College of Charleston

News Dr. Carl Likes Dies January 29, 2002 Dr. Carl Likes Carl James Likes, age 85, a retired college professor, died Tuesday, January 29, 2002. Friends and relatives gathered at his funeral services, Friday, at the graveside, Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens, at 11 o'clock. Arrangements were 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 was survived by one brother, William C. Likes of Mount Pleasant, S.C.