Elmer Otto Schlemper

Background

Schlemper, Elmer Otto was born on April 13, 1939 in Pacific, Missouri, United States. Son of Herbert C. and Gertrude M. (Scheer) Schlemper.

Education

AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1965.

Career

Research associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1964-1966; assistant professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1966-1969; associate professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1969-1977; professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1977; chairman chemistry Department, University Missouri, Columbia, since 1990.

Politics

Churches should be encouraged to teach and preach biblical truth on moral issues and to urge their members to vote according to their beliefs, convictions, and values.

Views

As human beings people find themselves as part of an unjust, sinful and violent world, which we may feel individually helpless to change. If we accept forgiveness, God can enable us to resist evil and to live life to the full.

Membership

State treasurer Gideons International, Missouri, 1989-1990. Member American Chemical Society (secretary, treasurer, chairman local chapter), American Crystallographic Association (national commission on publications 1981-1984), Chemical Society London, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Joyce Ann Morris, Sept.5, 1959. Children: Mark Lee, Sandra Jean, Mary Beth, Ann Marie.

Father:

Herbert C. Schlemper

Mother:

Gertrude M. (Scheer) Schlemper

Spouse:

Joyce Ann Morris

child:

Ann Marie Schlemper

child:

Mary Beth Schlemper

child:

Mark Lee Schlemper

child:

Sandra Jean Schlemper