Gerald Louis Wendt

Background

Wendt, Gerald Louis was born on March 3, 1891 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Son of Johannes Heinrich and Dora (Albrecht) Wendt.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Davenport. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1913, Master of Arts, 1914, Doctor of Philosophy, 1916. Doctor of Science, MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1958.

Career

; 1 son, Robert Louis. Married second, Anne Doctorate. Powers, February 22, 1947. Junior chemist United States Bureau Mines, 1916.

Instructor chemistry Rice Institute, 1916-1917.

Instructor University of Chicago, 1917-1918, assistant professor of chemistry, 1918-1921, associate professor, 1921-1922. Assistant director research Standard Oil Corporation Indiana, 1922-1924.

Dean School of Chemistry and Physics, Pennsylvania State College, 1924-1928. Director Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1927-1928.

Assistant to president charge research Pennsylvania State College, 1928-1929.

President Coffee Products Corporation, 1929-1935. Director American Institute of City New York, 1936-1938. Director research General Printing Ink Corporation, 1937-1938.

Director science and education New York World’s Fair, 1938-1940.

Science editor Time, Incorporated., 1942-1945. Editorial director Science Illustrated, 1946-1949.

Head division teaching and dissemination Department Natural Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1952-1954. President National Agency International Publs., Incorporated., 1956-1967.

Chairman North America Commission International Humanist and Ethical Union, 1965-1968.

Editor Chemical Revs., 1927-1938.

Achievements

• Gerald Louis Wendt has been listed as a notable chemist, lecturer, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as captain research division, Chemical Warfare Service, United States Army, 1918. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Club: Harvard (New York City).

Connections

Married Elsie Paula Lerch, September 5, 1916 (divorced 1938). Married second, Anne Doctorate. Powers, February 22, 1947.

Father:

Johannes Heinrich Wendt

Mother:

Dora (Albrecht) Wendt

Spouse:

Anne D. Powers

Spouse:

Elsie Paula Lerch