Background
Gilman, Henry was born on May 9, 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David and Jane (Gordon) Gilman.
Gilman, Henry was born on May 9, 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of David and Jane (Gordon) Gilman.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1915; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1917; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1918; postgraduate, Zurich Polytechnikum, 1916; postgraduate, University of Oxford, 1916.
Instructor in chemistry Harvard University, Boston, 1918-1919. Associate in chemistry University Illinois, 1919. Professor organic chemistry Iowa State University, Ames, 1919-1986.
Consultant Atomic Energy Commission. Research director United States Air Force. Plenary lecturer International Symposium Organometallic and Organometalloidal Chemistry.
Invited lecturer international conferences Bordeaux, France, 1970, Moscow, 1971, Madison, Wisconsin, 1972. Researcher Manhattan Project Department Defense.
Served with Chemical Warfare Service, World War I. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (vice president chemical section, chairman 1931), Chemical Society London (honorary), American Chemical Society (councillor at large 1939-1941, 42-44, chairman organic division, Frederick Stanley Kipping award, Priestly medal, Mid-West Gold medal Iowa chapter), National Academy of Sciences (official delegate, lecturer in Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1963), Iowa Academy of Sciences (initial Merit award 1973, 100th Annv. Distinguished fellow award 1975), Royal Society London. Member New York Academy of Sciences (honorary life), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon (honorary).
Married Ruth V. Shaw, July 20, 1929. Children: Jane Gordon, Henry Shaw.
