James Allen King

James Allen King, 72, of Eastampton, NJ died November 7, 2014 in Warrington, PA after a long illness. He was the son of the late Miriam (Hurbert) and Richard R. King of Germantown, Philadelphia, PA. He did graduate work at Case Western Reserve University and was a graduate of Germantown High School, Drexel University, Cleveland State University, and received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Wayne State University. Jim was devoted to science, the environment, minority education and animals. His work in science included research into the crystalline structure of proteins, the human requirement for zinc, the character of airborne pollutants and development of pharmaceuticals for developing countries. He was particularly proud of the work that he did at the Waste Water Plant in Detroit, MI because it was an everyday job that resulted in clean water flowing into the Great Lakes. He was a teacher as well as a researcher, working full or part time at a number of community colleges, the University of Pennsylvania and Lincoln University, before settling into a late life career teaching High School in Philadelphia. He worked for a number of years with the Fredric Rieder Foundation to introduce disadvantaged and minority children to science. Jim enjoyed walking and nature photography; long conversations about science, politics and history; he was a great cook, devoted husband and father, and loved his pets, especially his cat Pauline. He enjoyed languages (both current and ancient) and studied Chinese, Old English and Middle English in his free time. At times he would recite Beowulf in the original tongue, it was always a treat. He was a big fan of cartoons and Anime as well as classical music and atonal modern music. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl who he married in 1968, and three children: Delia of Philadelphia, PA, Byron of San Francisco, CA and Roswell of Eastampton, NJ; two grandchildren Chloe and Cyrus. He is also survived by two sisters and a brother: Deborah Rymarczuk, Jeannette King-Howell and Edward King, all of Philadelphia; his sister-in-law, Barbara King and his Mother-in-law Jeanne Troutman; two brothers, Richard and Russell predeceased him. Relatives and Friends are invited to his visitation on Tuesday evening from 6-7:30 PM at the Perinchief Chapels, 438 High St., Mount Holly. A Quaker service will follow at 7:30 PM at the Funeral Home. Cremation will be held privately. The most fitting donation that you could make in remembrance of Jim would be to instill a joy of living and learning in a child, but cash donations should be made to the no-kill animal shelter of your choice, the American Chemical Society http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/about/makedonation.html or any of the universities that he attended.

James Allen King

October 1, 1942 - November 7, 2014