Background
Choppin, Arthur Richard was born on December 13, 1897 in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. Son of Doctor Arthur R. and Margaret (Whittington) Choppin.
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Arthur Richard Choppin
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Bachelor, Louisiana State University, 1918; Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1925; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1929.
Career
Teacher, Rapides Parish (Louisiana) School Board, 1919-1920; assistant principal, Vermillion (Louisiana) School Board, 1920-1923; graduate assistant, Louisiana State University, 1924-1925; assistant chemistry, Louisiana State University, 1925-1926; instructor, Louisiana State University, 1926-1928; assistant professor, Louisiana State University, 1929-1931; associate professor, Louisiana State University, 1931-1936; professor, Louisiana State University, from 1936; professor and manager laboratory stores, Louisiana State University, 1939-1943; assistant to dean of College of Chemistry and Physics, Louisiana State University, 1944; dean of college, professor chemical, Louisiana State University, since 1944.
Achievements
Membership
Louisiana State Civilian Gas Cons. Member State Emergency Relief Board. Director Pelican Boys' and Girls' States.
Past president Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Rotary International Club. Advisory member Economics Development Committee of Louisiana. Adjutant U. Post of America Legion.
State commander American Legion of Louisiana, 1946. Director radiological and special weapons division Louisiana Civil Defense. Vice chairman Louisian board Nuclear Energy.
Chairman Community Recreation Council, Selective Svc. committee of Louisiana State University. Secretary Louisiana Wildlife Association, 1932. Served as Second lieutenant Machine Gun Corps, World War I. Fellow American Institute Chemists, American Institute Chemical Engineers.
Member American Chemical Society, American Men of Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa.
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Connections
Married Eunice D. Bolin, March 29, 1919. Children: Arthur Richard, George Purnell.
