Joan (Hickey) Holmes

Joan (Hickey) Holmes

Joan Marie Holmes passed away Saturday, the 31st of August, at her residence in La Jolla, CA.

Born in 1931, in New York City, NY. Joan received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Trinity College in Washington, D.C. She continued her education at the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, PA, from which she received a master’s degree in Chemistry.

She met her future husband, Robert Holmes, at Carnegie Institute of Technology where he was a Professor of Chemistry. Joan worked as his research assistant for many years while also raising a family of three children

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