Background
Curtis, Harry Alfred was born on February 16, 1884 in Sedalia, Colorado, United States. Son of Frederick A. and Lydia A. (Cramer) Curtis.
Curtis, Harry Alfred was born on February 16, 1884 in Sedalia, Colorado, United States. Son of Frederick A. and Lydia A. (Cramer) Curtis.
Graduate Douglas Company High School, Castle Rock, 1904. Bachelor of Science, University of Colorado, 1908, Master of Arts, 1910, Doctor of Science, 1930. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1914, Doctor of Science, 1937.
Instructor, later professor of chemistry, University of Colorado, 1908-1917. Professor of chemistry, Northwestern University, 1919-1920. Chief chemist, later plant superintendent International Coal Producing Corporation, Irvington, New Jersey, 1920-1921.
General manager Clinchfield Carbocoal Corporation, South Clinchfield, Virginia, 1921-1923.
Chief of nitrogen survey, unites states department Commerce, 1923-1924. Professor chemical engineering, 1923-1930, and chairman Department of Chemical Engineering, 1929-1930, Yale University.
Chairman division of chemistry and chemical technology, National Research Council, 1930-1931. Director of research for Vacuum Oil Corporation, 1931-1933.
Became chief chemical engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933.
Member President Coolidge’s Muscle Shoals Commission. Member Colorado National Guard, 1915-1917. Member American Institute Chemical Engineers (vice president), American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Nu, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Clubs:Chemists’ (New York).
Married Irene Hall, May 14, 1911. Children: Jeanne Carol, Patricia May.