State chemist and bacteriologist, University of Arizona.
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 14.
The Arizona State Laboratory, which was created under the Pure Food Act of June 20, 1912, is only indirectly connected with the University of Arizona. The law provides that suitable quarters shall be set aside by the University for its use, and that the Director and assistants in the Laboratory shall be appointed by the Superintendent of Public Health acting with the Board of Regents of the University. … Dr. Charles Arthur Meserve, who was appointed on January 1, 1913, as the first director, was also Professor of Bacteriology in the University for three years. Jane H. Rider, graduate of the class of 1911 of the University of Arizona, was appointed as his assistant. In August, 1917, Miss Rider was appointed Director of the Laboratory, and in January of this year, Mr. Walter Ashby, of the University of Kansas, was appointed Bacteriologist.
The Desert, 1921 [UA Yearbook], page 40.
Source: http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/188802
First director of the Arizona State Laboratory (located at the University of Arizona). A bacteriological/sanitary laboratory established circa 1913 – possibly somewhat earlier. On page 1 of the the January, 1913 (vol. 2, no. 4) issue of the Bulletin of the Arizona State Board of Health, University of Arizona president, A.H. Wilde, refers to “…the State Chemist, who has his laboratory on the university campus.”
See Meserve’s bylined contributions in the Bulletin beginning with the July, 1913 (vol. 2, no. 4) issue. [Check whether there were any in volume 1.] Excerpts from Meserve’s July, 1913 article “Food Adulterations and Our State Law”: “Arizona…enjoys the proud distinction of being the only state that ever passed a pure food law during the session of its first legislature.” “The State Laboratory, which was established by the Arizona Pure Food Law, is located in quarters furnished by the University of Arizona.”
See also Kennedy, p.14.
Kennedy, John W. Arizona Medical Association : the first hundred years, 1892-1991. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Heritage Publishers, 1993, page 14.
The Arizona State Laboratory, which was created under the Pure Food Act of June 20, 1912, is only indirectly connected with the University of Arizona. The law provides that suitable quarters shall be set aside by the University for its use, and that the Director and assistants in the Laboratory shall be appointed by the Superintendent of Public Health acting with the Board of Regents of the University. … Dr. Charles Arthur Meserve, who was appointed on January 1, 1913, as the first director, was also Professor of Bacteriology in the University for three years. Jane H. Rider, graduate of the class of 1911 of the University of Arizona, was appointed as his assistant. In August, 1917, Miss Rider was appointed Director of the Laboratory, and in January of this year, Mr. Walter Ashby, of the University of Kansas, was appointed Bacteriologist.
The Desert, 1921 [UA Yearbook], page 40.
Source: http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/188802
First director of the Arizona State Laboratory (located at the University of Arizona). A bacteriological/sanitary laboratory established circa 1913 – possibly somewhat earlier. On page 1 of the the January, 1913 (vol. 2, no. 4) issue of the Bulletin of the Arizona State Board of Health, University of Arizona president, A.H. Wilde, refers to “…the State Chemist, who has his laboratory on the university campus.”
See Meserve’s bylined contributions in the Bulletin beginning with the July, 1913 (vol. 2, no. 4) issue. [Check whether there were any in volume 1.] Excerpts from Meserve’s July, 1913 article “Food Adulterations and Our State Law”: “Arizona…enjoys the proud distinction of being the only state that ever passed a pure food law during the session of its first legislature.” “The State Laboratory, which was established by the Arizona Pure Food Law, is located in quarters furnished by the University of Arizona.”
See also Kennedy, p.14.
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