Background
McKusick, Blaine Chase was born on March 22, 1918 in Minneapolis. Son of James G. Blaine and Marjorie C. (Chase) McKusick.
McKusick, Blaine Chase was born on March 22, 1918 in Minneapolis. Son of James G. Blaine and Marjorie C. (Chase) McKusick.
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1944.
Postdoctoral, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1945; research chemist, Control Research division DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware, 1945-1955; associate director, Control Research division DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware, 1960-1970; laboratory director, Agricultural Chemicals division DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware, 1970-1974; assistant director, Haskell Toxicology Laboratory division DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware, 1974-1982; retired, Haskell Toxicology Laboratory division DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware, 1982.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (Health and Safety award 1986), American Industrial Hygiene Association, International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry (war gas disposal committee since 1992), Organic Syntheses (board directors, chairman 1988-1992).
Married Marjorie Jane Kirk, October 18, 1952 (deceased October 1976). Children: M. Kirk, James C., Kathleen B. Married Virginia Swartley, December 29, 1979 (deceased March 1998).