Background
Dunker, Melvin Frederick William was born on June 12, 1913 in Baltimore. Son of Henry John and Elizabeth Kunigunda (Weber) Dunker.
Dunker, Melvin Frederick William was born on June 12, 1913 in Baltimore. Son of Henry John and Elizabeth Kunigunda (Weber) Dunker.
PhG, University Maryland, Baltimore, 1933. Bachelor of Science, University Maryland, Baltimore, 1934. Master of Science, University Maryland, Baltimore, 1936.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, Baltimore, 1939.
Graduate teaching assistant College Pharmacy, U. Maryland., Baltimore, 1934-1939; William R. Warner fellow College Pharmacy, U. Maryland., Baltimore, 1940-1941; Rockefeller Foundation fellow, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1940-1941; instructor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1941-1942; assistant professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1942-1945; associate professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1945-1949; professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1949-1981; officer, chairman graduate committee, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1960-1981; emeritus professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1981.
Chairman board education Redemption Lutheran Church, 1946-1950, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 1951-1971. Assistant baseball coach Mel Ott League, 1961-1962. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Pharmaceutical Association (abstractor journal.
1935-1951), American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, Rho Chi.
Married Viola Edith List, February 22, 1941. Children: Kenneth Frederick, Alan Melvin, Richard Paul.