Brode, Wallace R. (Wallace Reed), 1900-1974

Chemist.

From the description of Reminiscences of Wallace Reed Brode : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122451475

Educator, scientist, and government official; died 1974.

From the description of Papers of Wallace R. Brode, 1901-1974 (bulk 1928-1969). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071915

Biographical Note

• 1900, June 12: Born, Walla Walla, Wash.
• 1921: B.S., Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash.
• 1922: M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
• 1923 - 1926 : Chemist, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.
• 1925: Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.
• 1926 - 1928 : Guggenheim fellow
• 1928 - 1948 : Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• 1936: Member, solar eclipse expedition
• 1941: Married Ione Sundstrom
• 1942 - 1944 : Member, National Defense Research Committee
• 1942 - 1945 : Member, War Metallurgy Committee
• 1944 - 1945 : Head, liaison office, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Paris, France Member, Alsos mission
• 1945: Elected member, National Academy of Sciences
• 1945 - 1947 : Head, Science department, Naval Ordnance Test Station, Inyokern, Calif.
• 1947 - 1958 : Associate director, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C.
• 1950 - 1960 : Editor, Journal of the Optical Society of America
• 1951 - 1960 : Director, American Chemical Society
• 1954 - 1957 : Chairman, Science Research Society of America
• 1958: President, American Association for the Advancement of Science Member, President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers Member, board of governors, American Institute of Physics Recipient, Exceptional Service medal, Commerce Department Recipient, Applied Spectroscopy medal, Society of Applied Spectroscopy
• 1958 - 1960 : Member, President's Science Advisory Committee Science advisor, State Department
• 1959: Chairman, board of directors, American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1960: Member, U.S. Science Manpower Commission Recipient, Priestley medal, American Chemical Society
• 1960 - 1963 : Member, board of governors, American Institute of Physics
• 1961: President, Optical Society of America
• 1961 - 1962 : President, Sigma Xi
• 1965 - 1967 : Foreign secretary, American Chemical Society
• 1974, Oct. 10: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Wallace R. Brode Papers, 1901-1974, (bulk 1928-1969), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)