Background
Furnas, Clifford Cook was born on October 24, 1900 in Sheridan, Indiana, United States. Son of Thomas Chalmers and Clara Evana (Spray) Furnas.
Furnas, Clifford Cook was born on October 24, 1900 in Sheridan, Indiana, United States. Son of Thomas Chalmers and Clara Evana (Spray) Furnas.
Bachelor of Science, Purdue University, 1922, Doctor of Engineering (honorary), 1946. Graduate work Carleton College, 1923-1924. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1926, Doctor of Engineering, 1957.
Doctor of Laws, Alfred University, 1958.
Doctor of Science, Theil College, 1960. Doctor Honoris Causa, University de Paraguay, 1963.
1 daughter, Beatrice Louise. Teacher of mathematics, Shattuck School, 1922-1924. Research chemist with United States Steel Corporation, 1924-1925.
Physical chemist with United States bureau of Mines, 1926-1931.
Associate professor of chemical engineering, Yale University, 1931-1942. Technical aide, National Defense Research Committee, 1941-1943.
Director research, Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division 1943-1946. Executive vice president, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, 1946-1954.
Now director; industrial consultant.
Chancellor University Buffalo, 1954-1962, president State University of New York at Buffalo, 1962-1966, president emeritus, 1966-1969. President Western New York Nuclear Research Center. Research associate Bureau Ednl.
Research in Science, summer, 1938.
Lecturer bureau of Ednl. Research in Science for Teachers College, Columbia, summer, 1939.
Research chemical engineering and metallurgy. Chairman guided missile committee, Research and Development Board, 1952-1953.
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1955-1957.
Chairman Air Navigation Development Board, 1956-1957. Chairman advisory panel on aerospace Department of Defense, 1954-1955. Assistant secretary of defense for research and development 1955-1957.
Member of the science advisory panel of the United States Army.
Chairman New York Advisory Council Industrial Research and Development, 1961-1969. Member Defense Science Board, 1957-1969, chairman, 1961-1965.
Member Naval Reserve Advisory Committee, 1958-1969.
Author: America’s Tomorrow, 1932. The-Next Hundred Years, 1936. Man, Bread and Destiny, 1937.
Section on metallurgy in Technological Trends and National Policy, 1937. The Storehouse of Civilization, 1939. The Engineer, 1966
also author sects. on science in various publications Editor: Roger’s Manual of Industrial Chemistry, 1941.
Industrial Research: Organization and Management, 1948. Contributor section on science and technology Modern World Politics, 1953.
Member board of directors of Carborundum Hooker Hooker Chemical Company, Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company, Aerospace Corporation. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute Aeronautical. Sciences (honorary vice president).
Member American Institute Chemical Engineers, National Academy Engineering, American Chemical Society, Newcomen Society, Sigma XI, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Theta Chirurgical
Clubs: Fort Orange (Albany, New York).
Married Sparkle Moore, April.