Marsh, Richard E. (Chemist)

Dates

• Existence: 1922 - 2222

Biographical/Historical

Background: Caltech Senior Research Associate, 1981-1990 (emeritus 1990- ); Research Associate, 1973-1981; Senior Research Fellow, 1955-1973; Research Fellow, 1950-1955; alumnus (BS 1943).

Biographical/Historical

Description: Richard E. Marsh was born in Michigan and moved with his family to Redlands, California, as a child. He went to school in Redlands and then to boarding school when his father, Howard Marsh, joined the Roosevelt administration as a writer. Marsh junior entered Caltech in 1939 and majored in chemistry. After his BS in 1943 he enlisted in the navy and spent time degaussing (demagnetizing) ships. After the war he began graduate study at Tulane University and discovered crystallography. He transfered his studies to UCLA, where he earned his PhD in 1950. Thereafter he returned to Caltech as a postdoc to work under Linus Pauling. He continued in research in crystallography at Caltech for the remainder of his career.

Biographical/Historical

Collection Notes: Oral history, 1997. This 30-page interview with Shirley K. Cohen covers mainly Marsh's work within the chemistry division at Caltech, with reminiscences of Pauling and other major figures at Caltech. Biographical highlights included.

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