Marston T. Bogert

Marston Taylor Bogert 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.
He was president of the American Chemical Society 1907-8 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 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. After joining the U.S. Army, he continued to serve in the Chemical Warfare Section of the Chemical Division of the War Industries Board.

1900: He was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1905: Awarded the William H. Nichols Medal
1909: He was elected to the American Philosophical Society
1909: Awarded an honorary LL.D. degree by Clark University
1914: He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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
1938: Awarded the Priestley Medal by the American Chemical Society.
From 1938 to 1947, he was the president of IUPAC.
1949: Awarded the Chandler Medal by Columbia University

Bogert was the son of Henry A. Bogert and Mary B. Bogert.
On September 12, 1893, he married Charlotte E. Hoogland.
A resident of Manhattan, Bogert died at a convalescent home in Islip on Long Island on March 21, 1954.