Background
Kilpatrick, Martin was born on April 3, 1895 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Martin and Martha (Anderson) Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick, Martin was born on April 3, 1895 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Martin and Martha (Anderson) Kilpatrick.
Bachelor of Arts, City College of New York, 1915. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1917. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1923.
Tutor, City College New York, 1915-1919. Assistant professor of chemistry, Vassar College, 1919-1923, Duke University, 1923-1925. National Research Council fellow, Johns Hopkins University, 1925-1927, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), 1927.
Research scientist under from Rask-Orsted Fund, University of Copenhagen, 1927-1928.
Assistant professor associate professor, professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1928-1947. Assistant director of research and development director South.A.M., Laos., Manhattan Project, Columbia, University, 1943-1946.
Consultant and coordinator of research and development program on hydrogen peroxide, bureau of ordnance, United States Navy, 1945-1947. President and chairman, department of chemistry, Illinois Institute Technology, 1947-1960.
Senior chemist emeritus Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, 1960-1982.
Member American Chemical Society (chairman, director of physical and inorganic chemistry).
Married Mary Lydston Johnson, December 25, 1921.