Background
Sherk, Kenneth Wayne was born on March 29, 1907 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States. Son of Alvin Lloyd and Florence Ethel (Bisbey) Sherk.
Sherk, Kenneth Wayne was born on March 29, 1907 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States. Son of Alvin Lloyd and Florence Ethel (Bisbey) Sherk.
Bachelor of Arts, Reed College, 1928. Doctor of Philosophy (Pfister research fellow) Cornell Univercity, 1934.
Assistant chemistry Cornell, 1928-1930, 31-33. Teaching fellow Rice Institute, Houston, 1930-1931. Assistant professor of chemistry Smith College, 1935-1943, associate professor, 1943-1951, professor, 1951-1972, department chairman chemistry, 1951-1958, director graduate study, 1959-1968, director Clark Science Center, 1969-1972, director National Science Foundation In-Service Institute, 1960-1961, 63-64, 66-67, 69-70.
Associate professor of University Hawaii, 1949-1950. Chairman Williamsburg (Massachusetts) Board Health, 1946-1948, Williamsburg School Board, 1954-1968. Director Region II Massachusetts Committee Public Safety, 1942-1943.
Massachusetts advisory council for university extension and correspondent courses, 1959-1965.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society (section chairman 1964), Sigma Xi, Acacia.
Married Dorothy Lucille Blacking, June 7, 1930. Children: Larry Wayne, Lida Dee, Betty Blacking, Kenneth Lloyd, Marjorie Joy, Jerome Ray.