Background
Artsdalen, Ervin Robert Van was born on November 13, 1913 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Isaac J. and May M. (Danenhower) Van Artsdalen.
Artsdalen, Ervin Robert Van was born on November 13, 1913 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Isaac J. and May M. (Danenhower) Van Artsdalen.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry cum laude, Lafayette College, 1935. International Exchange fellow University Munich, Germany, 1936. A.M., Harvard, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Harvard, 1941.
Instructor, then assistant professor of chemistry, Lafayette College, 1941-1945;
on leave to, National Defense Research Committee, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 1943-1945;
group leader, Los Alamos Atomic Bomb Laboratory, 1945-1946;
assistant professor of chemistry, Cornell Univercity, 1946-1951;
administrative group leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1951-1956;
assistant director research, basic laboratory, Union Carbide Corporation, Cleveland, 1956-1963;
John W. Mallet professor of chemistry, department chairman, University of Virginia, 1963-1968;
professor of chemistry, U. Alabama, 1968-1984;
professor emeritus, U. Alabama, since 1984;
head Department, University Alabama, 1968-1972;
with, Institute Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge, 1975-1976. Consultant to government and industry. Member chemistry advising committee United States Air Force Office Science Research, 1958-1972, chairman, 1963-1970.
Member Radiation Safety Board of Health, State of Alabama, since 1980.
Director High School Students and Teachers Science Workshops and Seminars, Cleveland, 1957-1960. Board directors Oak Ridge School Music, 1953-1956, Oak Ridge Associate Universities, 1969-1975. Member 1st Presbyterian Church, Tuscaloosa.
Fellow American Institute Chemists. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Virginia Academy of Sciences, Oak Ridge Country Club, Indian Hills Country Club (Tuscaloosa, Alabama), Exchange Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chi Sigma, Gamma Alpha, Gamma Sigma Epsilon, Kappa Delta Rho. Clubs: Oak Ridge Country.
Indian Hills Country (Tuscaloosa, Alabama).
Married Mary Louise Naylor, June 14, 1945.