Background
White, William North was born on September 16, 1925 in Walton, New York, United States. Son of George Fitch and Frances (Peck) White.
White, William North was born on September 16, 1925 in Walton, New York, United States. Son of George Fitch and Frances (Peck) White.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1950; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953.
National Research Council postdoctoral fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1953-1954;
assistant professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1954-1959;
associate professor, Ohio State University, 1959-1963;
professor of chemistry, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1963-1976, 77-95;
professor emeritus, U. Vermont, Burlington, since 1995;
department chairman, U. Vermont, 1963-1970;
acting department chairman, U. Vermont, 1975-1976;
professor of chemistry, University Texas at Arlington, 1976-1977;
department chairman, University Texas at Arlington, 1976-1977. National Science Foundation senior postdoctoral fellow Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1963-1964, Harvard University, 1965. Visiting scholar Brandeis U., 1974-1975.
Chairman arrangements committee National Organic Chemistry Symposium, 1965-1967.
Selectman Town of Shelburne, Vermont, 1968-1974, water commissioner, 1973-1974, justice of the peace, 1981-2009, sewer commissioner, 1991-1993, Natural Resources and Conservation committee, 1970-1974, 2004-2010. Member Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, 1983-1991. Member board supervisors Winooski (Vermont) Natural Resources Conservation District, 1999-2004.
With Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Western Vermont section 1966-1967), Royal Society Chemistry, New England Association Chemistry Teachers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Hilda R. Sauter, September 8, 1951. Children: Carla Ann, Eric Jeffrey.