Deford, Donald D.
appeared in Chicago Sun Times (Chicago), 29 Mar 2014
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1918-12-28
Spouse: Leora DeFord (nee Adams)
Survived by: A daughter, Ruth Kotecha; a son, David DeFord; four grandchildren, Steven DeFord, Shelley Stanphill, and Vicram and Vijay Kotecha
Age 95; passed away in Peoria IL; resident of Sun City West AZ since 2002, formerly of Glenview IL; born in Alton KS, first of four sons of Dale DeFord and Lena Hadley; married in 1942; earned BA in 1940, MA and PhD in 1947 and 1948 at U. of Kansas; served in U.S. Army in Guadalcanal and Philippines during WWII; continued 20 years in Reserves, rose to rank of Colonel; professor of chemistry at Northwestern U. from 1948-1987; published 40+ scholarly papers, served as member of Advisory Board of Analytical Chemistry (American Chemical Society publication); member of Glenview Methodist Church (where wife served 36 years as choir director); his daughter, Ruth, is a retired Professor of Music at Hunter College in New York, and son, David, an engineer in San Francisco - Date of Publication
- 29 Mar 2014
- Date Of Event
- March 1, 2014
- Last Name(s)
-
Deford
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
URL
Address:
1930 Glenview Road
Glenview, IL 60025
847-729-7500
