Jesse Stone Binford

Background

Binford, Jesse Stone was born on November 1, 1928 in Freeport, Texas, United States. Son of Jesse Stone and Eglan Lee (Bracewell) Binford.

Education

Bachelor in Chemistry, Rice U., 1950; Master of Arts in Chemistry, Rice U., 1952; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, U. Utah, 1955.

Career

Instructor chemistry, University Texas, Austin, 1955-1958; assistant professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, 1958-1960; associate professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, 1960-1961; Fulbright professor, department chairman chemistry, University Nacional Autonoma de Honduras, Tegucigalpa, 1968-1969; visiting research professor, Thermochemistry Laboratory, U. Lund, Sweden, 1971; researcher, Thermochemistry Laboratory, U. Lund, Sweden, 1982-1983; research fellow, Chelsea College, U. London, 1983; associate professor, U. South Florida, Tampa, 1961-1972; professor, U. South Florida, Tampa, since 1972. Consultant Florida consortium Agency for International Development, Honduras, 1969, Exxon Production Research Company, Houston, 1974. Chairman State University Faculty Senate Council, Florida, 1972-1976.

Director general chemistry program U. South Florida, 1978-1982, 98-. Visiting professor department chemical engineering Rice U., 1993-1994, researcher Cox Laboratory for biomedical Engineering, Institute Bioscis. and Bioengring., 1993-1994. Member Institute for Biomolecular Science, U. South Florida.

Achievements

• Jesse Stone Binford has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active bicycle advising committee Hillsborough County, Tampa, 1975-1993, chairperson bicycle advising committee, 1990-1993. Faculty advisor U. South Florida Bicycle Club, since 1972. Coordinator special tutoring program Danforth Foundation, Tampa, 1968.

Member American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (national and Florida section), Calorimetry Conference, League of America Bicyclists, Golden Key, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Pi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: bicycling, travel, reading.

Connections

Married Lolita Ramona Fritz, June 8, 1955. Children: Lincoln Bracewell, Jason Jolly.

Father:

Jesse Stone Binford

Mother:

Eglan Lee (Bracewell) Binford

Spouse:

Lolita Ramona Fritz

child:

Lincoln Bracewell Binford

child:

Jason Jolly Binford