Herty, Charles

Abel, John Alsberg, Carl Bacon, Raymond Eldred, F. R. Hunt, Reid Johnson, Treat Stieglitz, Julius Taylor, F. 0. Herty, Charles. "The Future Independence and Progress of American Medicine in the Age of Chemistry" Chemical Foundation n.p., n.d. 

In the postwar years a spirit of "chemical boosterism," to use a term coined in a recent historical study, emerged in the United States. A group of chemists, chemical journalists and science popularizers acted as propagandists for the chemical profession and industry. Their message, delivered with conviction to the public through a variety of popular publications, was that chemistry was vital to the national defense and to economic progress. One of the more active of these chemical boosters was Charles Holmes Herty, and his efforts to establish a national institute for drug research must be viewed within this context (11). 

Herty, C. H. to Bailey, J. R. January 23, 1922, Charles Holmes Herty Papers, Special Collections, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, box 74, folder 1. Hereafter this collection will be cited as "Herty Papers."... 

Parsons, Charles to Herty. April 17, 1919, Herty Papers, box 102, folder 3. 

Harden, Victoria Angela. "Charles Holmes Herty, Joseph Eugene Ransdell and the Establishment of the National Institute of Health, 1926-1930" unpublished manuscript. This paper provides a detailed discussion of the campaign for the N.I.H. bill. I am indebted to the author for a copy of her paper. 

Among the many recognitions of Reilleys research contributions were the ACS Award in Analytical Chemistry (1965), the Herty Medal (1968), the Stone Award (1971), and by election to the National Academy of Sciences (US) in 1977. The Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry was formed following his death, to sponsor an award in his name, the Charles N. Reilley Award, which has been presented annually at the Pittcon Conference since 1984. A more extensive biography of Charles Reilley has recently been published [vi]. 

King returned to the United States in 1915 and went to work with Thomas A. Edison. When our country entered World War I, he was asked by Bernard Baruch and Charles McDowell to act as chief of the dyes and intermediates section of the War Industries Board. Through this work he became associated with the Calco Chemical Company, where I came to know him. King was closer to the development and manufacture of dyes and intermediates than was Herty. However, they were two valiant knights who fought lustily to protect and develop the American dye industry. 

In 1924 the Department awarded its first ScD degrees to John Keats and Charles Herty in 1925 to Per Frolich, Wayne Rembert, and Ernest Thiele. This was unique among M.I.T. s engineering departments the others were not convinced yet that engineers warranted education at the doctoral level. 

Herbert H. Dow Papers, Post Street Archives, Midland, Michigan Charles H. Herty, "The chemists club," Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry, 10 (May... 

Rhees (ref. 14), 64-112 Germaine Reed, Crusading for chemistry The professional career of Charles Holmes Herty (Athens, GA, 1995), 119-155 see also Herty s editorials during the war in the Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry, a publication of the American Chemical Society. 

See statement of Charles H. Herty, editor of the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, in S. Com. on Military Affairs, 6(5th Cong., ist Sess., Hearings on S. 2715, A Bill To Reorganize and Increase the Efficiency of the United States Army, and for Other Purposes, p. 408. 

Cover illustration US. Chemical Warfare Association cartoon, David and Goliath, c. 1925, Charles H. Herty Papers, box 98, folder 21 Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. The original is black and white Peter Groesbeck (Drexel University) created the color graphic. 

The world s largest professional society of chemists effectively advocated on behalf of their expanding constituency, representing the chemical community in a wider public forum, a task at which Charles Herty especially excelled. 

The list of witnesses in the various hearings included many of the usual suspects Francis Garvan, Charles Herty, Herman Metz, but also Irenee du Pont, the president of Du Pont,... 

The department s Chemical Division, established in August 1922, quickly became one of SOCMA s most reliable sources of information about the development of the industry. Herty, acting on behalf of the association, was in frequent contact with Charles C. Concannon, the chief of the division beginning in November 1922. Concannon headed the Chemical Division for nearly three decades and thus provided an element of continuity for both the Department of Commerce and the chemical industry through his accumulated knowledge and expertise. 

American chemical community. Charles Herty blasted the... 

The government s role in generating new science and technology mostly lay in the future, although not far. The Chemical Warfare Service foreshadowed a more extensive military role in advanced science, and with the strong urging of Charles Herty, among others, the launch of the National Institute of Health in 1930 marked a commitment to basic scientific research beyond military purposes. 

Crowell, America s Munitions, 1917-1918, 396-99 Charles H. Herty, Gas Offense in the United States, A Record Achievement, JlEC 11 (January 1919) 5-12. 

Reed, Crusading for Chemistry The Professional Career of Charles Holmes Herty. As the title suggests, Reed provides a full biography of Herty s life in chemistry. 

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