Walter Edgar Harris

Background

Harris, Walter Edgar was born on June 9, 1915 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada. Son of William Ernest and Emma Louise (Humbke) Harris.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Alberta, 1938; Master of Science, U. Alberta, 1939; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1944; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Waterloo, 1987; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Alberta, 1991.

Career

Research fellow, University of Minnesota, 1943-1946; professor analytical chemistry, U. Alberta, Edmonton, 1946-1980; department chairman chemistry, U. Alberta, 1974-1979; chairman President's Advisory Committee on Campus Revs., U. Alberta, 1980-1990.

Achievements

• Walter Edgar Harris has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Chemical Separations and Measurements: Background and Procedures for Modern Analysis

    (Book by Walter E. Harris, Byron Kratochvil)

  • Programmed temperature gas chromatography
  • Programmed Temperature Gas Chromatography

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Royal Society Canada. Member Chemical Institute Canada (Fisher Science Lecture award 1969, Chemical Education award 1975), American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Phyllis Pangburn, June 14, 1942. Children: Margaret Anne, William Edgar.

Father:

William Ernest Harris

Mother:

Emma Louise (Humbke) Harris

Spouse:

Phyllis Pangburn

child:

William Edgar Harris

child:

Margaret Anne Harris