Background
Boucher, Laurence James was born on September 16, 1938 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Edward Joseph Boucher and Matilda Ann (Klicska) Higgins.
Boucher, Laurence James was born on September 16, 1938 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Edward Joseph Boucher and Matilda Ann (Klicska) Higgins.
Associate of Applied Science in Industrial Chemistry, Westchester Community College, White Plains, New York, l958; Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Michigan State University, l960; Master of Science in Chemistry, University of Illinois, l962; Doctor of Philosophy Inorganic Chemistry, University of Illinois, l964.
Resident research associate, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, l964-66;
assistant professor of chemistry, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, l966-7l;
associate professor, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, l97l-76;
titular professor, U. Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, l976-78;
professor of chemistry, head department, Western Kentucky U., Bowling Green, l978-85;
dean College Arts and Sciences,, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, 1985-1990;
dean College Natural and Mathematics Sciences, Towson (Maryland.) State University, 1990-1997;
professor of chemistry, Towson (Maryland.) State University, since 1997. Professor Exxon Research Company, Linden, New Jersey, l973. Research chemist unites states department Energy, Bruceton, Pennsylvania, l976.
Fulbright lecturer, Colombia, l98l.
Member American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Sigma Lambda.
Married Susan Ann Calkins, August 15, 1964. Children: Amy Elizabeth, Stephen Edward.