Melville Lawrence Wolfrom
Fellow: Awarded 1939
Field of Study: Chemistry
Competition: US & Canada
Born: 04-02-1900
Died: 06-20-1969
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1939–40:
WOLFROM, MELVILLE LAWRENCE: Appointed for studies in the general methods of conducting investigations in the determinative organic structure of natural products; tenure, six months from April 1, 1939.
Born April 2, 1900, at Bellevue, Ohio. Education: Ohio State University, A.B., 1924; Northwestern University, M.Sc., 1925, Ph.D., 1927. National Research Council Fellow at Bureau of Standards, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, and Ohio State University, 1927–29.
Instructor in Chemistry, 1929–30, Assistant Professor, 1930–36, Associate Professor, 1936—, Ohio State University.
Publications: Articles in Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Education. Contributor to Organic Syntheses, 1926; Annual Survey of American Chemistry, 1930; Organic Chemistry, 1938.
