Background
Yant, William Parks was born on November 13, 1893 in East Sparta, Ohio, United States. Son of James Alpheus and Sarah Elizabeth (Parks) Yant.
Yant, William Parks was born on November 13, 1893 in East Sparta, Ohio, United States. Son of James Alpheus and Sarah Elizabeth (Parks) Yant.
Bachelor of Science, Wooster (Ohio) College, 1918, Doctor of Science, 1942. Special course in chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.
Instructor inorganic chemistry, Wooster College, 1919-1920. Junior chemist Gas Laboratory, United States bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh Experiment Station, 1921, continuing successively as assistant chemist, chemist in charge of laboratory, supervising chemist of Health Laboratory section, supervising engineer United States Bureau Mines, Pittsburgh Experiment Station and chief chemist Health Division, United States bureau of Mines, since 1936, director of research and development Mine Safety Appliances Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Consultant United States Government and Armed Forces, National Research Council, Office Science Research and Development.
Mission to England, 1942.
Chairman research committee President's Conference on Industrial Safety, 1949-1954. Chairman steering committee, equipment panel United States Conference on Air Pollution, 1950.
In Chemical Warfare Service, 1918. Research on gas masks.
Member American Chemical Society (chairman Pittsburgh section, 1931, council, 1932-1946), American Institute Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, American Public Health Association (chairman industrial hygiene section, 1942), American Society Safety Engineers (president 1950-1951), Industrial Hygiene Foundation (trustee). Club: University (Pittsburgh).
Married Elizabeth M. Grossman, July 29, 1933. Children: William Parks, Gretchen Elizabeth, and Susan Jane.