Background
Holt, Lee Cone was born on February 19, 1880 in Harlan, Iowa, United States. Son of Lee Elwood and Eva Boise (Collier) Holt.
Holt, Lee Cone was born on February 19, 1880 in Harlan, Iowa, United States. Son of Lee Elwood and Eva Boise (Collier) Holt.
Bachelor of Science, Pomona College, California, 1901. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1905. Graduate study, U. Berlin, 1907-1908.
Instructor in chemistry Pomona College, 1901-1902, Carnegie research assistant, 1903-1905. Instructor in organic chemistry University of Michigan, 1905-1908, assistant professor, 1908-1913, associate professor, 1913-1916. With Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, 1916-1917, Semet Solvay Company, Syracuse, New York, 1917-1918.
With National Aniline & Chemical Company, Buffalo, 1918-1929. in charge research and development work, 1921-1929, vice president, 1922-1929.
With Jackson Laboratory of Du Pont Company, 1929-1945, retired, since 1945.
Member American Chemical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Daisy Ellen Ben Oliel, June 18, 1907 (deceased). Married second, Maud North. Rogers, July 1939. Children: Florence Lee (deceased), Helen Agnes (deceased).