Background
Cassidy, Harold Gomes was born on October 17, 1906 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Walter Clarence and Camilla (Gomes) Cassidy.
Cassidy, Harold Gomes was born on October 17, 1906 in Havana, Cuba. Son of Walter Clarence and Camilla (Gomes) Cassidy.
Student, University Akron, 1923. AB, Oberlin College, 1930. A.M., Oberlin College, 1932.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1939. Doctor of Science, St. Thomas Institute, 1972.
Emeritus professor chemistry Yale University, since 1972. Research fellow Oberlin College, 1932-1933. Research chemist William S. Merrell Company, Cincinnati, 1933-1936.
Instructor Oberlin College, 1936-1937. Former member faculty, professor Yale. Senior fellow in science Center Advanced Studies, Connecticut Wesleyan University, 1965-1966.
Now professor at large Hanover (Indiana) College. Consultant Quartermaster Corps, 1954-1961. Academy member-at-large Gordon Research Council, 1957-1963.
Delegate Connecticut Technology Council, 1945-1959. Seminar leader Danforth Workshop Liberal Arts Education, 1962, 63, 64, 65. National Sigma Xi lecturer, 1960, 63, 65, Ayd lecturer, 1962, Korzybski Memorial lecturer, 1962.
Lecturer Association American Colleges Arts Program, 1968, 71. 1st Lewis lecture St. Joseph's College, Hartford, 1969. Chairman Gordon Conference Separation and Purification, 1956.
Consultant to Cooperative Program for Improvement Science Education in India, 1970. Member National Humanities Faculty, 1971, 72. Green Honors Chair professor Texas Christian University, fall 1974.
Research chemist Office of Scientific Research and Development and Manhattan Engineering Project, 1942-1945.
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Board directors Save the Valley. Past trustee Choate School. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Chemical Society (regional lecturer 1952, 56, 59), Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences, Indiana Academy of Sciences (speaker of year 1975, 76), Federation American Societies Experimental Biology, Connecticut Science Teachers Association, Sigma Xi (chairman committee on grants-in-aid of research), president (1977), Bicentennial lecturer (1975, 76, 77).
Married Kathryn Myra Childs, May 19, 1934.