John Thomas Marvel

John Thomas (Jack) Marvel was born in Champaign, IL on September 14, 1938 and died on February 27, 2010 in Tucson, AZ. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1959 with an A.B. in Chemistry, earned his PhD in Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964, and became an assistant professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arizona until 1968. He left academia for the corporate world joining Monsanto's Agricultural Products Company, attended the Stanford Executive Program in the Graduate School of Business in 1977, and from 1985-87 he was Monsanto's General Manager of Science and Technology Europe/Africa, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. In 1988 he joined Ethyl Corp. in Baton Rouge, LA as Corporate Vice President for Research and Development until taking early retirement and moving to Tucson in 1995. He served on the Secretary of Agriculture's User Advisory Board, Advent Europe Technical Advisory Board, EEC's Biotechnology Group, as well as consulting for corporations and working with the American Chemical Society. He was predeceased by his parents, Carl and Alberta Marvel and his wife, Mimi. He is survived by his wife, Linda; sons, Scott (Felicia), Randy (Jennifer) of Dallas, TX, Chris of Houston, TX; a sister, Mollie Marvel of Tucson; stepchildren, Beth (Gary) Archer of Leawood, KS, Kate (Scott) McKinzie of Berkeley, CA, Anne (Billy) Holliday of Baton Rouge, LA, Kate (Mark) Huddleston of Houston, TX, Lynn Ellen (Michael) Hudson of Apex, NC, Steven Hudson of Phoenix, AZ, and 14 grandchildren. Memorial Service at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, 3809 E. Third St., Tucson, Friday, March 12, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Friends are invited to the Marvel home following the Service. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Carl 'Speed' Marvel Graduate Fellowship Endowment are appreciated. Send checks payable to the UA Foundation to C/O S. Quintero, Bus. Mgr., Dept of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Arizona, PO Box 210041, Tucson, AZ 85721-0041.