Background
Gibbs, Harry Drake was born on March 10, 1872 in Cincinnati. Son of William Henry and Emma A. (Drake) Gibbs.
Gibbs, Harry Drake was born on March 10, 1872 in Cincinnati. Son of William Henry and Emma A. (Drake) Gibbs.
Student Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1890. Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1894. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford, 1913.
Assistant professor of chemistry, Oregon Agricultural College, 1901-1903. Research assistant, Stanford University, 1904. Chief chemist, San Francisco Board of Health, 1905-1907.
Chief, division of organic chemistry, bureau of Science, Manila, 1907-1914, also chief, Food and Drug Inspection Laboratory and assistant to director of bureau.
Associate professor of chemistry, 1910-1912. Chief Department of Chemistry, 1912-1914, University of Philippines.
Assistant chief eastern food inspection district bureau of Chemistry, 1914-1915, and chemist in charge of color laboratory, 1915-1919. Head of chemical department science and research division of bureau of Aircraft Production, 1918.
Member National Research Council, 1918.
Chemist Éleuthère Irénée duPont de Nemours & Company, 1919-1922. Senior chemist Hygienic Laboratory, United States Public Health Service, 1922-1929. Consultant chemical engineer
Member National Research Council, 1918.
Married Camille Lafayette Hopper, November 1, 1909. Children: Edward H. Doctorate., Emma Carroll, Helen Barbara, William Eric.