Louis Frederick Sytsma

Background

Sytsma, Louis Frederick was born on July 20, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Frederick L. and Bernice F. (Vander Ploeg) Sytsma.

Education

Student, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois, 1963-1965; Bachelor, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio U., 1971.

Career

Chemist, Anderson Development Company, Adrian, Michigan, 1971-1977; chemist, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, since 1988; professor of chemistry, Trinity Christian College, since 1977; professor of chemistry, Au Sable Institute Environmental Studies, Mancelona, Michigan, summers 1982-1991. Consultant Anderson Development Company, Gary, Indiana, since 1977.

Achievements

• Louis Frederick Sytsma has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Scoutmaster retarded boys troop Boy Scouts American, Athens, Ohio, 1968-1971. Elder Faith Christian Reformed Church, Tinley Park, Illinois, since 1981. Member American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, traveling.

Connections

Married Charlene Myroup, August 19, 1967. Children: Erick, Anne.

Father:

Frederick L. Sytsma

Mother:

Bernice F. (Vander Ploeg) Sytsma

Spouse:

Charlene Myroup

child:

Erick Sytsma

child:

Anne Sytsma