Background
Orden, Harris Olson Van was born on October 6, 1917 in Smithfield, Utah, United States. Son of Harris Olonzo Van Orden and Ingra (Pearson) Olson.
Orden, Harris Olson Van was born on October 6, 1917 in Smithfield, Utah, United States. Son of Harris Olonzo Van Orden and Ingra (Pearson) Olson.
Bachelor of Science, Utah State University, 1938; Master of Science, Washington State University, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1951; postgraduate, U. Utah, 1953-1954; postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1962-1963.
Assistant professor of chemistry, Utah State University, Logan, 1946-1947; associate professor, Utah State University, Logan, 1950-1959; acting department head, Utah State University, Logan, 1958-1959; professor, Utah State University, Logan, 1959-1983; emeritus professor, Utah State University, Logan, since 1983; teaching fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1949. Director Summer Institute for High School Teachers Chemistry, Logan, 1957, 58.
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Lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1946, PTO. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Eleanor Young, October 16, 1948. 1 child, Peter Lee.