Background
Harrar, Ellwood Scott was born on January 18, 1905 in Pittsburgh. Son of Ellwood Scott and Lucetta Elsie (Sterner) Harrar.
Harrar, Ellwood Scott was born on January 18, 1905 in Pittsburgh. Son of Ellwood Scott and Lucetta Elsie (Sterner) Harrar.
Student Oberlin College, 1922-1924. Bachelor of Science, New York State College Forestry, 1927, Master of Science, 1928, Doctor of Philosophy, 1936. Doctor of Science (honorary), Syracuse University 1961.
Assistant dendrology and wood technical New York State College Forestry, Syracuse, 1926-1928. Instructor forest products U. Washington, Seattle, 1928-1932, assistant professor, 1933-1936. Research associate West Coast Lumbermen’s Association, 1928-1932.
Project coordinator Civilian Conservation Corps, New Jersey, 1933.
Associate professor wood technology Duke, Durham, North Carolina, 1936-1945, professor wood technical 1945-1967, dean School Forestry, 1957-1967, James B. Duke professor wood science, 1967-1974, emeritus, since 1975. Chief materials and process laboratories airplane division Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Louisville, 1942-1943, chief administrative engineer, 1943-1945.
Veneer, plywood consultant Civil Engineer United States Army, Southeastern division, Atlanta, 1952-1965. Consultant United States Army Biological Laboratory, Fort Detrick, Fredrick, Maryland., 1961-1968.
Member forest products task force President's Bipartisan Common for Increased Use Agriculture Products, 1956-1958. Member Government’s Advisory Committee Forestry for North Carolina. Fellow Society American Foresters (committee for standardization tree names 1945-1950).
Member Society Wood Scientists and Technologists, International Society Tropical Foresters, International Association Wood Anatomists (secretary-trees.
1938-1945), Forest Products Research Society (chairman pro tem Carolinas-Chesapeake section 1948, sec.treas. 1950-1953; Rotarian.
Club: Torch (president 1974-1975) (Durham).
Married Marion Green, September 10, 1927. Children: Joanne, Carolyn.