Background
Wolfrom, Melville Lawrence was born on April 2, 1900 in Bellevue, Ohio, United States. Son of Frederick and Maria Louisa (Sutter) Wolfrom.
Wolfrom, Melville Lawrence was born on April 2, 1900 in Bellevue, Ohio, United States. Son of Frederick and Maria Louisa (Sutter) Wolfrom.
Bachelor of Arts, Ohio State University, 1924. Master of Science, Northwestern, 1925, Doctor of Philosophy, 1927. Guggenheim fellow, University of Zurich, 1939.
United States Gypsum Company, Gypsum, O. and Chicago, summers 1921-1924. Assistant instructor chemistry Northwestern, 1924-1927. National Research Council fellow in chemistry National Bureau Standards, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Ohio State University, 1927-1929, instructor in chemistry, 1929-1930, assistant professor, 1930-1936, asso professor, 1936-1940, professor, 1940-1969, head division organic chemistry, 1948-1960, research professor, 1960-1965, Regents’ professor, 1965-1969.
An official investigator National Defense Research Committee, 1940-1945.
Chairman symposium International Union Biochemistry, Vienna, Austria, 1958.
Served South.A.T.C., 1918. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (chairman cellulose division 1940, sugar division 1948, chairman carbohydrate romenclature committee carbohydrate division), American Association Cereal Chemists, National Academy Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Society Biological Chemists, Chemical Society (London), New York Academy Science, Ohio Academy Science, Technical Association Pulp and Paper Industry, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Pi Mu Epsilon, Alpha Chi Sigma. Company-editor: Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry, 1945-1949, 52-69.
Married Agnes Louise Thompson, June 1, 1926. Children: Frederick L., (deceased), Eva M., (Mistress David Frank), Betty J. (Mistress Chalmers G. Hixson, Junior.