Background
Mer, Victor Kuhn Louisiana was born on June 15, 1895 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Joseph Seondule and Anna Pauline (Kuhn) Louisiana Mer.
Mer, Victor Kuhn Louisiana was born on June 15, 1895 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Joseph Seondule and Anna Pauline (Kuhn) Louisiana Mer.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1915. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1921. Student of University Chicago, 1916, Cambridge University, England, 1922-1923, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1923.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Clarkson College, 1962.
Chemist, high school teacher chemistry, 1915-1916. Research chemist Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1916-1917. Assistant chemistry Columbia, 1919-1920, successively instructor, assistant, associate professor, professor, 1935-1961, professor emeritus, since 1961, senior researcher mineral engineering, since 1963, Fulbright professor of University Copenhagen, 1953.
Visiting professor Stanford, 1931, Northwestern University, 1928.
Priestley lecturer Pennsylvania State College, 1932. Fulbright lecturer, Australia, 1959.
Distinguished lecturer Shell Development Company, 1963. Lecturer National Science Foundation Colloid School, United States.C., 1962-1963, National Science Foundation Colloid School Lehigh University, 1965.
Member Royal Danish Academy School, National Academy Sciences, division. Member National Defense. Member Jury of Award, Nichols medal, 1934-1938 (chairman 1934, 37).
Member Royal Belgian Academy Arts Letters and Science.
Fellow New York Academy Science (vice president 1939-1941, treasurer 1943, president 1949). Member American Chemical Society, American Physical Society, Faraday Society (England), Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Chi, Epsilon Chirurgical
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Ethel Agatha McGreevy, July 31, 1918. Children: Luella Belle (Mistress A. P. Slaner), Anna Pauline (Mistress Alex Burgo), Eugenia Angelique (deceased).