Herman T. Briscoe
Herman T. Briscoe, born in 1893 in Indiana, started as a teacher before earning a chemistry degree in 1917. He briefly served in the U.S. Army and worked as a research chemist. He taught at various schools and eventually earned an advanced degree from Indiana University in 1924. He married Orah Elberta Briscoe in 1928, and they had four children.