Arbre généalogique Steen » James W. Neckers (1902-2004)

Données personnelles James W. Neckers 

• Il est né le 16 avril 1902 dans Clymer, New York, Verenigde Staten.
• Profession: teacher, Chairman Dept. of Chemisyry Sothers Illinois University.
• Il est décédé le 8 mai 2004 dans Carbondale, Illinois, Verenigde Staten, il avait 102 ans.

  Attention: Age supérieur à 100 (102).

• Un enfant de Albert Neckers et Jennie Wassink
• Cette information a été mise à jour pour la dernière fois le 2 août 2006.

Famille de James W. Neckers

Il est marié avec Ellen Jeanette Hoffman.

Ils se sont mariés le 3 août 1927, il avait 25 ans.

Enfant(s):

1. Janice Neckers  1928-1946
2. (Ne pas publique)

Notes par 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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