Background
Slawson, Chester Baker was born on April 12, 1898 in Greenville, Michigan, United States. Son of William Warren and Kate (Carney) Slawson.
Slawson, Chester Baker was born on April 12, 1898 in Greenville, Michigan, United States. Son of William Warren and Kate (Carney) Slawson.
Bachelor of Science, University of Michigan, 1919, Master of Arts, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1925.
Instructor, University of Michigan, 1920-1921. With American Book Company, 1922-1923. Geologist Michigan Geological Survey, 1924-1925.
Instructor, University of Michigan, 1925-1931.
Assistant professor, 1931-1939, academic counselor, 1937-1946. Associate professor mineralogy.
1939-1946, professor mineralogy since 1946. Consultant United States Bureau Mines, since 1951.
Chairman materials advisory board synthetic diamonds committee National Academy Science, 1956-1959.
Honorary vice president of Gemmological Association of Austrelia Chairman Advisory Committee on Industrial Diamonds, and Supervisor of Research, War Metallurgy Committee, National Research Council, 1943-1944.
Served as private, F.A.C.O.T.S., Camp Taylor, Kentucky, 1918. Trustee Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Fellow American Mineral Society, Geological Society America.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Ethel R. Fralick, June 14, 1926. Children: William Francis, Mary Elizabeth.