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Personal data James W. Neckers 


Household of James W. Neckers

He is married to Ellen Jeanette Hoffman.

They got married on August 3, 1927, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Janice Neckers  1928-1946
  2. (Not public)


Notes about James W. Neckers

Prof. James W. Neckers died peacefully on May 8 after several days in a coma. He was born in Clymer, Chautauqua County, New York in 1902 and celebrated his
102nd birthday in April. After graduating from Hope College in 1923, he received an M.S. and Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1927. Immediately thereafter, he began his lifelong career in the Chemistry Department of Southern Illinois Normal College, later to become Southern Illinois University. He liked to say that he was the second Ph.D. on the college faculty and the first male Ph.D. By 1931, he had built a four-man department, the only one in the school with an all-Ph.D. staff. It was only after WW II that the original four were supplemented by additional members. Neckers served as Department Chairman from 1929 to 1965, and retired in 1967. During that time he became noted for bringing out the best in his students, two of whom (Fred Basolo and Daryl Busch) have gone on to serve as president of the American Chemical Society. During his chairmanship, over 500 students graduated as chemistry majors, over 200 of them went on for Masters degrees, and 72 enrolled in Doctoral programs. Under his direction, the chemistry department established M.S. and Ph.D. programs in 1956 and 1961. The Freshman laboratory manual, Experimental General Chemistry, which he co-authored with Profs. Talbert Abbot and Kenneth Van Lente appeared in 1940, went through 4 editions, and was adopted by over a hundred colleges. In 1966, Neckers received the SIU Alumni Association's Great Teacher Award. The new physical science building on campus was named in his honor in 1970 – an honor he accepted after being assured that the University was waiving the requirement that buildings only be named after deceased persons. He played an important role in developing the present university retirement system, served as president of the Illinois Academy of Science, and was active in the Illinois Teachers Association and the American Association of University Professors. He was an elder of the Presbyterian church and a faithful member of the Lions Club.

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    Birthday April 16, 1902

    • The temperature on April 16, 1902 was between 9.2 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
      • April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
      • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
      • August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
      • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
      • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

    Day of marriage August 3, 1927

    • The temperature on August 3, 1927 was between 8.0 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1927: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
      • January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
      • February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
      • May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
      • August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
      • October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
      • December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

    Day of death May 8, 2004

    • The temperature on May 8, 2004 was between 6.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
      • March 12 » The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: the first such impeachment in the nation's history.
      • March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
      • March 31 » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
      • June 5 » Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
      • August 24 » 90 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
      • November 21 » The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
    

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