William Hazlehurst Benson

Background

Benson, William Hazlehurst was born on November 21, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Henry Edward and Marian Benson.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Florida Institute Technology, 1976; Master of Science in Toxicology, U. Kentucky, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kentucky, 1984.

Career

Senior scientist, Cannon laboratories, Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania, 1976-1978; director toxicology, N.E. Louisiana U., Monroe, 1984-1988; coordinator environmental toxicology, U. Mississippi, Oxford, since 1988. Dow-Corning Distinguished lecturer in environmental toxicology Michigan State University, 1989.

Achievements

• William Hazlehurst Benson has been listed as a noteworthy Environmental toxicologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Toxicology, Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (board directors 1991-1994, president 1995-1996), American Chemical Society.

Connections

Married Mary Them, April 29, 1977. Children: Ian Hazlehurst, William Owens.

Father:

Henry Edward Benson

Mother:

Marian Benson

Spouse:

Mary Them

child:

Ian Hazlehurst Benson

child:

William Owens Benson