ScienceMakers Toolkit Manual - The History Makers
ScienceMakers Toolkit Manual - The History Makers
ScienceMakers Toolkit Manual - The History Makers
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<strong>Science<strong>Makers</strong></strong><br />
Spotlight: Bobby L. Wilson<br />
Full Name: Bobby L. Wilson<br />
Born: September 30, 1942<br />
Place: Columbus, MS<br />
Parents: Lilly Mae Wilson<br />
Johnny B. Wilson<br />
Spouse: Mary Ann Wilson<br />
Education: Hunt High School - Columbus, MS (1962)<br />
Alabama State University - Montgomery, AL (B.S. Chemistry, 1966)<br />
Southern University - Baton Rouge, LA (M.S. Chemistry, 1972)<br />
Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI (Ph.D. Chemistry, 1976)<br />
Type of Science: Chemistry<br />
Achievements: Developed a niobium compound later used to liquefy coal<br />
Published two general chemistry textbooks<br />
Favorites:<br />
Color: Black<br />
Food: Fish<br />
Quote: “Everything will be just fi ne.”<br />
Time of Year: Fall<br />
Biography<br />
Environmental chemist and college professor Bobby L. Wilson was born on September<br />
30, 1942, in Columbus, Mississippi, the eldest child of Lilly Mae Wilson and Johnny B. Wilson.<br />
After graduating from Hunt High School in 1962, Wilson attended Alabama State University<br />
where he received his B.S. degree in chemistry. Wilson then took a teaching position at Booker T.<br />
Washington High School as a chemistry and physics teacher where he remained until he decided to<br />
continue his education in 1970. Wilson received his M.S. degree in chemistry from Southern University<br />
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and did his doctoral work at Michigan State University, where<br />
he received his Ph.D. in chemistry in 1976.<br />
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