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Show USAC FACULTY MEMBER DIES Charles Tarry Hirst, 70, associa- to professor of Chemistry at Utah State Agricultural college, died Sunday at 6:30 p. m. at the fam- j ily home, 262 South 1st. East, ' following a three months illness, j He was born in Paradise, Sept. ' 25, 1874, a son of James David ' and Harriet Parry Hirst. He attended at-tended Paradise and Cache county schools and the Brigham Young college, Logan. Professor Hirst had been con. nected with the USAC and Utah Experiment Station since 1908 and j was to have retired at the con-1 elusion of this spring quarter. He j received his BS from USAC in I 1910 and his MS in 1914, receiving receiv-ing graduate work at the University Uni-versity of California at Berkley 1918-19. He became a member of the experiment station staff in 1910; an instructor of chemistry in 1911; assistant professor of chemistry in 1913, and associate professor of chemistry since 1924. He did chem. istry research in relation to Utah farm problems and was author of many magazine articles in this field. A member of the LDS church, he was a high priest in Logan stake and a member of the Logan Lo-gan Eleventh LDS ward, and was active in college and community affairs. He is survived by his wife, and the following sons and daughters: Dr. Lester L. Hirst, with tha government service in Europe; Charles Merlin Hirst, with the U. S. Reclamation Bureau, Redding, Red-ding, Cal.; Ivan T. Hirst, Logan; L$. Russell N. Hirst, serving with the armed forces, Paris, France; Alta Hirst, instructor at Weber College, Ogden; Mrs. Wanda Lee .Taylor,. Roswell, N. M.; 15 grandchildren, grand-children, and two sisters: Mrs. Harriet Danielson, Paradise, and Mrs.ri.Lydia Bickmore, Logan.. J |
