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James B. Conant - Wikipedia. James Bryant Conant (March 26, 1893 – February 11, 1978) was an American chemist, a transformative President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany. Conant obtained a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard in 1916.
James B. Conant was an American educator and scientist, president of Harvard University, and U.S. high commissioner for western Germany following World War II. Conant received A.B. and Ph.D. (1916) degrees from Harvard and, after spending a year in the research division of the chemical warfare.
James Bryant Conant (1893-1978) was an American chemist and government official. 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.
May 29, 2018 · James Bryant Conant was a chemist, educator, and diplomat who served as president of Harvard and U.S. ambassador to West Germany. He made significant contributions to organic chemistry, science policy, and public education reform.
Feb 12, 1978 · CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sunday,Feb. 12 —James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University for 20 years, died yesterday after a long illness, the university announced early today. He was 84 years...
Oct 21, 2011 · On December 2, 1942, James Bryant Conant—Harvard University President and the chairman of the National Defense Research Committee—received a phone call from prominent physicist Arthur Compton.
Mar 3, 2018 · As Conant’s granddaughter Jennet Conant makes clear in this long but never dull biography (which, to her credit, is by no means a hagiography), James B. Conant was willing to sacrifice a potential Nobel Prize in his field of organic chemistry to serve his nation.
