Background
Newkirk, John Burt was born on March 24, 1920 in Minneapolis. Son of Burt Leroy and Mary Louise (Leavenworth) Newkirk.
administrator metallurgical engineer
Newkirk, John Burt was born on March 24, 1920 in Minneapolis. Son of Burt Leroy and Mary Louise (Leavenworth) Newkirk.
B. Metallurgical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1941; Master of Science, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1947; Doctor of Science, Carnegie Institute Technology, 1950.
Metallurgical investigator Bethlehem Steel Company, Pennsylvania, 1941-1942. Fulbright postdoctoral fellow Cambridge (England) University, 1950-1951. Research metallurgist research laboratory General Electric Company, Schenectady, 1951-1959.
Professor Cornell University, 1959-1965. Phillipson professor University Denver, 1965-1974, professor physical chemistry, 1975-1984, Phillipson professor emeritus, since 1984. President Denver Biomaterials, Inc., 1969-1986, Colorado biomedical, Inc., 1987-2000.
Retired, 2000.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American Society Metals (life). Member New York Academy of Sciences, Kiwanis, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Sigma Mu (international president 1950), Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Carolyn Mae Jordan, August 4, 1951. Children: Jeffrey Burt (deceased), John Jordan, Victoria Louise Lierheimer, Christina Newkirk Seldomridge.