George Richmond Bird

Background

Bird, George Richmond was born on January 25, 1925 in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. Son of George Francis and Mary Helen (Hoppin) Bird.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1949; A.M., Harvard, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1953.

Career

Assistant professor of chemistry, Rice U., 1954-1958; scientist, manager physical chemical laboratory, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-1969; professor of chemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1969. Director School Chemistry, 1971-1974. Guggenheim fellow in residence Photographic Institute, Federal Technology School, Zurich, Switzerland, 1974-1975.

Achievements

• George Richmond Bird has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from private to First lieutenant Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow Society Photographic Scientists and Engineers (visiting lecturer 1984-1985), Optical Society American. Member American Chemical Society.

Connections

Married Doris Elinor Forgue, June 12, 1948. Children: George Peter, Elizabeth Newell, Margaret Bird Suh.

Father:

George Francis Bird

Mother:

Mary Helen (Hoppin) Bird

Spouse:

Doris Elinor Forgue

child:

Elizabeth Newell Bird

child:

George Peter Bird

child:

Margaret Bird Suh Bird