Background
Kay, Jack Garvin was born on July 11, 1930 in Scott City, Kansas, United States. Son of Albert Edward and Ellamay (Garvin) Kay.
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Jack Garvin Kay
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AB (Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps fellow), U. Kansas, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Kansas, 1960.
Career
Research assistant, U. Kansas, 1956-1959;
Monsanto research fellow, U. Kansas, 1958-1959;
instructor chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1959-1962;
assistant professor, University of Illinois, 1962-1966;
professor of chemistry, U. Toledo, 1966-1969;
department chairman chemistry, U. Toledo, 1966-1968;
director chemistry Doctor of Philosophy program development, U. Toledo, 1966-1968;
professor of chemistry, Drexel U., Philadelphia, since 1969;
head chemistry department, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1969-1985;
radiation safety officer, Drexel U., Philadelphia, since 1992;
vice-chair faculty senate, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1991-1992;
chair faculty senate, Drexel U., Philadelphia, 1992-1994;
vice president, Chemical Education Projects, Inc., 1973-1982;
president, Chemical Education Projects, Inc., 1974-1983;
Board of Governors, Chemical Education Projects, Inc., 1976-1977, 84-88. Visiting research chemist Bell Telephone laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, summer 1961, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, summer 1964. Consultant Chemotronics, Inc., Alloy Valves and Control, Inc.
Visiting scientist National Center Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1986-1987, legislation office for research liason Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1990-1991. Principal investigator Atomic Energy Commission, 1960-1969, National Science Foundation, since 1984, Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment (jointly with Australia, China), Northern Australia, 1987. Organizer International Radon Intercomparison, Bermuda, 1991.
Member governing board, Council Chemical Research, Inc., 1986-1990, chairman government relations, 1986-1989.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Research Fund of Philadelphia General Hospital, 1976-1980. Served from ensign to Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1955. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists.
Member American Chemical Society (alternate councilor 1980, councilor since 1982, chairman advisory panel on social research in chemical science, commission on committees 1991-1993, chairman Philadelphia section 1980, Ullyot award for distinguished service Philadelphia section 1993), American Physical Society, Faraday Society, Masons, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha (Wilbur N. McMullan Memorial award), Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Connections
Married Gloria Patricia Johnson, June 4, 1952. Children: Morris Martin, Maren Patricia.
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Religion
Presbyterian