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Persoonlijke gegevens James W. Neckers 

• Hij is geboren op 16 april 1902 in Clymer, New York, Verenigde Staten.
• Beroep: teacher, Chairman Dept. of Chemisyry Sothers Illinois University.
• Hij is overleden op 8 mei 2004 in Carbondale, Illinois, Verenigde Staten, hij was toen 102 jaar oud.

  Let op: Leeftijd boven de 100 (102).

• Een kind van Albert Neckers en Jennie Wassink
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 2 augustus 2006.

Gezin van James W. Neckers

Hij is getrouwd met Ellen Jeanette Hoffman.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 3 augustus 1927, hij was toen 25 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Janice Neckers  1928-1946
2. (Niet openbaar)

Notities over 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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