Background
Bearce, Henry Walter was born on October 5, 1881 in Hebron, Maine, United States. Son of Herrick Mellen and Mary (Murch) Bearce.
Bearce, Henry Walter was born on October 5, 1881 in Hebron, Maine, United States. Son of Herrick Mellen and Mary (Murch) Bearce.
Student Hebron Academy, 1897-1901. Bachelor of Science, University of Maine, 1906.
Instructor physics, University of Maine, 1906-1908. Laboratory assistant National bureau of Standards, 1908-1909, assistant physicist, 1911-1916, associate physicist, 1917-1919, senior and principal physicist 1936-1945, chief Division Weights and Measures, 1940-1945. Owner and operator of apple orchards, Hebron, Maine, since 1945.
National Bureau Standards Republican at International conferences on standardization of screw threads, Paris, London, 1919, London, 1944, Ottawa, 1945.
Secretary National Screw Thread Committee, 1918-1932. Member of Annual Assay Commission, 1926, 38, 41, 43, chairman, 1938.
Elected Republican representative Maine Legislature, 1950, 1952.
Member Advisory committee World Calendar Association. Member Philological Society of Washington, Washington Academy of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Club: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Kate Merrill, December, 1907. Children: Louis Merrill (deceased), Roger Mellen.