Background

Mckee, Ralph Harper was born on June 20, 1874 in Clinton, Missouri, United States. Son of James Thomas and Mary Frances (Ricketts) Mckee.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Wooster, 1895, Master of Arts, 1897. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1901. Doctor of Laws, Carthage (Illinois) College, 1924, University of Maine, 1929.

Doctor of Science, College of Wooster, 1929.

Doctorate.Nat.Ph., University of Tartu, Estonia, 1932.

Career

Professor chemistry, Lake Forest (Illinois) University, 1901-1909, University of Maine, 1909-1916. Professor chemical engineering, Columbia, 1917-1939. Retired. Chemical engineer Tennessee Copper Company.

President Swiss Borvisk Company.

Director Kerogen Oil Corporation. President McKee Poplar Forestation, Incorporated.

Director (United States) Ordnance School of Explosives Manufacturing, 1918-1919.

Achievements

• Ralph Harper Mckee has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Perkin Medal Committee, 1906, 07, 19, 20, 22, 23. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (councilor at large.

Club: Chemists (New York).

Connections

Married Mary Coyle Noyes, June 26, 1902 (divorced). Married second, Marian East. Winter, September 10, 1931. Children: Margaret Harper, William Noyes.

Father:

James Thomas Mckee

Mother:

Mary Frances (Ricketts) Mckee

Spouse:

Marian East. Winter

Spouse:

Mary Coyle Noyes

child:

William Noyes Mckee

child:

Margaret Harper Mckee