Steven F. Watkins

Background

Watkins, Steven F. was born on May 14, 1940 in Amarillo, Texas, United States. Son of Floyd Stevens and Jane (Nutting) Watkins.

Education

Bachelor, Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1967.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, U. Bristol (England), 1967-1968; associate professor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1968; director graduate studies, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, since 1991; visiting scientist, Brookhave National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1972. Visiting professor U. Houston, 1977. Summer scientist Dow Chemical United States of America, Plaquemine, Louisiana, 1986.

Consultant Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge, since 1988, National Institutes of Health, 1980-1984.

Achievements

• Steven F. Watkins has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Baton Rouge Choral Society, 1972-1985, Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus, since 1985. Member American Crystallographic Association, American Chemical Society (Baton Rouge chair 1988), Organisation of Prophet Using Scientists.

Interests

• Avocations: singing, reading, computing, canoeing, camping.

Connections

Married Linda Mary Brehm, June 12,1966. Children: Bryn Jean, Daniel Joseph.

Father:

Floyd Stevens Watkins

Mother:

Jane (Nutting) Watkins

Spouse:

Linda Mary Brehm

child:

Bryn Jean Watkins

child:

Daniel Joseph Watkins