Cox, Alvin Joseph

Alvin Joseph Cox earned his a.b., 1901, and M.A., 1902, at Stanford and his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Breslau, Germany, 1904. He was an instructor in the Dept. of Chemistry at Stanford from 1901-1907 (on leave 1902-04). He then became a chemist for the Philippine government's Bureau of Science, serving as chief of the chemical laboratory and then director of the Bureau (1914-19). He returned to San Francisco where he was a consulting chemist; in 1931 he joined the state agriculture department.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Alvin Joseph Cox earned his a.b., 1901, and M.A., 1902, at Stanford and his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Breslau, Germany, 1904. He was an instructor in the Dept. of Chemistry at Stanford from 1901-1907 (on leave 1902-04). He then became a chemist for the Philippine government's Bureau of Science, serving as chief of the chemical laboratory and then director of the Bureau (1914-19). He returned to San Francisco where he was a consulting chemist; in 1931 he joined the state agriculture department.