Victor LaMer


Victor Kuhn LaMer was an American chemist.

Life

He was born in Leavenworth, Kansas on June 15, 1895. He was the son of Joseph Secondule LaMer and Anna
Pauline Kuhn.
On July 31, 1918, he married Ethel Agatha McGreevy. They had three daughters.
He died on September 26, 1966 in Nottingham.

Career

He obtained his AB degree from the University of Kansas in 1915.
Over the next two years, he did a number of jobs, which include a high school teacher, a student at the University of Chicago, and a research chemist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
In 1921, he obtained his PhD from Columbia University.

Honours

He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1948.
He was also a member of American Chemical Society.