Background
Note, William Gardner Van was born on March 9, 1906 in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, United States.
Note, William Gardner Van was born on March 9, 1906 in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, United States.
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1929. Master of Science, University Vermont, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, Pennsylvania State College, 1941.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Lawrence University, 1957. Doctor of Science (honorary), North Carolina State College, 1958.
Metallurgist, Babcock & Wilcox Company, Bayonne, New Jersey, 1930;
teaching and research fellow department metallurgical engineering, McGill University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1931;
instructor, U. Vermont, 1931-1933;
instructor chemical engineering, North Carolina State College, 1933-1935;
assistant professor, North Carolina State College, 1936-1939;
associate professor, North Carolina State College, 1941-1942;
associate professor metallurgy, North Carolina State College, 1942-1944;
professor, North Carolina State College, 1944-1951;
director department engineering research, North Carolina State College, 1946-1951;
president, Clarkson College Technology, 1951-1961;
president, Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey, 1962-1971;
president emeritus, Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey, 1971-1985. Adjunct Professor Brookdale Community College, 1971-1972. Teaching fellow metallurgical engineering Carnegie Institute Technology, 1935-1936.
Liason North Carolina State College faculty member for local Bureau Mines Station, 1944-1946. Acting assistant director engineering experimental station North Carolina State College, 1944-1945, assistant director, 1945-1946. Liason representative with Oak Ridge Institute Nuclear Studies, 1949.
Research metallugist General Electric, Schenectady, summers 1944, 45. Member of advisory board New Jersey National Bank &Trust Company. Chairman Commission Non-tax Supported Colleges Universities New York, 1956-1958.
Member Governor's Commission to Study Capital Punishment. Vice president New Jersey College Fund, 1965-1967. Member New Jersey Association Colleges and Universities (president 1967), New Jersey College Fund Association (vice president 1965-1969), Association New York State Colleges and Universities (vice president 1960-1961), Middle States Association College and Secondary Schools (committee institutions higher education 1960-1965), American Society Metallurgy, American Society Engineering Education (chairman research br Southeast sect), Rotary, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambada Upsilon, Sigma Pi Alpha, Delta Phi, Tau Beta Pi.
Son of Henry Clay and Anna Elizabeth (Gardner) Van N. Married Rachel Poling, November 9, 1929 (divorced 1961). Children: William Gardner, Gretchen.
Married Bettina Van Camp, December 16, 1961.