Background
Priest, Irwin G. was born on January 27, 1886 in near Londonville, Ohio, United States. Son of Morgan A. and Julia A. (Schauweker) Priest.
Priest, Irwin G. was born on January 27, 1886 in near Londonville, Ohio, United States. Son of Morgan A. and Julia A. (Schauweker) Priest.
Bachelor of Arts from Ohio State University, 1907.
With bureau of Standards, Washington, District of Columbia, since 1907, successively as laboratory assistant until 1908, assistant physicist, 1908-1915, associate physicist, 1915-1919, physicist, since 1919. Also chief of colorimetry section, bureau of Standards, since 1913. Research associate of Munsell Color Company and Munsell Research Laboratory, at bureau of Standards for several periods, 1922-1925, while on leave from bureau duty.
He was named the first honorary lifetime member of the American Oil Chemists" Society in 1913 for his work on oil color grading.
Married Edna Ryan, June 26, 1917.