Harry Bernard Whitehurst

Background

Whitehurst, Harry Bernard was born on September 13, 1922 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Clement Monroe and Grace Annette (Walton) Whitehurst.

Education

Bachelor, Rice U., l944; Master of Arts, Rice U., l948; Doctor of Philosophy, Rice U., l950.

Career

Research chemist, Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, l944-46; research chemist, United States Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, San Francisco, l959; postdoctoral fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, l950-5l; research chemist, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Newark, Ohio., l95l-55; research department head, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Newark, Ohio., l955-59; associate professor of chemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, l959-70; professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1970-1992.

Achievements

• Harry Bernard Whitehurst has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With C.E., Army of the United States, l944-46. Fellow American Institute Chemists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arizona Academy Science (president l960-61). Member American Chemical Society, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Married Audry Lucile Hale, June l2, l948. Children: Jonathan Monroe, Katherine Annette Whitehurst Hilburn.

Father:

Clement Monroe Whitehurst

Mother:

Grace Annette (Walton) Whitehurst

Spouse:

Audry Lucile Hale

child:

Jonathan Monroe Whitehurst

child:

Katherine Annette Whitehurst Hilburn Whitehurst