Bio – Hyma, Nicholas

Born: April 9, 1886 (Kalamazoo, Michigan)

Died: November 13, 1956 (Buckhannon, WV)

Education:

    • A.B. Kalamazoo College
    • M.S. University of Chicago
    • Sc.D. West Virginia Wesleyan College (1938)

Served: 1919-1956

    • Community Council
    • Community Council: Cultural Enrichment
    • Community Council Committee: Student Union
    • Director of the Wright Field Trainees 1945-1946
    • Faculty Committee: Absences
    • Faculty Committee: Administration
    • Faculty Committee: Advisory
    • Faculty Committee: Class Absences
    • Faculty Committee: College Standing
    • Faculty Committee: Counseling
    • Faculty Committee: Curricula
    • Faculty Committee: Curriculum
    • Faculty Committee: Discipline
    • Faculty Committee: Extension
    • Faculty Committee: Fraternity
    • Faculty Committee: Fraternity-Sorority
    • Faculty Committee: Freshman Week
    • Faculty Committee: High School Publicity
    • Faculty Committee: Integration of Extracurricular Activities
    • Faculty Committee: Personnel
    • Faculty Committee: Point System
    • Faculty Committee: Social Activity
    • Faculty Committee: Social Activities
    • Faculty Committee: Student Social Activities
    • Faculty Committee: Summer School
    • Trustee Committee: Degrees 1946-1950

Taught:

    • Assistant Professor of Chemistry (1919-1923)
    • Professor of Chemistry 1923-1956

Notes:

    • Mentioned in Pathways of Wesleyan, by Arthur A. Schoolcraft
    • His students caused Wesleyan to be ranked 37th of all institutions of higher education in the number of male students earning Ph.D.s in science in 1955.
    • Hyma to Take Trip (Pharos 1937-02017) Gave students many advantages beyond the classroom.
    • He and his students did research on penicillin during World War II
    • He also developed perfumes and poison ivy treatments to help raise money for his department’s expenses

Sources:

PLM 6/14/2018