Jack Mee ’52
2004 Outstanding Professional Achievement

Jack Mee worked for Rockwell in Anaheim, Calif., from 1962 until he retired in 1990. During his time at Rockwell he worked in various positions in materials research and development. He was a major contributor in making Rockwell a world leader in growing single-crystal films of magnetic garnet and ferrite materials.

Mee has co-authored 23 technical articles and presented papers at several major international conferences. He has also made presentations at Tokyo University, Johns Hopkins University and the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, Calif.
Mee majored in chemistry at Dakota Wesleyan, receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1952. He later earned a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Iowa State University, where he also served as a graduate assistant at the Ames lab.

During his days at Wesleyan, Mee was involved in a cappella choir, served as the social chairman and was the student body president his senior year. He played basketball his junior and senior years, was named the 1952 Scotchman and graduated at the top of his class.

Mee met his wife, Ann, at DWU and they started going together during Freshman Week. They got married on graduation day and have spent the last five decades together. They have three children, Jacqueline, David and Julie.
Born in Brainerd, Minn., Mee now lives in Garden Grove, Calif., where he serves as chair of the hospitality and igniting ministry committees at the Garden Grove United Methodist Church.