Background
Harrold, Gordon Coleson was born on July 5, 1906 in Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Clarissa H. (Coleson) Harrold.
Harrold, Gordon Coleson was born on July 5, 1906 in Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Clarissa H. (Coleson) Harrold.
Bachelor of Science, Antioch College, 1930. Master of Arts, U. Cincinnati, 1931, Doctor of Philosophy, 1934, Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), 1989. Industrial hygiene engineer Indsl.Health Conservacy Laboratory, Detroit, 1934-1935.
Chief industrial hygienist Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, 1935-1945.
Director Industrial Health Hygiene and Safety Service, Detroit, 1945. General co-chairman First Midwest Conference Occupational Diseases, Detroit, 1937, American Conference on Industrial Diseases, Cleveland, 1939.
Consultant in field
Industrial hygiene engineer Industrial Health Conservacy Laboratory, Detroit, 1934—1935. Chief industrial hygienist Chrysler Corporation, 1935—1945. Director Industrial Health Hygiene and Safety Service, since 1945.
General co-chairman First Midwest Conference Occupational Diseases, Detroit, 1937, American Conference on Industrial Diseases, Cleveland, 1939. Consultant in field.
Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association (emeritus), Institute Chemists. Member: American Industrial Hygiene Association Engineering Society Detroit (secretary 1940-1942), American Air Pollution Control Association, American Society Safety Engineers, Michigan Industrial Ventilation Society, Michigan Industrial Ventilation Society (president 1951), Analytical Chemists Society, Michigan Society Ventilating Engineers, American Industrial Hygiene Association (co-organizer, 1st secretary treasurer 1939-1940, board directors 1942-1945, Donald E. Cummings Memorial award 1960, Gordon C. Harrold Loan fund established honor 1982, Borden award 1980, honorary emeritus, Recipient plaque A Founding Father, 50th anniversary 1989), American Institute Chemistry(fellow emeritus), American Society Heating and Ventilating Engineers, American Chemical Society (emeritus), Detroit Board Commerce (consultant noise abatement committee), Sigma Xi.
Married Florence W. Bristow, October 7, 1927 (deceased 1984). Children: Dianne Collier, Lynn Batte, Susan Schmidt. Married Lynn Doubleday, March 2, 1986.