Background
Helsley, Grover Cleveland was born on September 26, 1926 in Strasburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Grover Clevel and Vallie Mae (Putnam) Helsley.
Helsley, Grover Cleveland was born on September 26, 1926 in Strasburg, Virginia, United States. Son of Grover Clevel and Vallie Mae (Putnam) Helsley.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Shepherd College, 1954. Master of Science, University Virginia, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy (Philip Francis duPont fellow), University Virginia, 1958.
Research chemist E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, 1958-1962. Research chemist Ampere-hour Robins Company, 1962-1964, group leader, 1964-1968, associate director chemical research, 1968-1970. Director research Hoechst-Roussel Pharmaceuticals Inc., Somerville, New Jersey, 1970-1972, vice president pharmaceutical research, from 1972, senior vice president pharmaceutical research, from 1987.
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1945-1947. Member American Chemical Society, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (editorial advisory board drug development research 1980), Industrial Research Institute.
Married Betty Jean Midkiff, October 30, 1949. Children– Grover Cleveland, Linda Suzanne, Robert Christopher.