Background
Bonner, Francis Truesdale was born on December 18, 1921 in Salt Lake City. Son of Walter Daniel and Grace (Gaylord) Bonner.
chemist educator university dean
Bonner, Francis Truesdale was born on December 18, 1921 in Salt Lake City. Son of Walter Daniel and Grace (Gaylord) Bonner.
Bachelor, University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1942. Master of Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1945.
Chemist, Manhattan Project S.A.M. laboratories Columbia University, 1944-1946;
chemist, Clinton laboratories, Oak Ridge, 1946-1947;
scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1947-1948;
research collaborator, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1958-1988;
assistant professor of chemistry, Brooklyn College, 1948-1954;
Carnegie visiting fellow, Harvard, 1954-1955;
research physical chemist, Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1955-1958;
professor department chemistry, State University of New York-Stony Brook, since 1958;
department chairman, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1958-1970;
dean for international programs, State University of New York-Stony Brook, 1983-1986;
professor emeritus, State University of New York-Stony Brook, since 1992. Consultant editor Addison-Wesley Public Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1956-1977. Rockefeller Foundation adviser on curriculum, institutional development Universidad Del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 1961-1962, 64, Ford Foundation adviser, 1968.
Ford Foundation adviser to Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, 1962-1964. Director New York Metropolitan Area Center Chemical Education Materials Study, 1961-1962. Member committee for chemistry College Entrance Examination Board, 1962-1963.
Member of advisory council on College Chemistry, 1967-1970. Member college proficiency examination committee chemistry New York State Education Department, 1963-1964, 66-70. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow Service des Isotopes Stables, Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires de Saclay, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France, 1964-1965.
Visiting scientist Swiss Federal Institute for Water Resources and Water Pollution Control, Swiss Federal Institute Technology, Zurich, 1973, Kings College U. London, 1987. National Academy exchange visitor, Romania, 1975. Member grants advisory panel Fund for Overseas Grantsand Education, 1968-1976.
Board directors Research Foundation State University New York, 1976-1988.
Member Indiana Review Panel for Decommissioning of Shoreham Nuclear Power Station, 1992-1995. Member board education Control School District 6, Huntington, New York, 1968-1972. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member of New York Academy Sciences, American Chemical Society, Geochem. Society, American Geophysical Union, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi.
Married Evelyn Hershkowitz, January 17, 1946 (deceased 1990). Children: Michael David, Joan Alisa (deceased), Rachel Pearl. Married M. Jane Carlberg, December 31, 1994.