Background
Graham, John Howard was born on December 29, 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jonathan Wesley and Anna Elizabeth (Mifflin) Graham.
Graham, John Howard was born on December 29, 1880 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Jonathan Wesley and Anna Elizabeth (Mifflin) Graham.
Bachelor of Arts, Central High School, 1898. Bachelor of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1902, Master of Arts, 1927.
Began as chief chemist, Spanish-American Iron Company, Daiquiri, Cuba, 1902. Teacher chemistry, Central High School, Philadelphia, also Drexel, Central, Frankford, Mastbaum, and Germantown evening schools and Central High Summer School, 1903-1930. Chemist, Smith, Kline, French Company, Henry K. Wampole Company, Rohm and Haas Company.
Consultant Central Railway Signal Company Professor and head department organic chemical, Temple University Pharmacy School since 1930.
Business manager, the Catalyst. Director Westminster Cemetery.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association University professors, Pennsylvania Academy Science, American Chemical Society, Pennsylvania Bee Association, Sigma Xi. Mason (32°, Shriner).
Married Lillian Mae Cogswell, June 19, 1906. Children: Marguerite Rae (Mistress Robert G. Wetmore), Dorothy Cogswell (Mistress David C. Miller), Ruth Eleanor (Mistress Herbert South. Simons), Lois Adele (Mistress Roy G. Anderson), Janet Mae.