Background
Reid, Evans Burton was born on March 29, 1913 in Brock Township, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Thomas and Ethel Elizabeth (Burton) Reid. came to the United States, 1941, naturalized, 1944.
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Evans Burton Reid
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Bachelor of Science with first class honors, McGill University, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy cum laude, McGill University, 1940.
Career
Graduate assistant chemical engineering, McGill University, 1937-1938;
demonstrator organic chemistry, McGill University, 1938-1940;
research chemist, Dominion Tar & Chemical Company, Montreal, 1940-1941;
instructor chemistry, Middlebury College, 1941-1943;
assistant professor, Middlebury College, 1943-1946;
assistant professor of chemistry, Johns Hopkins, 1946-1954. Consultant Tainton Products, Baltimore, 1951-1954. Merrill professor of chemistry, department chairman Colby College, 1954-1978, professor emeritus, since 1978, acting dean faculty, 1967-1968.
Director College National Science Foundation Summer Science Institute, 1958-1973. Consultant to National Science Foundation, 1963-1965. Corporator Maine Medical Care Development, Inc., 1968-1976.
Smith-Mundt visiting professor of chemistry U. Baghdad, 1960-1961. Member screening panelfor National award in pure chemistry, 1953.
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Married Isabel Sue Lewin, April 2, 1942 (deceased November 3, 1962). 1 child, Nicholas Evans David. Married Dorothy Pearson, August 12, 1963.
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Canadian