Background
Yoe, John Howe was born on July 19, 1892 in Oxford, Alabama, United States. Son of Alfred Moore and Tulliola May (Howe) Yoe.
Yoe, John Howe was born on July 19, 1892 in Oxford, Alabama, United States. Son of Alfred Moore and Tulliola May (Howe) Yoe.
Student Birmingham College, 1908-1910. Bachelor of Science, Vanderbilt University, 1913, Master of Science, 1914. Postgraduate University of Chicago, 1913.
Master of Arts, Princeton, 1917, Doctor of Philosophy, 1923.
Assistant chemistry Vanderbilt University, 1911-1913, instructor biology, 1913-1915. Instructor George Peabody College Teachers, 1914, 15-17. Assistant in chemistry Princeton, 1915-1917.
Chemical engineer United States Bureau Mines American U. Experiment Station, Washington, 1917-1918.
Research chemist Pennsylvania Trojan Powder Company, Allentown, 1919. Member of faculty University of Virginia, from 1919, assistant professor, then associate professor, professor, 1919-1963, professor emeritus, 1963-1975, department chairman, 1953-1957.
Consultant in field Science observer Atomic Bomb tests, Bikini, 1946.
Past member National Research Council.
Served to First lieutenant United States Army, 1918-1919. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemists. Clubs: Farmington Country, Farmington Hunt (Charlotteville, Virginia).
Married Francoise Alexander Cheely, August 18, 1919. Children: Elizabeth Howe (Mistress Richard West. Gordon), Francoise Cheely (Mistress Charles F. Schneider), Jane Randolph Yoe Wood, Ann Everett (Mistress Hinckley).