EXETER - Dr. Herbert W. Jackson, 91, of Riverwoods of Exeter and a former resident of Durham, died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at Riverwoods.
Born January 5, 1911, in Durham, he was the son of Cicero Floyd Jackson and Alma Irene Drayer Jackson.
He attended Tabor Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1934. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell Graduate School in 1939.
For 12 years he taught as an associate professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA. From 1949 to 1950 he was a consultant with the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico.
Dr. Jackson was chief biologist at the U.S. Government Public Health Headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, for 22 years, retiring in 1972. During this time he also published 25 technical papers.
He held membership in St. John's Lodge No. 1 F&AM in Portsmouth and was a past master of Hunters Lodge No. 156 F&AM in Blacksburg.
He was listed in the 1970 edition of Who's Who and was a member of the American Fishier Society, the Water Polllution Control Federation, N.E. Estuarine Research Society, and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Upon returning to Durham, he became very active in the community he loved. He was a member of the Durham Historic Association, former trustee of the Trust Funds, former Durham Cemetery trustee, past president of the Great Bay Estuary System Conservation Trust, and member of the Community Church of Durham and the Silver Squares of Durham.
Later in life he became active in the Shoal Marine Laboratory Co-op at Cornell and the University of New Hampshire. He held the title Commodore of the Barnacles. The Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, located at Adams Point in Durham, was named after his father, who established a summer program for marine biology and zoology students on the Isles of Shoals.
While living at Riverwoods he remained active and enjoyed spending time in the wood-working shop, which he helped design.
His wife of 49 years, Muriel Andrews Jackson, died in 1986. Herb later married Helen Shimer of Durham and Wakefield. She died in 1994.
Survivors include his daughter, Paulina Adams of Tacoma, WA; two grandchildren, Betsy Adams and Ken Adams; stepson, Charles P. Shimer of Richmond, VA; and close friend, Cecilia Van Voorhis of Riverwoods.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. from the Great Bay Room at Riverwoods.
Burial will be private, in the Durham Cemetery.
Rather than flowers, memorials may be made to the Professor C. Floyd and Mrs. Jackson Memorial Scholarship Fund, Marine Program, c/o UNH Alumni Center, Durham, NH 03824; or the charity of one's choice.
PORTSMOUTH HERALD
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002
Born January 5, 1911, in Durham, he was the son of Cicero Floyd Jackson and Alma Irene Drayer Jackson.
He attended Tabor Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1934. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell Graduate School in 1939.
For 12 years he taught as an associate professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA. From 1949 to 1950 he was a consultant with the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico.
Dr. Jackson was chief biologist at the U.S. Government Public Health Headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, for 22 years, retiring in 1972. During this time he also published 25 technical papers.
He held membership in St. John's Lodge No. 1 F&AM in Portsmouth and was a past master of Hunters Lodge No. 156 F&AM in Blacksburg.
He was listed in the 1970 edition of Who's Who and was a member of the American Fishier Society, the Water Polllution Control Federation, N.E. Estuarine Research Society, and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Upon returning to Durham, he became very active in the community he loved. He was a member of the Durham Historic Association, former trustee of the Trust Funds, former Durham Cemetery trustee, past president of the Great Bay Estuary System Conservation Trust, and member of the Community Church of Durham and the Silver Squares of Durham.
Later in life he became active in the Shoal Marine Laboratory Co-op at Cornell and the University of New Hampshire. He held the title Commodore of the Barnacles. The Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, located at Adams Point in Durham, was named after his father, who established a summer program for marine biology and zoology students on the Isles of Shoals.
While living at Riverwoods he remained active and enjoyed spending time in the wood-working shop, which he helped design.
His wife of 49 years, Muriel Andrews Jackson, died in 1986. Herb later married Helen Shimer of Durham and Wakefield. She died in 1994.
Survivors include his daughter, Paulina Adams of Tacoma, WA; two grandchildren, Betsy Adams and Ken Adams; stepson, Charles P. Shimer of Richmond, VA; and close friend, Cecilia Van Voorhis of Riverwoods.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. from the Great Bay Room at Riverwoods.
Burial will be private, in the Durham Cemetery.
Rather than flowers, memorials may be made to the Professor C. Floyd and Mrs. Jackson Memorial Scholarship Fund, Marine Program, c/o UNH Alumni Center, Durham, NH 03824; or the charity of one's choice.
PORTSMOUTH HERALD
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002
EXETER - Dr. Herbert W. Jackson, 91, of Riverwoods of Exeter and a former resident of Durham, died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at Riverwoods.
Born January 5, 1911, in Durham, he was the son of Cicero Floyd Jackson and Alma Irene Drayer Jackson.
He attended Tabor Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1934. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell Graduate School in 1939.
For 12 years he taught as an associate professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA. From 1949 to 1950 he was a consultant with the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico.
Dr. Jackson was chief biologist at the U.S. Government Public Health Headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, for 22 years, retiring in 1972. During this time he also published 25 technical papers.
He held membership in St. John's Lodge No. 1 F&AM in Portsmouth and was a past master of Hunters Lodge No. 156 F&AM in Blacksburg.
He was listed in the 1970 edition of Who's Who and was a member of the American Fishier Society, the Water Polllution Control Federation, N.E. Estuarine Research Society, and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Upon returning to Durham, he became very active in the community he loved. He was a member of the Durham Historic Association, former trustee of the Trust Funds, former Durham Cemetery trustee, past president of the Great Bay Estuary System Conservation Trust, and member of the Community Church of Durham and the Silver Squares of Durham.
Later in life he became active in the Shoal Marine Laboratory Co-op at Cornell and the University of New Hampshire. He held the title Commodore of the Barnacles. The Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, located at Adams Point in Durham, was named after his father, who established a summer program for marine biology and zoology students on the Isles of Shoals.
While living at Riverwoods he remained active and enjoyed spending time in the wood-working shop, which he helped design.
His wife of 49 years, Muriel Andrews Jackson, died in 1986. Herb later married Helen Shimer of Durham and Wakefield. She died in 1994.
Survivors include his daughter, Paulina Adams of Tacoma, WA; two grandchildren, Betsy Adams and Ken Adams; stepson, Charles P. Shimer of Richmond, VA; and close friend, Cecilia Van Voorhis of Riverwoods.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. from the Great Bay Room at Riverwoods.
Burial will be private, in the Durham Cemetery.
Rather than flowers, memorials may be made to the Professor C. Floyd and Mrs. Jackson Memorial Scholarship Fund, Marine Program, c/o UNH Alumni Center, Durham, NH 03824; or the charity of one's choice.
PORTSMOUTH HERALD
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002
Born January 5, 1911, in Durham, he was the son of Cicero Floyd Jackson and Alma Irene Drayer Jackson.
He attended Tabor Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1934. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell Graduate School in 1939.
For 12 years he taught as an associate professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg, VA. From 1949 to 1950 he was a consultant with the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico.
Dr. Jackson was chief biologist at the U.S. Government Public Health Headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, for 22 years, retiring in 1972. During this time he also published 25 technical papers.
He held membership in St. John's Lodge No. 1 F&AM in Portsmouth and was a past master of Hunters Lodge No. 156 F&AM in Blacksburg.
He was listed in the 1970 edition of Who's Who and was a member of the American Fishier Society, the Water Polllution Control Federation, N.E. Estuarine Research Society, and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography.
Upon returning to Durham, he became very active in the community he loved. He was a member of the Durham Historic Association, former trustee of the Trust Funds, former Durham Cemetery trustee, past president of the Great Bay Estuary System Conservation Trust, and member of the Community Church of Durham and the Silver Squares of Durham.
Later in life he became active in the Shoal Marine Laboratory Co-op at Cornell and the University of New Hampshire. He held the title Commodore of the Barnacles. The Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, located at Adams Point in Durham, was named after his father, who established a summer program for marine biology and zoology students on the Isles of Shoals.
While living at Riverwoods he remained active and enjoyed spending time in the wood-working shop, which he helped design.
His wife of 49 years, Muriel Andrews Jackson, died in 1986. Herb later married Helen Shimer of Durham and Wakefield. She died in 1994.
Survivors include his daughter, Paulina Adams of Tacoma, WA; two grandchildren, Betsy Adams and Ken Adams; stepson, Charles P. Shimer of Richmond, VA; and close friend, Cecilia Van Voorhis of Riverwoods.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. from the Great Bay Room at Riverwoods.
Burial will be private, in the Durham Cemetery.
Rather than flowers, memorials may be made to the Professor C. Floyd and Mrs. Jackson Memorial Scholarship Fund, Marine Program, c/o UNH Alumni Center, Durham, NH 03824; or the charity of one's choice.
PORTSMOUTH HERALD
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002
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