Background
Buswell, Arthur Moses was born on March 20, 1888 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of James Oliver and Emeline (Porter) Buswell.
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Arthur Moses Buswell
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Graduate Carroll Academy, Waukesha, Wisconsin, 1906. Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Minnesota, 1910. Master of Arts, U. Maine, 1912.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1917.
Career
Annual Instructor chemistry U. Maine, 1910-1912, Columbia, 1913-1920. Associate professor sanitary chemistry, University of Illinois, 1920-1922, professor, 1922-1931, professor of chemistry, 1931-1944. Research professor, 1945-1955, emeritus, 1955.
Research professor of chemistry U. Florida, since 1955.
Chief Illinois State Water Survey, 1920-1955. Official investigator National Defense Research Committee 1941-1943.
First lieutenant Sanitary corpus, United States army, with 1st Division, American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1918. captain, 1918-1919. Major Sanitary Corps, Medical Research, Edgewood Arsenal June 29, 1943-January 7, 1945.
Civilian consultant Chemical Warfare Service 1945-1946.
Received Army Commendation Ribbon with citation, 1946.
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Membership
Fellow New York Academy Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, Royal Society Health United Kingdom, American Water Works Association (Fuller award 1953), American Microscopic Society, Society Chemical Industry, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma. Clubs: University (Urbana).
Mason’s Water Examination, 1931.
Chemical referee 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th edits Standard Methods of Water Analysis.
Connections
Married Helen Stobie, July 8, 1912 (divorced). Married second, Marian Winifred Marshall, April. Children: Robert James, Arthur Alexander (deceased).
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Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Illinois -
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American -
Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Democrat