Background
Bockhop, Clarence William was born on March 28, 1921 in Paullina, Iowa, United States. Son of Fred Henry and Sophie Dorothea (Laue) Bockhop.
Bockhop, Clarence William was born on March 28, 1921 in Paullina, Iowa, United States. Son of Fred Henry and Sophie Dorothea (Laue) Bockhop.
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Iowa State University, 1943; Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Iowa State University, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture Engineering and Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Iowa State University, 1957.
Manager service and education, Stewart Company, Dallas, 1948-1953; member of faculty, Iowa State University, Ames, 1953-1957, 60-80; professor agricultural engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, 1960-1980; head department agricultural engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, 1962-1980; professor, head department agricultural engineering, U. Tennessee, 1957-1960; head department agricultural engineering, International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, The Philippines, 1980-1986. Visiting professor U. Ghana, 1969-1970.
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1943-1948. Fellow American Society Agricultural Engineers (chairman Tennessee section 1958-1959, chairman mid-central section 1960-1961, chairman Iowa section 1963-1964, chairman education and research division 1966-1967, director 1973-1975). Member American Society Engineering Education (chairman agricultural engineering division 1966-1967), Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Mu Alpha, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Virginia Buhman, July9, 1949. Children— Barbara Lucille, Nancy Jeanne, Bryan William, Karl David.