Background
Himel, Chester Mora was born on March 10, 1916 in Des Plaines, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Maurice and Mary Eleanor (Mora) Himel.
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Chester Mora Himel
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Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Chicago, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, University Illinois, 1942.
Career
Research chemist E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1942-1943, Allied Chemical Company, New York City, 1943-1944. Research group leader Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1944-1949. Senior organic chemist, director organic research division Stanford Research Institute, 1949-1965.
Research professor entomology University Georgia, Athens, 1965-1985, professor emeritus, since 1985. Chairman board Environmental Chemical Company, since 1979, Spray Control Systems, since 1984. Industrial consultant Intra-Science.
Achievements
Membership
Member Entomological Society of America, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Georgia Entomological Society, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Connections
Married Ann Walter, June 21, 1943. Children: Barbara Holly Himel Pietrowski, Shelley Jeanne Himel Scharnberg.
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Religion
Episcopalian
Awards
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Research Foundation fellow, since 1968. Grantee National Institutes of Health, Office Naval Research, Department Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Army Medical Research and Development Command.Research Foundation fellow, since 1968. Grantee National Institutes of Health, Office Naval Research, Department Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency, Army Medical Research and Development Command.