Background
Doolittle, Roscoe Edward was born on January 16, 1874 in Fowlerville, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward Jefferson and Caroline M. (Hoyt) Doolittle.
Doolittle, Roscoe Edward was born on January 16, 1874 in Fowlerville, Michigan, United States. Son of Edward Jefferson and Caroline M. (Hoyt) Doolittle.
High schools, Howell and Morrice, Michigan. Bachelor of Science, Michigan Agricultural College, 1896.
Assistant chemist, Michigan State Dairy and Food Department, 1896-1898. State chemist, 1898-1904. Assistant chemist, bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture and chief of New York Laboratory, 1904-1911.
Transferred to Washington, as associate chemist same bureau and member Board of Food and Drug Inspection, October 1911.
Served as acting chief bureau of Chemistry, March-December 1912, after resignation of Doctor H. West. Wiley. Returned to former position as chief of New York Laboratory, 1912-1917.
Chief eastern district, Bureau Chemistry, January 8-October 1, 1917, chief central district, Chicago, October 1, since 1917. Home: Evanston, Illinois Deceased.
Member Board of Food and Drug Inspection, October
Married Ivah May Stewart, November 6, 1895. Children: Stewart Edward, Kenneth Hoyt.