Edwin De Barr

Background

Barr, Edwin De was born on January 14, 1859 in Ingham Company, Michigan, United States. Son of Matthew and Mary Ann (Bell) D.

Education

Graduated from State Normal College, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1886, Bachelor of Pedagogy, 1892. Bachelor of Science, Michigan Agricultural and Mechanics College, 1891, Master of Science, 1893.

Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Michigan, 1892, Doctor of Philosophy, 1899.

(honorary Master of Pedagogy, State Normal College, 1913).

Career

Head of department of chemistry, since 1892, and vice-president and director School of Chemical Engineering, September 1, since 1909, University of Oklahoma Director state chemical laboratories of Pure Food and Public Health Communications of Oklahoma, since 1908. Commissioned as pure food expert by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, 1909. City chemist of Norman, Oklahoma.

Achievements

• Edwin De Barr has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Pharmaceutical Association, American Chemical Society, Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association, Oklahoma Academy Science. 33°; Clubs: Commercial, Science.

In Europe making investigations in industrial chemistry, 1913-1914.

Member Honorary Naval Consulting Board for Oklahoma. Member National.

Connections

Married Cora Belle Reid, of Portuguese Huron, Michigan, July 7, 1900.

Father:

Matthew D.

Mother:

Mary Ann (Bell) D.

Spouse:

Cora Belle Reid