James B Conant has/had a position (Major, Chemist, Developed Poison Gas WWI) at US Army

Title Major, Chemist, Developed Poison Gas WWI
Notes EARLY YEARS Conant was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and attended the Roxbury Latin School. He received his B.S. from Harvard University in only three years, and went on to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry, also from Harvard. During World War I, Conant served in the U.S. Army developing poisonous gases (for more information, see historian Alex Wellerstein's article, "Conant's War: Inside the Mouse-Trap"). After the war, Conant returned to Harvard to teach chemistry, where he would also research chlorophyll and hemoglobin. Additionally, Conant visited Germany in 1925, touring the major universities and laboratories and meeting with leading German chemists. In 1933, Conant was named the 23rd president of Harvard, a position he would hold for 20 years.
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