Marston T. Bogert

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 and studied at the Flushing Institute.

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. 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. before joining the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service.

Honors and awards 1900: He was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 1905: Awarded the William H. Nichols Medal 1909: Awarded an honorary LL.D. degree by Clark University 1916: He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. 1938: Awarded the Priestley Medal by the American Chemical Society. From 1938 to 1947, he was the president of IUPAC.

A resident of Manhattan, Bogert died at a convalescent home in Islip on Long Island on March 21, 1954.