Background
NOYES, William Albert was born on November 6, 1857 in near Independence, Iowa, United States. Son of Spencer Williams and Mary (Packard) Noyes.
NOYES, William Albert was born on November 6, 1857 in near Independence, Iowa, United States. Son of Spencer Williams and Mary (Packard) Noyes.
Iowa College, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, 1879. Johns Hopkins University, Doctor of Philosophy, 1862. With Adolph Baeyer in Munich, Doctor of Laws, 1889.
Clark University, 1909. Pittsburgh University, Chemical D., 1920. Grinnell University, Doctor of Science, 1929.
Assistant Chemist, National Board of Health, 1881.
Instructor, University of Minnesota, 1882-1883. Prof, of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 1883-1886, Rose Polytech. Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1886-1903.
Chief Chemist United States bureau of Standards, 1903-1907. Editor Journal of American Chemical Society, 1901-1917. Editor several chemical reviews.
Secretary, American Chemical Society, 1902-1907, President, 1920. Awarded Willard Gibbs Medal, 1919. Prof, of Chemistry, Director of The Chemical Laboratory, University of 111., 1907-1926.
Emeritus. 1926; Secretary 111. State Board of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Editor Journal American Chemical Society, 1902-1917, Chemical Abstracts, 1907-1909, Scientific Monographs, American Chemical Society, since 1919, Chemical Reviews, 1924-1926. Secretary State Board of National Resources and Conservation since 1917. Awarded Nichols medal, 1908, Willard Gibbs medal, 1919, Priestley medal, 1935.
Member of (F.) American Academy, of Arts and Sciences. American Association for the Advancement of Science (President Chemical Branch, 1896). National Academy, of Science.
American Philosophical Society. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Clubs: Philosophical (111.), Chaos (Chicago).
Married Flora E. Collier, December 24, 1884 (deceased).; married second, Mattie L. Elwell, June 18, 1902 (deceased).; married 3d, Katharine Haworth Macy, November 25, 1915.
Children: Helen Mary (deceased), Ethel (deceased), William Albert, Junior.