Background
Hoover, Charles Ruglas was born on September 30, 1885 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Son of Hiram Alonzo and Edith Adaline (Crane) Hoover.
Hoover, Charles Ruglas was born on September 30, 1885 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. Son of Hiram Alonzo and Edith Adaline (Crane) Hoover.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1906. Bachelor of Science, Haverford, 1907, Master of Arts, 1908. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1915.
Professor chemistry, Penn College, 1909-1910. Austin fellow in chemistry, 1910-1912, Carnegie research fellow in chemistry, 1912-1913, Harvard. Associate professor of chemistry, Syracuse University, 1913-1915.
Associate professor of chemistry, 1915-1918, professor since 1918, vice president, 1926-1927, Wesleyan University, Connecticut Gas chemist research division C.W.S., United States Army, 1918.
Consultant chemist same, 1917-1919. Consultant chemist, State Water Commission and State Commission Fisheries and Game, Connecticut, since 1928.
Consultant National Defense Research Committee.
Member Connecticut State Board of Registration for Engineers. Member State Flood Control and Water Policy Commission. Member of committees of National Congregationalist.
Rotarian.
Inventor of gas absorbent and gas detector.
Married Anna Mary Johnson, September 7, 1912. Children: Albert Charles, John Crane.