Background
Bartow, Edward was born on January 12, 1870 in Glenham, New York, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Sarah Jane (Scofield) Bartow.
Bartow, Edward was born on January 12, 1870 in Glenham, New York, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Sarah Jane (Scofield) Bartow.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1892. Doctor of Philosophy, University Göttingen, 1895, Golden diploma, 1956. Doctor of Science, Williams College, 1923.
May 15, 1951);Assistant in chemistry, 1892-1894, instructor 1895-1897, Williams College. Instructor in chemistry, 1897-1899, associate professor, 1899-1905, University of Kansas. Associate professor, 1905-1906, professor sanitary chemistry, 1906-1920, University of Illinois Director State Water Survey, 1905-1917.
Chief Water Survey Division, Department Registration and Education, Illinois, 1917-1920.
Professor and head department of chemistry and chemical engineering, State University of Iowa, 1920-1940, professor emeritus, since 1940. Research consultant, Johns-Manville Corporation 1940-1941.
Delaware 9th International Congress Chemistry, Madrid, 1934, 10th, Rome, 1938. Member of council International chemical Union, 1922-1925, 27-30, 33-38, vice president for United States of America, 1934-1938.
Secretary Lake Michigan Water Commission, 1908.
Commision on Standards of Water for Interstate Carriers, 1913, 22. Secretary-treasurer Illinois Water Supply Association, 1909-1917.
Served from major lieutenant colonel, sanitary corps, United States Army, American Expeditionary Force, 1917-1919. Member of American Chemical Society (director 1933, president 1936), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Societe Chim. Industrielle (France), Society Chemical Industry (Great Britain), American Water Works Association (trustee, 1913.
Clubs: University, Chaos (Chicago).
Married Alice Abbott, September 3, 1895 (deceased.