Background
Arnett, Edward McCollin was born on September 25, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Hancock and Katherine Williams (McCollin) Arnett.
Arnett, Edward McCollin was born on September 25, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Hancock and Katherine Williams (McCollin) Arnett.
Stepchildren: Elden, Byron, Colin Gatwood. Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1943, Master of Science, 1946, Doctor of Philosophy, 1949.
Research director MaxLevy and Company, Philadelphia, 1949-1953. Assistant professor Western Maryland. College, Westminister, 1953-1954, associate professor, 1954-1955.
Research fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955-1957.
Assistant professor of chemistry U. Pittsburgh, 1957-1961, associate professor, 1961-1964, professor, 1964-1980. R. J. Reynolds Corporation professor DukeU., Durham, North Carolina, 1980-1992, professor emeritus, 1992.
Visiting lecturer University of Illinois, 1963. Visiting professor U. Kent, Canterbury, England, 1970.
Director Pitts Chem.Info.
Center, 1967-1970. Member of advisory board Petroleum Research Fund, 1968-1971;member commission on chemical information National Research Council, 1969-1971. DuPont fellow, 1948-1949.
Guggenheim fellow, 1968-1969.
Mellon Institute adjunct senior fellow, 1964-1980. Institute Hydrocarbon Chemistry senior fellow, 1980.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (James Flack Norris award 1977, Pittsburgh award Pittsburgh chapter 1976, Petroleum Chemistry award 1985), National Academy Sciences, The Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Sylvia Gettmann, December 10, 1970. Children: Eric, Brian.