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Mary Eugenia Kapp

Birth	:	15 Apr 1909 Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	Nov 1983 Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Oakdale Cemetery, Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.5177994, -80.6025009
Plot	:	Section 7, Lot 28, Plot 3
Description	:	Mary Eugenia Kapp was born on April 15, 1909, in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She received the A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the M.A. degree from Duke University, and the Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1931 to 1934 she was head of the science department at Blackstone College, and from 1938 to 1939 she was head of the science department at Averett College. Dr. Kapp was a chemistry instructor at Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University in New Orleans from 1939 to 1940. In 1940 she joined... Read More	Mary Eugenia Kapp was born on April 15, 1909, in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She received the A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the M.A. degree from Duke University, and the Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1931 to 1934 she was head of the science department at Blackstone College, and from 1938 to 1939 she was head of the science department at Averett College. Dr. Kapp was a chemistry instructor at Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University in New Orleans from 1939 to 1940. In 1940 she joined the faculty of Richmond Professional Institute (RPI) of the College of William and Mary as assistant professor of chemistry and head of the chemistry department. During World War II, Dr. Kapp worked as assistant chief of chemistry for DuPont in Richmond. Returning to RPI in 1946, she was promoted to associate professor. In 1952, she was promoted to professor and made chairman of the School of Applied Sciences, and she continued as chairman of the Chemistry Department in that school. This school was reorganized in 1966 and made a part of the newly created School of Arts and Sciences, where Dr. Kapp remained as chairman. She continued in this position when RPI and the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) merged to become Virginia Commonwealth University in 1968 and until her retirement in 1972. Dr. Kapp was a fellow of the Virginia Academy of Sciences and a member of the American Chemical Society. In 1952 she became the first woman elected chairman of the society's Virginia Section, and she received that group's Distinguished Service Award in 1969. She was a member of the American Institute of Chemists and the Southern Association of Science and Industry, and she was listed in Who's Who in America. http://chemistry.vcu.edu/PDFs/Kapp_Brochure2010.pdf

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Mary Eugenia Kapp's memorial is located at: Oakdale Cemetery, Mount Airy, Surry County, USA.
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Mary Eugenia Kapp death on Nov 1983 in Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 36.5177994
Longitude: -80.6025009

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Eugene Clarendon Kapp

(1870 - 1952)

Lillie Sides Kapp

(1881 - 1973)

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