Background
Hatfield, William Emerson was born on May 31, 1937 in Ransom, Kentucky, United States. Son of Emerson B. and Pricy Gardner (Hatfield) Hatfield.
Hatfield, William Emerson was born on May 31, 1937 in Ransom, Kentucky, United States. Son of Emerson B. and Pricy Gardner (Hatfield) Hatfield.
Bachelor of Science, Marshall U., 1958; Master of Science, Marshall U., 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Arizona, 1962.
Postdoctoral research associate, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1962-1963;
assistant professor of chemistry, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1963-1967;
associate professor, U. North Carolina, 1967-1972;
professor, U. North Carolina, 1972-1988;
Mary Ann Smith professor, U. North Carolina, 1988-1994;
Adjunct Professor Applied Sciences, U. North Carolina, 1988-1994;
vice chairman chemistry Department, University North Carolina, 1980-1985, 87-90;
acting chairman applied science, U. North Carolina, 1989-1990. Visiting scholar Cambridge U., 1978. Visiting professor U. Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1980, Tata Institute, Bombay, India, 1981, U. Paris-Sud Orsay, 1987, U. Louis Pasteur, Strassburg, 1992.
Guest professor Johannes Gutenberg U., Mainz, Federal Republic Germany, 1982. Member acad.adv. council GTE Labs, Inc., 1980-1981. American specialist unites states department State, 1977.
External examiner U. Sierra Leone, 1976-1978. Consultant in field; director North Atlantic Treaty Organization Advanced Research Institute, 1978. Visiting lecturer U. P.R., 1982.
Waite Philip Fishel lecturer Vanderbilt University, 1981. G.O. Doak lecturer North Carolina State University, 1981.
(Book by Hatfield, William E., Miller, John H.)
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Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (treasurer North Carolina section 1985-1986, chairman 1988, chairman inorganic executive subcommittee 1974-1982, awards committee 1981-1984, 87-89, nominations committee 1992, Charles H. Stone award Carolina-Piedmont section 1985, Southern Chemist award Memphis section 1986, Marcus Hobbs award North Carolina sect.1993), Examinations Institute (editorial advisory board 1986-1987), International EPR Society, Material Research Society, Marshall U. Alumni Association, U. Arizona Alumni Association, U. North Carolina Alumni Association (associate), Sigma Xi.
Married Peggy Ranson, December 17, 1955 (divorced 1967). Children: Timothy Edward, Robert Bruce, Maryan, Julia, Ellen. Married Jane Alice Cheek, November 22, 1967 (divorced 1973).