Chester L. Britt, III (1962-2016)

BRITT, COLLEY, CHAMPION, HILLER, GUSTAFSON, JOHNNY

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 9/3/2016 at 18:54:44

Obituary From Adams Soderstrum Funeral Home, Story County, Iowa.

Chester L. Britt, III, 54 of Ames, passed away August 30, 2016 at Israel Family Hospice in Ames.

Chet Britt was born July 22, 1962 to Chester Lamont and Lila (Colley) Britt, II in Santa Monica, California. Chester graduated from Workman High School in City of Industry, Calif. He met Kelly Champion at Arizona State University in 2001 and they were married May 19, 2007 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Chet earned a B.S. in 1984 from the University of Iowa with Honors in Sociology, a M.A. in Sociology in 1986 from Washington State University, and a Ph.D in Sociology in 1990 from the University of Arizona. He was appointed an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, at the University of Illinois from 1990 to 1995. His second appointment as an Assistant Professor was at Pennsylvania State University from 1995 to 1999. He held the position of Associate Professor at Arizona State University from 1999 to 2006, and at Northeastern University from 2006 to 2011. He achieved the rank of full Professor at Northeastern University in 2011, which he held until 2015, when he accepted his most recent position at Iowa State University in 2015. His administrative responsibilities have included Chair, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Arizona State University, 2003 to 2006, Associate Dean for the Undergraduate Program, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2006 to 2008, Interim Dean, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2008 to 2010, Dean, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northeastern University, 2010 to 2015, and Chair, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, 2015 to the present. He was also a Visiting Scholar, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University (Australia) during June of 2012.

Chet’s awards and honors include selection for Phi Beta Kappa in 1984, Honors Pass, Crime and Deviance Preliminary Exam in 1987, Graduate Research Fellowship, National Institute of Justice in 1989, Faculty Recognition Award, Research and Graduate Studies Office, Pennsylvania State University in 1997, and a Faculty Recognition Award, Research and Graduate Studies Office, Pennsylvania State University in 1998.

His fields of interest were Criminological theory; Demography of crime, criminal careers, and victimization; Criminal justice decision-making; and Quantitative research methods. His books include Control Theories of Crime and Delinquency: Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 12 by Chester L. Britt and Michael Gottfredson (Editors), 2003; and Statistics in Criminal Justice, 4th ed. by David Weisburd and Chester L. Britt, 2014.

His wide array of other work includes publications in journals, book chapters, proceedings from conferences and symposiums, book reviews, funded research, invited presentations, dissertation committees, professional service in the institutions that he worked in and the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice, as well as community service. Chet’s professional memberships included the American Society of Criminology, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the American Sociological Association.

As a young adult, Chet was given a Life Saving Silver Award from the Boy Scouts of America for when he revived a 1 year old boy who had stop breathing from something he had eaten.

Chet was a member of First Church of Somerville in Somerville, Mass., and was a fan the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels, and a huge fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes. He loved being a dad, spending time with his family, and making his wife have time for fun.

Chet is survived by his wife, Kelly Champion of Ames; his children, Lucas (Nicole) Britt, IV of West Covina, Calif., Aly Hiller (né Britt; Morgan) of Winham, N.H., Dana Gustafson of Ames and René Gustafson of Ames; one grandson, Jackson Hiller; his parents, Chester and Lilia Britt, II of West Covina; and one sister, Karyn Johnny (son, Sam) of Glendora, California.

The family requests no flowers. Memorials may be made to UCC Church of Ames, Pastor Emergency Fund, 217 6th Street, Ames, IA 50010.

Memorial Service
SEP 3. 01:00 PM
United Church of Christ, Ames
217 6th Street
Ames, IA, US, 50010

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