Background
Heidt, Lawrence Joseph was born on April 5, 1904 in Portage, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frank and Barbara Cecilia (Ehr) Heidt.
Heidt, Lawrence Joseph was born on April 5, 1904 in Portage, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Frank and Barbara Cecilia (Ehr) Heidt.
AB, University of Wisconsin, 1927; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1930.
Teaching fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1927-1929;
research fellow photochemistry, Harvard University, 1930-1935;
instructor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1935-1940;
faculty with professorial rank, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1940-1983;
honorary lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969-1983;
Distinguished University professor, Emmanuel College, 1969-1983. Science adviser, lecturer Royal Institute Technology, Sweden, 1959. Guggenheim fellow study, Japan, Australia, 1962-1963.
Visiting professor Technology U. Berlin, 1969. Visiting professor Islamabad (Pakistan) U., 1970. Consultant several organizations.
Member several special physical and inorganic chemical committees. Member committee photochemistry storage energy NAS-National Research Council, 1956-1961, member committee electrical insulation and dielectric phenomena, 1964, chairman, responsible officer Endicott House Symposium on Photochemistry Liquid-Solid States, 1957.
Director photochemistry and solar energy conversion for college teachers National Science Foundation, 1970. National Science Foundation member United States-Japan Cooperative Science Program for Solar Energy Research on Cerium Catalyzed Photolysis of Water by Sun Light, Institute Solid State Physics, Tokyo, 1975-1976. Fellow American Academy Arts and Science (Warren Fund Research award 1936), American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Chemical Society (chairman northeastern section 1964-1965, councillor national society 1963-1983), New York Academy Arts and Sciences, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi (regional lecturer 1972), Phi Lambda Upsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma, Gamma Alpha.
Married Agnes Grace Kiley, June 26, 1933. Children: Marianne, David, Barbara.