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Childhood in Philadelphia; chemistry Ph.D., instructor, University of Pennsylvania; teaching, UC Berkeley, since 1913: freshman chemistry, chemistry on other UC campuses, TV teaching; chemical warfare, WWI; WWII: Chile, London, War Production Board, National Academy of Sciences; UC Berkeley administration: Academic Senate reorganization, 1920s, campus expansion, faculty selection; comments on the scientist and society, chemistry around the world, California education.