Marston T. Bogert Explained

Marston T. Bogert
Birth Name:	Marston Taylor Bogert
Birth Date:	18 April 1868
Birth Place:	Flushing, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	Islip, Long Island, New York, U.S.
Fields:	Organic Chemistry
Education:	Flushing Institute
Alma Mater:	Columbia University (AB) Columbia School of Mines (PhB)
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Marston Taylor Bogert (April 18, 1868 – March 21, 1954) was an American chemist.

Biography

He was born in Flushing, New York on April 18, 1868^[1] and studied at the Flushing Institute.^[2]

He entered Columbia College in New York in 1886 and graduated in 1890 with an A.B. degree. He then entered the new Columbia School of Mines and completed a Ph.B. degree in analytical and applied chemistry in 1894.^{[3] [4]} He stayed on to teach organic chemistry and in 1904 was appointed a full professor, retiring in 1939 as emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry in Residence.^[1]

He was president of the American Chemical Society 1907-8^[4] and president of the Society of Chemical Industry in 1912.

During the First World War, Bogert initially served as chief of the Technical & Consulting Section of the Chemical Industry Branch of the War Industries Board^[5] before joining the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service. He was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel on March 9, 1918, promoted to colonel on July 13, 1918 and honorably discharged from active duty on May 1, 1919.^[3] After joining the U.S. Army, he continued to serve in the Chemical Warfare Section of the Chemical Division of the War Industries Board.^[6]

Honors and awards

• 1900: He was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science^[7]
• 1905: Awarded the William H. Nichols Medal^{[3] [4]}
• 1909: He was elected to the American Philosophical Society^[8]
• 1909: Awarded an honorary LL.D. degree by Clark University^{[3] [4]}
• 1914: He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences^[9]
• 1916: He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
• 1929: Awarded an honorary Sc.D. degree by Columbia University
• 1936: Awarded the American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal^[10]
• 1938: Awarded the Priestley Medal by the American Chemical Society.^[11]
• From 1938 to 1947, he was the president of IUPAC.^[11]
• 1949: Awarded the Chandler Medal by Columbia University^[4]

Personal

Bogert was the son of Henry A. Bogert and Mary B. (Lawrence) Bogert.^[3]

On September 12, 1893, he married Charlotte E. Hoogland.^{[3] [12]}

A resident of Manhattan, Bogert died at a convalescent home in Islip on Long Island on March 21, 1954.^{[13] [14]}

External links

• Web site: Marston Taylor Bogert 1868–1954. 1974. Louis P. Hammett . National Academy of Sciences. Washington D.C.. November 16, 2015.

Notes and References

1. Book: Biographical Memoirs. Secretary, O.H.. Sciences, N.A.. 1974. 45. National Academies Press. 9780309022392. 99. November 16, 2015.
2. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=v2JIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA71 . Bogert, Marston Taylor . Who's Who in New York City and State . 1904 . 71 . L. R. Hamersly Company . New York, New York . February 23, 2024.
3. Book: Marquis, Albert Nelson . https://books.google.com/books?id=CcxapMo5EBIC&pg=PA445 . Bogert, Marston Taylor . Who's Who in America . Albert Nelson Marquis . 1924 . 13 . 445 . A. N. Marquis & Company . Chicago, Illinois . February 23, 2024.
4. Web site: ACS President: Marston T. Bogert (1907-1908) . American Chemical Society . Washington, D.C. . February 23, 2024.
5. Book: Haynes, Williams . https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.20066/page/n458/mode/1up . Appendix X: The War Industries Board . American Chemical Industry: The World War I Period: 1912–1922 . Williams Haynes . 1945 . II . 354 . D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc. . New York, New York . February 23, 2024.
6. Book: Clarkson, Grosvenor B. . Industrial America in the World War: The Strategy Behind the Line, 1917–1918 . Grosvenor Clarkson . 1923 . 394 . Houghton Mifflin Company . February 23, 2024.
7. Web site: Historic Fellows . American Association for the Advancement of Science . February 23, 2024.
8. Web site: APS Member History . 2023-12-13 . search.amphilsoc.org.
9. Web site: 2023-02-09 . Marston Taylor Bogert . 2023-12-13 . American Academy of Arts & Sciences . en.
10. Web site: Gold Medal Award Winners. American Institute of Chemists. January 17, 2015.
11. Web site: ACS President: Marston T. Bogert (1907–1908) – American Chemical Society. acs.org. November 16, 2015.
12. Web site: Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002. June 29, 2006. November 16, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150919152306/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf. September 19, 2015. dead.
13. News: Dr. M. T. Bogert, 85, Eminent Chemist: Columbia Ex-Professor Dead—Synthetics Expert Won Highest Honors in Field . March 22, 1954 . 27 . The New York Times . February 23, 2024.
14. News: Marston Bogert . March 21, 1954 . 19135 . New York State Death Index . New York Department of Health . Albany, New York.