Letter, State College, Pa., to Mrs. Edward Ott, Wyomissing, Pa., 1945 May 26.

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Letter, State College, Pa., to Mrs. Edward Ott, Wyomissing, Pa., 1945 May 26.

Whitmore thanks Mrs. Ott for her letter congratulating him on winning the American Chemical Society's Willard Gibbs award, praises the help her son George Kerr has provided him, and asks for a copy of the newspaper clipping announcing his award. Attached is a letter from Kerr explaining the circumstances prompting the Whitmore letter.

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Whitmore, Frank C. (Frank Clifford), 1887-1947

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Frank C. Whitmore was born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts on 1 October 1887. He completed both his undergraduate and graduate degrees studies Harvard University, and received his Ph. D. in organic chemistry in 1914. Four universities awarded him honorary Doctor of Science degrees: Franklin and Marshall (1947), University of Delaware (1937), Allegheny (1938), and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathy (1943). He taught at Williams College (1916-1917), the Rice Institute (1917-1918), the Univer...

Ott, Edward, Mrs.,

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Kerr, George, lieutenant

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