Edwin Merritt Larsen

Background

Larsen, Edwin Merritt was born on July 12, 1915 in Milwaukee. Son of Howard Reynolds and Ella (Tees) Larsen.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1942.

Career

Chemist, Rohm & Haas, Philadelphia, 1937-1938; teaching assistant, Ohio State University, 1938-1942; group leader Manhattan District polonium project, Monsanto Chemical Company, 1943-1946; member of faculty department chemistry, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1942-1943, 46-86; professor, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1958-1986; associate department chairman, University of Wisconsin -Madison, 1977-1986; member, Wisconsin Fusion Technology Institute. Visiting professor U. Florida, 1958. Fulbright lecturer Technische Hochschule, Vienna, Anorganische Institut, 1966-1967.

Achievements

• Edwin Merritt Larsen has been listed as a noteworthy chemist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Transitional Elements (the General Chemistry Monograph Series)
  • Transitional elements (The General chemistry monograph series)

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Wisconsin section), American Nuclear Society, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Sigma Xi (chairman Wisconsin chapter), Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Connections

Married Kathryn Marie Behm, August 17, 1946. Children— Robert, Lynn, Richard.

Father:

Howard Reynolds Larsen

Mother:

Ella (Tees) Larsen

Spouse:

Kathryn Marie Behm

child:

Robert Larsen

child:

Lynn Larsen

child:

Richard Larsen