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Lawrence W(ade) Bass
1898-1982
Nationality: American
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.
Entry Updated : 12/15/2000
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family: Born June 18, 1898, in Streator, IL; died February, 1982, in
Bellevue, WA; son of John Hiram (an industrial executive) and Sara
(Leek)
Bass; married Edna Maria Becker (a librarian), November 23, 1935.
Education:
Tulane University, student, 1916-17; Yale University, Ph.B. (summa cum
laude), 1919, Ph.D., 1922; postdoctoral studies at University of Lille,
Sorbonne, University of Paris, and Pasteur Institute, France, 1923-25;
attended New York University School of Law, 1927-28. Politics:
Republican.
Religion: Protestant. Avocational Interests: International travel,
photography, ancient history. Military/Wartime Service: U.S. Army,
1916,
1918. Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science,
American Institute of Chemists (honorary member), American Chemical
Society
(member of board, 1946-50), American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(fellow; president, 1948), Society of Chemical Industry, Commercial
Development Association, Institute of Food Technologists, Yale
Engineering
Association (president, 1950-52), Chemists' Club (New York), Tau Beta
Pi
(member of national council, 1950-54), Sigma Tau, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi
Sigma,
Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Nu, Cosmos Club (Washington, D.C.).
AWARDS
Presidential certificate of merit, 1947, for services to military
during
World War II.
CAREER
Rockefeller Institute, New York, N.Y., member of scientific staff,
1925-29;
Mellon Institute (now of Carnegie-Mellon University), Pittsburgh, Pa.,
executive assistant, 1929-31; Borden Co., New York, N.Y., director of
research, 1931-36; Mellon Institute, assistant director, 1937-42; New
England Industrial Research Foundation, Boston, Mass., director,
1942-44;
Air Reduction Co., New York, N.Y., director of chemical research,
1944-48;
U.S. Industrial Chemicals, New York, N.Y., technical director, 1944-48,
vice-president, 1948-52; Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.,
member of
senior technical staff, 1952-53, vice-president, 1954-64, consultant,
1964-82. Member of governing board, Inveresk Research International
(formerly Arthur D. Little Research Institute), Musselburgh, Scotland,
1957-73.
WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
* Inorganic Complex Compounds, Wiley, 1923.
* (With P.A. Levene) Nucleic Acids, American Chemical Society, 1931.
* Management of Technical Programs, Pregl, 1965.
* Manual on the Management of Industrial Research Institutes in
Developing
Countries, United Nations, 1966.
* (Editor with B.S. Old) Formulation of Research Policies, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, 1967.
* Manual on the Use of Consultants in Developing Countries, United
Nations,
1968.
* Industrial Research Institutes: Project Selection and Evaluation,
United
Nations, 1970.
* Industrial Research Institutes: Guidelines for Evaluation, United
Nations,
1971.
* Management by Task Forces: A Manual on the Operation of
Interdisciplinary
Teams, Lomond Systems (Mt. Airy, MD), 1975.
Contributor of over 150 articles to American and foreign professional
journals.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
A book on the evaluation of technical programs; journal articles on
technical management and economic development.
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