Charles Merlyn Buess

Background

Buess, Charles Merlyn was born on April 22, 1922 in Forest, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Amos and Jessie Katherine (Benning) Buess.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Ohio State University, 1942. Master of Science, Western Reserve University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1950.

Postdoctoral fellow Northwestern University, 1949-1951.

Career

Assistant professor of University Georgia, Athens, 1951-1956. Associate professor of University Kentucky, Lexington, 1956-1957. Associate professor of University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1957-1961.

Professor of chemistry Wichita (Kansas) State University, from 1961.

Visiting senior scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1966.

Achievements

• Charles Merlyn Buess has been listed as a noteworthy chemist, educator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, Chemical Society (London), Kansas Academy Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Connections

Married Anita Durand, June 7, 1953. Children: Alice Katherine Buess Fisher, Charles Louis, Ann Lynn Buess Livington, Zoe Bell Chemist, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland.

Father:

Charles Amos Buess

Mother:

Jessie Katherine (Benning) Buess

Spouse:

Anita Durand

child:

Cleve Buess

child:

Alice Katherine Buess Fisher Buess

child:

Ann Lynn Buess Livington Buess

child:

Charles Louis Buess

child:

Zoe Bell Chemist Buess

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National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Buess