Background
Bahner, Carl Tabb was born on July 14, 1908 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. Son of Gustavus Lonsford and Augusta Thomas (Moore) Bahner.
Bahner, Carl Tabb was born on July 14, 1908 in Conway, Arkansas, United States. Son of Gustavus Lonsford and Augusta Thomas (Moore) Bahner.
Bachelor, Hendrix College, Conway, 1927; Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1928; Master of Theology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1931; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1937.
Head physics department, Union U., Jackson, Tennessee, 1936-1937;
head chemistry department, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1937-1967;
coordinator research, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1967-1973;
associate professor, Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tennessee, 1973-1978;
professor of chemistry, Bluefield (Virginia) College, 1978-1991;
retired, Bluefield (Virginia) College, 1991. Research chemist Roswell Park Memorial Institute Buffalo, summer 1956, Chester Beatty Research Institute, London, summer 1957. Consultant Tennessee Valley Authority, 1941-1946, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National laboratories, 1948-1979, Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1950-1956.
Part-time researcher in field, since 1993.
Chairman Jefferson City Charter Revision Committee. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Tennessee Academy of Sciences (president 1951), American Institute Chemists, Tennessee Institute Chemists (president 1972). Member American Association Cancer Research, American Chemical Society (chairman East Tennessee section 1951, award Florida section 1964, Shirley award East Tennessee section 1990), Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Alpha Chi.
Married Mary Catharine Garrott, September 17, 1931. Children: Thomas Maxfield, Mary Catharine, Frances Jane.