University of Illinois Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Donald Wilkins
Donald "Don" Harry Wilkins, 87, of Park Rapids, Minn., died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at his home in Park Rapids, Minn. Born Nov. 25, 1926, Don grew up in northern Minnesota and graduated from Park Rapids High School in 1944. He received a BS from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., in 1948 with majors in chemistry, physics and mathematics. At Hamline he was the recipient of the Batchhelder Memorial Fellowship in Chemistry awarded to the outstanding senior chemistry major. He was employed by...
