Background
Geissman, Theodore Albert was born on June 17, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Theodore Kenneth and Lina (Herold) Geissman.
Geissman, Theodore Albert was born on June 17, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Theodore Kenneth and Lina (Herold) Geissman.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1937.
With Standard Oil Corporation (Indiana), 1930-1934. Postdoctoral research associate University of Illinois, 1937-1939. Instructor University of California at Los Angeles, 1939-1948, professor of chemistry, from 1948.
Consultant United States Public Health Service advisory panels, Walter Reed Army Research Institute Fulbright research scholar, 1957-1958, Guggenheim fellow, 1949-1950, 64-65.
Member American, Mexican (honorary) chemical societies, Chemical Society (London), Phytochem. Society North. American, Society Economics Botany.
Married Loraine Skinner, December 31, 1936. Children: James Roger, Anne Elizabeth.