold) Balls.
Balls, Arnold Kent was born on April 2, 1891 in Toronto. Son of Alfred Z. and Amelia C. (Arnold) Balls.
Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1912; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1917; postgraduate, Universities Munich, Graz, Prague, 1928-1930.
Instructor bacteriology acting in charge department, Columbia University, 1917; associate in chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 1922-1927; Privatdocent fur Biochemie, deut. technical Hochschule, Prague, 1930-1931; Adjunct Professor enzymology, George Washington University, 1935-1951; industrial biochemist, 1919-1921; senior chemist, United States Department of Agriculture, 1931-1937; principal chemist, United States Department of Agriculture, 1937-1940; head chemist, enzyme research laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, 1940-1951; professor biochemistry, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1951-1962; professor emeritus, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, from 1962.
Member American Society Biological Chemists (secretary 1941-1946, councillor-at-large 1946-1949), Institute of Food Technologists (councillor-at-large 1949-1951), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (chairman Washington section 1941), Washington Academy Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Cosmos Club.
Married Elizabeth Charlotte Franke, April 2, 1922. 1 child, Kent F.