William Horton Pasfield

Background

Pasfield, William Horton was born on December 28, 1924 in Brooklyn. Son of William Ambrose and Mildred Esther (Horton) Pasfield.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Connecticut, 1955.

Career

Chemist, Hawaiian Pineapple Company, Honolulu, 1948-1949; chemist, Metal Hydrides, Inc., Beverly, Massachusetts, 1949-1950; chemist, EI duPont deNemours, Wilmington, Delaware, 1955-1958; assistant professor, St. John's U., Jamaica, New York, 1958-1961; associate professor, St. John's U., Jamaica, New York, 1961-1964; professor, St. John's U., Jamaica, New York, since 1964. Department chairman chemistry St. John's U., 1965-1968.

Achievements

• William Horton Pasfield has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Navy, 1943-1945. Member American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Gamma Delta.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, hiking, scuba diving.

Connections

Married Fairlie Maxwell, June 21, 1947. Children: Bonnie Lee, Robert Horton, Terry Louise, William Bruce, David Nelson.

Father:

William Ambrose Pasfield

Mother:

Mildred Esther (Horton) Pasfield

Spouse:

Fairlie Maxwell

child:

Terry Louise Pasfield

child:

Robert Horton Pasfield

child:

William Bruce Pasfield

child:

David Nelson Pasfield

child:

Bonnie Lee Pasfield