Carl James Likes, Professor Emeritus
1978 Recepient of the Distinguished Teaching AwardB.S. College of Charleston; Ph.D. , University of Virginia.
Alpha Chi Sigma, Alpha Kappa
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MT. PLEASANT - Carl James Likes, age 85, a retired college professor,
died Tuesday, January 29, 2002. Friends and relatives are invited to
attend his funeral services, Friday, at the graveside, Mount Pleasant
Memorial Gardens, at 11 o'clock. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr,
Inc., Mount Pleasant Chapel.
Dr. Likes was born in Charleston, a son of Martha Smith Likes and
Daniel Ernest Likes. He attended local schools and graduated from the
College of Charleston in 1937, with a B.S. degree in Chemistry. He was
awarded a DuPont Fellowship to attend graduate school at the
University of Virginia, and received his doctorate in Physical Chemistry
from Virginia in 1941. He remained at the University for two years as
Instructor in Chemistry and then moved to Tulane University, where,
as an Assistant Professor, he served for three years, handling both
undergraduate and graduate courses in chemistry. From 1946 to 1951,
he was Professor of Chemistry and Department Chairman at
Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, following which he joined the staff
of the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research, located in Richmond, as
Research Supervisor. His research there involved primarily the use of
the newly developed analytical ultracentrifuge in the study of a variety
of polymeric materials. In 1958, he was appointed Professor of
Chemistry at the College of Charleston, and also served as Chairman of
the Department. He was later elevated to the rank of Distinguished
Professor and gained emeritus status when he retired in 1982.
Beginning in 1947, he served numerous summers on the faculty of the
Georgia Institute of Technology.
He was an emeritus member of the American Chemical Society, and he
held memberships in the Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity, the
Society of Sigma XI, and the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership
Fraternity. He was an honorary member of the Chi Beta Phi Scientific
Fraternity and the Phi Beta Phi Medical Fraternity. He was elected to
Phi Beta Kappa as a graduate student and was a charter member of
the Chapter established at Hampden-Sydney College. Locally, he was a
member of the South Carolina Historical Society and of the
Preservation Society. He was a Life and Emeritus member of the
University of Virginia Alumni Association and both a Life and Honorary
member of the College of Charleston Alumni Association, which in 1986,
honored him with its Distinguished Service Award. Honors from the
College included an Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Founder's
Medal, and in 1995, an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters.
He was married to the late Mary Elizabeth Culin of Charlottesville, Va.,
and he is survived by one brother, William C. Likes of Mount Pleasant,
S.C.