Background
Clerc, Joseph Arthur Le was born in 1873 in Ware, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John B. and Lucy (Chicoine) L.
Clerc, Joseph Arthur Le was born in 1873 in Ware, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John B. and Lucy (Chicoine) L.
Bachelor of Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1895. Doctor of Philosophy, University of Halle-Wittenberg, 1903.
On the staff of the United States Bureau of Chemistry, 1903-1919, in charge of laboratory of plant chemistry. Chief chemist Miner-Hillard Milling Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1919-1920. Special trade commissioner to Europe.
Special agent of Department of Commerce, specializing on grains and grain products, 1922-1928.
Senior chemist bureau of Agricultural Chemical and Engineering, unites states department of Agriculture, 1928-1943.
Member International Jury of Awards, Paris Exposition, 1900, Saint Louis, 1904, San Francisco, 1915. Member American Chemical Society (president Washington section 1912), Washington Academy Sciences, American Soy bean Association, American Institute Chemists, American Association Cereal Chemists, Food Technologists.
Married Emma V. Hall, 1895. Married second, Yona Buchanan, 1937.