Background
Degering, Edward Franklind was born on May 17, 1898 in Dodge City, Kansas, United States. Son of Irving Harrison and Talitha (Cogill) Degering.
Degering, Edward Franklind was born on May 17, 1898 in Dodge City, Kansas, United States. Son of Irving Harrison and Talitha (Cogill) Degering.
Graduate Forest Home Academy, Mount Vernon, Washington, 1916. Student Walla Walla College, 1917-1919. Canadian Junior College, Alta, Canada, 1919-1920.
Bachelor of Arts, Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1924. Master of Sciences, University Nebraska, 1929, Doctor of Philosophy, 1930. Student of University Washington, Cornell Univercity (summers).
1 son, John Edward (deceased). Professor mathematics, Canadian Junior College, 1919-1920. Contracting business with father, Seattle, 1920-1921.
Principal Oriens High School, Seattle, 1921-1923. Graduate assistant and fellow, University of Nebraska, 1924-1930. Instructor Purdue University, 1930-1931, assistant professor, 1931-1938.
Associate professor, 1938-1942, professor, 1942-1949. Assistant chairman chemistry and chemical engineering Armour Research Foundation, 1949-1950. Research consultant Miner laboratories, 1950-1951.
Research manager Buckman laboratories, Inc., 1951-1953. Chief chemicals and plastics OQMG, 1953-1954. Chief physical chemistry section pioneering research division Question Manager Research and Development Command, United States Army, 1954-1959, head Radiation Chemical Laboratory, since 1959.
Member Indiana Academy Science (vice president 1940-1941, president 1945-1946), Indiana Chemical Society (president 1940), American Chemical Society (chairman medical division, 1945-1946, past secretary chairman and counsellor for Purdue section), American Association for the Advancement of Science (president Academy Conference 1945-1946, secretary division chemistry since 1946), American Institute Chemists, American School Teachers Association, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon, (editor of The Register, 1936-1938), Sigma Xi. Clubs: Catalyst, Lions (deputy governor Indiana 25-B, 1944-1946.
Married Clara Mae Ogden, August 12, 1921.