Background
Rogers, Lockhart Burgess was born on July 16, 1917 in Manchester, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Lockhart and Mabel (Burgess) Rogers.
Rogers, Lockhart Burgess was born on July 16, 1917 in Manchester, Connecticut, United States. Son of William Lockhart and Mabel (Burgess) Rogers.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1939; A.M., Princeton University, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1942.
Instructor, then assistant professor, Stanford University, 1942-1946;
group leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1946-1948;
from assistant professor to professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948-1961;
professor of chemistry, Purdue University, 1961-1974;
Graham Perdue professor of chemistry, U. Georgia, Athens, 1974-1986;
professor emeritus, U. Georgia, Athens, 1986-1992;
interim head Department, University Georgia, Athens, 1982-1985. Member advising committee National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Army Research Office, Durham, United States Air Force Office Science Research. Member of advisory committee, analytical division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, National Bureau Standards.
Member of commission equilibrium data International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry, 1967-1973, 77-79. Member United States national committee, 1968-1971. Chairman Gordon Conference Analytical Chemistry,1954.
Member commission on analytical chemistry National Research Council.
Recipient Dal Nogare award Chromatography Forum. 100th Anniversary award Association Analytical Chemists. Benedetti-Pichler award American Microchem.
Society; Member American Chemical Society (emeritus. Awards for Chromatography, analytical chemistry, excellence in teaching, Herty award Georgia section. Chairman Northeastern section 1959, national councilor Northeastern section 1957-1959, Purdue section 1967-1974, secretary-treasurer analytical division 1959-1961, chairman 1961), Electrochemical Society (chairman Boston section 1959, national councilor 1960), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Society Analytical Chemists Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry award 1989), Chicago Chromatography Discussion Group (Merit award), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon (honorary), Alpha Chi Sigma, Delta Tau Delta.
Married Eleanor Greene Smith, September 6, 1952. Children: Eleanor Rogers Johnson, Winslow S.