Background
Tattan, Gertrude Casey was born on July 21, 1899 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Francis John Casey and Mary Raphael (Butler) Tattan.
Tattan, Gertrude Casey was born on July 21, 1899 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Francis John Casey and Mary Raphael (Butler) Tattan.
Bachelor of Science in Biological Chemistry, Simmons College, Boston, 1921. Postgraduate, Tufts College, 1924. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1940.
Master of Science in Chemistry, Boston University, 1941.
Chemist's assistant, Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1921; research chemist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanagraphic Institute, 1923; assistant to head laboratory, Tufts Medical School, Boston, 1925; instructor physiology, Tufts Medical School, Boston, 1927; head of chemistry laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1929; teaching fellow, research chemist, Pinkus Cancer Research Project Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1939; teaching fellow, Boston University Medical School, 1941; forensic chemist, Massachusetts State Police Laboratory, Boston, 1941; microbiology chemist, Massachusetts Food & Drug Laboratory, Boston, 1946. President State House Employees Local American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Boston, 1951-1959. Assistant reading instructor Westboro Public Schools, since 1990.
Court expert Massachusetts Commission for Public Safety, Boston, 1942-1955. Member Worcester Democratic City Committee, 1948-1958. Poll worker City of Worcester, 1948.
Married Francis David Tattan, December 26, 1928 (deceased 1958). Children: Barbara Tattan Sinnott, Francis D. Junior, William C.