Dee Heaton Barker died on February 16, 2008, thus passing another of America's "greatest generation." To use this title for Dee, is to honor him for his service aboard the USS Grady during World War II. Although it is fitting to honor him for his service, the greatest number of us who knew and admired him did so because of his service and achievements in other facets of his life. The largest number, perhaps, knew him as a professor at BYU, where he influenced and prepared countless engineers to work successfully in industry and academia.
Following employment with DuPont in Delaware and South Carolina, he began teaching Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University in 1959. At BYU, he served for nine years as the head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and was later appointed an associate dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. He taught not only in Utah, but in places as far flung as India and Korea. His professional career also included distinguished service in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, the American Society of Engineering Education, member of the Engineering Accreditation Committee for ABET, the committee for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, the Utah Board of Registration and the Utah Board of Environmental Quality. A smaller number knew him and benefited from his service in the LDS Church, as a missionary in the New England States, home teacher, bishop, high counselor, and priest advisor, to name a few. He particularly enjoyed working with young men of scouting age. Himself an Eagle Scout, he worked hard to see young men earn that award. His dedication to this effort culminated in the Silver Beaver award. Others knew him from his community service with the Kiwanis Club.
The smallest number, who loved and admired him most, are those who knew him personally, his family and friends. We loved him for his gentleness, and often saw him tear-up on occasion. Although we sometimes teased him gently for it, we saw the depth of his love for us as we watched his emotions surface. No matter what facet of Dee's life we knew him through, we can see that we have indeed lost a great man. Dee was born March 28, 1921 in Salt Lake City to John Henry Barker III and Christina Heaton Barker. He graduated from West High School in 1939. He married Katheryn Thompson on April 24, 1945 in the Salt Lake Temple. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1951 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering.
He is survived by his wife, Katheryn, five children: DeeAnne Higley of Provo; Lynn T. Barker of Provo; Craig Barker and his wife, Maurine of Ponca City, Oklahoma; Gary Barker and his wife, Susan of Chandler, Arizona; and Pamela Harvey and her husband, John of Essex England; 15 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, his brothers Lynn Barker of Shelley, Idaho; Heaton Barker of Denver, Colorado; Robert Barker of St. George, Utah; and Dell John Barker of Middleton Rhode Island. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Christopher, and son-in-law, Kenneth Higley.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Oak Hills Second Ward Chapel, 925 East North Temple Drive, Provo. Friends may call at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center on Tuesday evening 6-8 p.m. or at the Ward Chapel on Wednesday at 9:30 am just prior to the Funeral Services.
Interment will be at the Provo City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 2/17/2008.
Following employment with DuPont in Delaware and South Carolina, he began teaching Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University in 1959. At BYU, he served for nine years as the head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and was later appointed an associate dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. He taught not only in Utah, but in places as far flung as India and Korea. His professional career also included distinguished service in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, the American Society of Engineering Education, member of the Engineering Accreditation Committee for ABET, the committee for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, the Utah Board of Registration and the Utah Board of Environmental Quality. A smaller number knew him and benefited from his service in the LDS Church, as a missionary in the New England States, home teacher, bishop, high counselor, and priest advisor, to name a few. He particularly enjoyed working with young men of scouting age. Himself an Eagle Scout, he worked hard to see young men earn that award. His dedication to this effort culminated in the Silver Beaver award. Others knew him from his community service with the Kiwanis Club.
The smallest number, who loved and admired him most, are those who knew him personally, his family and friends. We loved him for his gentleness, and often saw him tear-up on occasion. Although we sometimes teased him gently for it, we saw the depth of his love for us as we watched his emotions surface. No matter what facet of Dee's life we knew him through, we can see that we have indeed lost a great man. Dee was born March 28, 1921 in Salt Lake City to John Henry Barker III and Christina Heaton Barker. He graduated from West High School in 1939. He married Katheryn Thompson on April 24, 1945 in the Salt Lake Temple. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1951 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering.
He is survived by his wife, Katheryn, five children: DeeAnne Higley of Provo; Lynn T. Barker of Provo; Craig Barker and his wife, Maurine of Ponca City, Oklahoma; Gary Barker and his wife, Susan of Chandler, Arizona; and Pamela Harvey and her husband, John of Essex England; 15 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, his brothers Lynn Barker of Shelley, Idaho; Heaton Barker of Denver, Colorado; Robert Barker of St. George, Utah; and Dell John Barker of Middleton Rhode Island. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Christopher, and son-in-law, Kenneth Higley.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Oak Hills Second Ward Chapel, 925 East North Temple Drive, Provo. Friends may call at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center on Tuesday evening 6-8 p.m. or at the Ward Chapel on Wednesday at 9:30 am just prior to the Funeral Services.
Interment will be at the Provo City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 2/17/2008.
Dee Heaton Barker died on February 16, 2008, thus passing another of America's "greatest generation." To use this title for Dee, is to honor him for his service aboard the USS Grady during World War II. Although it is fitting to honor him for his service, the greatest number of us who knew and admired him did so because of his service and achievements in other facets of his life. The largest number, perhaps, knew him as a professor at BYU, where he influenced and prepared countless engineers to work successfully in industry and academia.
Following employment with DuPont in Delaware and South Carolina, he began teaching Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University in 1959. At BYU, he served for nine years as the head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and was later appointed an associate dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. He taught not only in Utah, but in places as far flung as India and Korea. His professional career also included distinguished service in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, the American Society of Engineering Education, member of the Engineering Accreditation Committee for ABET, the committee for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, the Utah Board of Registration and the Utah Board of Environmental Quality. A smaller number knew him and benefited from his service in the LDS Church, as a missionary in the New England States, home teacher, bishop, high counselor, and priest advisor, to name a few. He particularly enjoyed working with young men of scouting age. Himself an Eagle Scout, he worked hard to see young men earn that award. His dedication to this effort culminated in the Silver Beaver award. Others knew him from his community service with the Kiwanis Club.
The smallest number, who loved and admired him most, are those who knew him personally, his family and friends. We loved him for his gentleness, and often saw him tear-up on occasion. Although we sometimes teased him gently for it, we saw the depth of his love for us as we watched his emotions surface. No matter what facet of Dee's life we knew him through, we can see that we have indeed lost a great man. Dee was born March 28, 1921 in Salt Lake City to John Henry Barker III and Christina Heaton Barker. He graduated from West High School in 1939. He married Katheryn Thompson on April 24, 1945 in the Salt Lake Temple. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1951 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering.
He is survived by his wife, Katheryn, five children: DeeAnne Higley of Provo; Lynn T. Barker of Provo; Craig Barker and his wife, Maurine of Ponca City, Oklahoma; Gary Barker and his wife, Susan of Chandler, Arizona; and Pamela Harvey and her husband, John of Essex England; 15 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, his brothers Lynn Barker of Shelley, Idaho; Heaton Barker of Denver, Colorado; Robert Barker of St. George, Utah; and Dell John Barker of Middleton Rhode Island. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Christopher, and son-in-law, Kenneth Higley.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Oak Hills Second Ward Chapel, 925 East North Temple Drive, Provo. Friends may call at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center on Tuesday evening 6-8 p.m. or at the Ward Chapel on Wednesday at 9:30 am just prior to the Funeral Services.
Interment will be at the Provo City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 2/17/2008.
Following employment with DuPont in Delaware and South Carolina, he began teaching Chemical Engineering at Brigham Young University in 1959. At BYU, he served for nine years as the head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and was later appointed an associate dean of the College of Engineering and Technology. He taught not only in Utah, but in places as far flung as India and Korea. His professional career also included distinguished service in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, the American Society of Engineering Education, member of the Engineering Accreditation Committee for ABET, the committee for the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, the Utah Board of Registration and the Utah Board of Environmental Quality. A smaller number knew him and benefited from his service in the LDS Church, as a missionary in the New England States, home teacher, bishop, high counselor, and priest advisor, to name a few. He particularly enjoyed working with young men of scouting age. Himself an Eagle Scout, he worked hard to see young men earn that award. His dedication to this effort culminated in the Silver Beaver award. Others knew him from his community service with the Kiwanis Club.
The smallest number, who loved and admired him most, are those who knew him personally, his family and friends. We loved him for his gentleness, and often saw him tear-up on occasion. Although we sometimes teased him gently for it, we saw the depth of his love for us as we watched his emotions surface. No matter what facet of Dee's life we knew him through, we can see that we have indeed lost a great man. Dee was born March 28, 1921 in Salt Lake City to John Henry Barker III and Christina Heaton Barker. He graduated from West High School in 1939. He married Katheryn Thompson on April 24, 1945 in the Salt Lake Temple. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1951 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering.
He is survived by his wife, Katheryn, five children: DeeAnne Higley of Provo; Lynn T. Barker of Provo; Craig Barker and his wife, Maurine of Ponca City, Oklahoma; Gary Barker and his wife, Susan of Chandler, Arizona; and Pamela Harvey and her husband, John of Essex England; 15 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, his brothers Lynn Barker of Shelley, Idaho; Heaton Barker of Denver, Colorado; Robert Barker of St. George, Utah; and Dell John Barker of Middleton Rhode Island. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Christopher, and son-in-law, Kenneth Higley.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Oak Hills Second Ward Chapel, 925 East North Temple Drive, Provo. Friends may call at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center on Tuesday evening 6-8 p.m. or at the Ward Chapel on Wednesday at 9:30 am just prior to the Funeral Services.
Interment will be at the Provo City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on 2/17/2008.
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