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{{Infobox person
| name=Jan Hamer
| birth_date=May 2, 1927
| birth_place=Gombong, [[Indonesia]]
| death_date=July 25, 2008 (aged 71)
| death_plac=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]<br>
Resident of [[New Orleans]], Louisiana<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
University of Leiden (The Netherlands)
|spouse=Millicent May Hamer
|children=Elizabeth May Hamer Pope<br>
Hilary Halsey Hamer Tafran}}
'''Jan Hamer''' (May 2, 1927<ref name=search>Net Detective, People Search</ref> – July 25, 2008) was an organic chemistry [[professor]] at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], from 1960 to 1992. Hamer received his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Leiden]] in the [[Netherlands]] in 1956. He authored three chemistry books<ref>http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Hamer,%20Jan</ref> and was listed in ''Who's Who in the South and Southwest.'' He was a member of the Round Table Club and the Holland Club, both in New Orleans. He had a deep interest in classical [[music]], [[history]], [[horticulture]], and [[cooking]].<ref name=obit>http://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=114464536</ref>
Hamer was born to Gerard Pieter Hamer and Wijke Hamer-de Boer in Gombong, [[Indonesia]]. He moved with his family to [[The Hague]], the Netherlands. He returned to Indonesia in 1952 and served for three years as a second lieutenant and commander of a foot [[battalion]] for the Royal Netherlands military. On March 20, 1956, Hamer married the former Millicent May<ref name=obit/> (born April 10, 1926) of New Orleans.<ref name=search/>
Hamer died in a [[hospice]] in Baton Rouge. Services were held on July 30 at the Audubon Park Golf Clubhouse in New Orleans. In addition to his wife, Hamer was survived by two daughters, Elizabeth May Hamer Pope and husband, Joseph Keith Pope of [[Baton Rouge]], and Hilary Halsey Hamer Tafran and husband, Mohammad Hassan Musaid Tafran, of Jeddah, [[Saudi Arabia]]; a grandson, Rayan Mohammad Hassan Tafran, of Jeddah, and a sister, Meinie, of the Netherlands.<ref name=obit/>
Jan and Millicent Hamer's photograph and story of survival during [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005 was featured in the 2007 book, ''Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina'' by Thomas Neff, a [[photographer]] and a professor of [[art]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge.<ref>http://www.thomasneffphotographer.com/</ref>
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| name=Jan Hamer
| birth_date=May 2, 1927
| birth_place=Gombong, [[Indonesia]]
| death_date=July 25, 2008 (aged 71)
| death_plac=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]<br>
Resident of [[New Orleans]], Louisiana<br>
'''Alma mater''':<br>
University of Leiden (The Netherlands)
|spouse=Millicent May Hamer
|children=Elizabeth May Hamer Pope<br>
Hilary Halsey Hamer Tafran}}
'''Jan Hamer''' (May 2, 1927<ref name=search>Net Detective, People Search</ref> – July 25, 2008) was an organic chemistry [[professor]] at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], from 1960 to 1992. Hamer received his [[Ph.D.]] from the [[University of Leiden]] in the [[Netherlands]] in 1956. He authored three chemistry books<ref>http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Hamer,%20Jan</ref> and was listed in ''Who's Who in the South and Southwest.'' He was a member of the Round Table Club and the Holland Club, both in New Orleans. He had a deep interest in classical [[music]], [[history]], [[horticulture]], and [[cooking]].<ref name=obit>http://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=114464536</ref>
Hamer was born to Gerard Pieter Hamer and Wijke Hamer-de Boer in Gombong, [[Indonesia]]. He moved with his family to [[The Hague]], the Netherlands. He returned to Indonesia in 1952 and served for three years as a second lieutenant and commander of a foot [[battalion]] for the Royal Netherlands military. On March 20, 1956, Hamer married the former Millicent May<ref name=obit/> (born April 10, 1926) of New Orleans.<ref name=search/>
Hamer died in a [[hospice]] in Baton Rouge. Services were held on July 30 at the Audubon Park Golf Clubhouse in New Orleans. In addition to his wife, Hamer was survived by two daughters, Elizabeth May Hamer Pope and husband, Joseph Keith Pope of [[Baton Rouge]], and Hilary Halsey Hamer Tafran and husband, Mohammad Hassan Musaid Tafran, of Jeddah, [[Saudi Arabia]]; a grandson, Rayan Mohammad Hassan Tafran, of Jeddah, and a sister, Meinie, of the Netherlands.<ref name=obit/>
Jan and Millicent Hamer's photograph and story of survival during [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005 was featured in the 2007 book, ''Holding Out and Hanging On: Surviving Hurricane Katrina'' by Thomas Neff, a [[photographer]] and a professor of [[art]] at [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge.<ref>http://www.thomasneffphotographer.com/</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamer, Jan}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[CategoryIndonesia]]
[[Category:Netherlands]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Professors]]
[[Category:American Authors]]