John Luther Burmeister

Background

Burmeister, John Luther was born on February 20, 1938 in Fountain Springs, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Luther John and Frieda May (Tielmann) Burmeister.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Northwestern University, 1964. Instructor chemistry University of Illinois, Urbana, 1963-1964.

Assistant professor of chemistry U. Delaware, Newark, 1964-1969, associate professor, 1969-1973, professor, 1973-1993, associate department chairman chemistry, 1974, alumni distinguished professor, 1993, National Collegiate Athletic Association faculty athletic representative, 1982.

Chairman chemistry editorial review board Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, 1981-1985.

Career

Assistant professor of chemistry U. Delaware President Covered Bridge Farms Maintenance Corporation, Newark, 1977-1979. Delaware Alumni Association, 1968, 1979.

Delaware Scientist award Delaware

Achievements

• John Luther Burmeister has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member editorial board Inorganica Chimica Acta, Padua, Italy, 1967-1988, Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry, New York City, 1970-1998. Member American Chemical Society (inorganic division secretary-treas.1975-1977, alternate councillor, 1977-1979, associate national commission on chemical education 1983-1984, Delaware section councillor 1987-1989), Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi (Delaware chapter vice president 1979-1980, president 1980-1981), Omicron DeltaKappa.

Connections

Married Doris Aileen Crawford, June 25, 1960. Children: Lisa Anne, Jeffrey Scott.

Father:

Luther John Burmeister

Mother:

Frieda May (Tielmann) Burmeister

Spouse:

Doris Aileen Crawford

child:

Jeffrey Scott Burmeister

child:

Lisa Anne Burmeister