The writer of this thesis received his high school education in the Sterling Township High School, Sterling, Illinois during the years 1907 to 1911. He entered the University of Illinois in the fall of 1911 and pursued the usual four year course in chemistry. He received the B.S. degree in 1915 and entered the Graduate School of the University of Illinois the same year. He was a graduate assistant in chemistry from 1915-1917, when he received the M.S. degree. He was assistant in chemistry for a short time in the fall of 1917, when he resigned to enter the army. He was commissioned and detailed to work under Prof. G. D. Beal on Chemical War Problem No. 112, National Research Council, which work was carried out at the University of Illinois the last three months of 1918 for which residence credit in the Graduate School was allowed. From January, 1919, to the spring of 1920 he held the position of full time assistant in chemistry. He held the Dupont Fellowship in chemistry during 1920-1921.

The writer is the author of "The Composition of the Body Fat of the Common Woodchuck (Marmota Monax)," master's thesis, unpublished, and "The Preparation of the Pure Fatty Acids and their Cholesteryl Esters," a report on Chemical War Problem No. 112, unpublished.