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| name=Jan Hamer

| name=Jan Hamer

(Organic chemistry professor and author)

(Organic chemistry professor)

| birth_date=May 2, 1927  

| birth_date=May 2, 1927  

| birth_place=Gombong, [[Indonesia]]

| birth_place=Gombong, [[Indonesia]]

Hilary Halsey Hamer Tafran}}

Hilary Halsey Hamer Tafran}}

'''Jan Hamer''' (May 2, 1927 &ndash; 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>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=114391665|title=Jan Hamer, Ph.D.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=|accessdate=August 22, 2020}}</ref>

'''Jan Hamer''' (May 2, 1927 &ndash; July 25, 2008) was from 1960 to 1992 an organic [[chemistry]] [[professor]] at [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]. He received his [[Ph.D.]] in 1956 from the University of Leiden in the [[Netherlands]]. He authored three chemistry books<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Hamer,%20Jan|title=Jan Hamer's Books|publisher=Alabris.com|accessdate=August 22, 2020}}</ref> and was listed in ''Who's Who in the South and Southwest.'' He was a member of the Round Table and Holland clubs in New Orleans. He had a deep interest in classical [[music]], [[history]], [[horticulture]], and [[cooking]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=114391665|title=Jan Hamer, Ph.D.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=|accessdate=August 22, 2020}}</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=obit/>

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 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. 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/>

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>

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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