Background
DeTar, Delos Fletcher was born on January 18, 1920 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of DeLos and Laura Serena (Fletcher) DeT.
DeTar, Delos Fletcher was born on January 18, 1920 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of DeLos and Laura Serena (Fletcher) DeT.
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1941; Master of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1943; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, 1944.
Research chemist, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, Buffalo, 1944-1946; assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1946-1953; associate professor, professor, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1953-1960; professor of chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, since 1960. Editor computers and chemistry Pergamon Press, Tallahassee, 1975-1989, consultant editor, 1989-1994.
Member American Chemical Society (national chairman organic division 1964, chairman Florida section 1980-1982, Florida award 1987), Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma (advisor 1976-1990), Acacia.
Married Frances P. Livesay, September 4, 1943. Children: Carleton E. DeTar Mautz, Marvin B., Martha G. DeTar Jolley.