Dr. Henry Kuivila

Dr. Henry G. Kuivila’s good grades helped him to be hired by Diamond Alkali in 1936. By 1948, he had graduated from Ohio State, worked for the Manhattan project, married Nancy Corn, received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University, and began a career as a Professor of Chemistry at the University of New Hampshire. While there, his children, Henry Jr., Nancy, and Ronald were born.

In 1964 he moved to the University of New York at Albany. Besides teaching and helping to develop a Ph.D. program at both Universities, he continued research on organo-tin compounds. For Henry, science did not negate religion. Of his hard work he said, “I am one of the lucky ones. I do what I like to do and get paid for it.” May all Harding graduates become “Lucky ones.”