Background
Hartsook, Arthur J. was born on November 17, 1891 in Greenwood, Nebraska, United States. Son of William F. and Lizzie (Foster) Hartsook.
Hartsook, Arthur J. was born on November 17, 1891 in Greenwood, Nebraska, United States. Son of William F. and Lizzie (Foster) Hartsook.
AB, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1911; Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1920; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1921.
Science teacher, Stromsberg, Nebraska, 1912-1913; science teacher, Nebraska City, Nebraska, 1913-1915; superintendent schools, Fairmont, Nebraska, 1915-1918; teacher, War School, U. Nebraska, 1918; instructor industrial chemistry, Rice Institute, 1921-1928; assistant professor chemical engring, Rice Institute, 1928-1940; professor chemical engineering, Rice Institute, from 1940; head department chemical engring, Rice Institute, 1940-1956.
Member American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Gertrude Joy, June 20, 1914 (deceased August 1953). 1 child, Edmund Arthur. Married Cecil S. Kemp, June 1, 1958.