Dan Grisley was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1930, of schoolteacher parents. He received his elementary and secondary education in the Providence schools, and went on to Brown University, graduating with a B.A., majoring in chemistry. His graduate work was done at Yale under Prof. Emile White, with research on nitroamides resulting in his Ph.D. in organic chemistry. in 1958. He was then employed at the central research laboratories of Monsanto at Dayton, Ohio, working on organic synthesis projects. He then went on to the company's Massachusetts and St. Louis laboratories, spending 11 years with Monsanto. This was followed by 3 years of pesticide work at Syracuse University's Research Corporation, and then two years of various application projects at W.R Grace, ending in 1970. Dan then spent two years on a post-doctoral study of clinical chemistry at Hartford Hospital, followed by a position as clinical chemist at Deaconess Hospital. In 1976 he joined Kodak, working for 10 years with Dr. Roy Rand on clinical testing projects at the Health, Safety and Environmental Laboratory. He ended his career at Kodak working with Glen Bodman in the Technical Safety Laboratory, retiring in 1991. Dan married Katherine Weaver in 1955. They have two daughters, one son, and 6 grandchildren. He is involved in wildlife and environmental matters, and enjoys gardening.
Norman Allentoff
