Background
Herkes, John William was born on April 25, 1927 in Hilo, Hawaii, United States. Son of Edwin Baily Herkes and Janetta Annie Williamson.
manufacturing executive engineering educator
Herkes, John William was born on April 25, 1927 in Hilo, Hawaii, United States. Son of Edwin Baily Herkes and Janetta Annie Williamson.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, Montana State College, Bozeman, 1952. Master in Engineering, University Idaho, Moscow, 2000.
Head chemist, boiling house superintendent, factory superintendent Olokele Sugar Company, Hawaii, 1953—1963. Research & development engineer Laupahoehoe Sugar Company, Papaaloa, 1963—1964. Sugar tect consultant American Factors Associate, Honolulu, 1965—1973.
Factory superintendent Wailuku Sugar Company, 1973—1975, Hilo Coast Processing Company, Pepeekeo, 1975—1977. Sugar technologist Alexander & Baldwin, Honolulu, 1977—1979. Factory department head McBryde Sugar Company, Eleele, 1980—1989.
Resident engineer John H. Payne, Honolulu, 1990—1991. Adjunct assistant professor University Idaho, Moscow, since 1994. International sugar consulting John Himachal Pradesh, Honolulu, since 1965.
With United States Army, 1945, South Pacific, Hawaii.
Member Rotary International, Honokaa, Hawaii, 1964—1989, Chiclayo, Peru, 1965—1967. Member of Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Sharon Lockhart Herkes, September 21, 1991. Children: Katherine Jean Augustine, Ian James, Janetta Lesley Napp, Jennifer Grace Williams.