Background
Loucks, Charles Ernest was born on June 29, 1895 in Mayfield, California, United States. Son of Menzo Samuel and Maria Letitia (Sherman) Loucks.
Loucks, Charles Ernest was born on June 29, 1895 in Mayfield, California, United States. Son of Menzo Samuel and Maria Letitia (Sherman) Loucks.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1921; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1931; graduate, Army Chemical Warfare School, 1926; graduate, Field Officers Course, Chemical Warfare School, 1938; graduate, Army Industrial College, 1940.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1917; advanced through grades to major general. Assistant military attache, United States Army, Paris, London, 1940, 41; commander Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Denver, 1942-1944; chief chemical officer Army Occupation, Japan, 1945; chief research and development division Chemical Corps, 1945-1948; chief chemical officer European Command, 1948-1951; commanding general Army Chemical Center, 1951; deputy chief chemical officer, United States Army., 1951-1955. Technical director National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association, Inc., 1956-1962.
Member American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Defense Preparedness Association, American Legion, Society Mayflower Descendants, Descendants Colonial Governors, Old Plymouth Colony Descendants, Sons of the American Revolution, Huguenot Society, Descendants Colonial Clergy, Pilgrims, S.R., Society Colonial Wars, Military Order Loyal Legion (registrar), Ancient and Honorary Artillery Company Massachusetts (Right of Descent), Ams Armorial Ancestry, Loyalists and Patriots (historian general), Order Founders and Patriots American (councillor general, national executive committee), Society of War of 1812, Military Order World Wars, Military Order of Carabao, St. Andrew's Society, Clan Fraser, Order of First Families of Massachusetts, Sons Colonial New England, Soule Kindred, Alpha Chi Sigma. Clubs: Mason, Odd Fellow, Army and Navy (Washington).
Married Pearl Reyburn, January 13, 1921 (deceased 1967). Children: Charles Sherman, Lois Reyburn (Mistress William Allen Nixon). Married Barbara Wilson Haupt, October 8, 1973.