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<strong>Chemistry</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong><br />
75th Anniversary <strong>of</strong> Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Hutchison Hall,<br />
River Campus<br />
Eastman Quadrangle,<br />
River Campus<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> Faculty <strong>at</strong> Kampmeier Event 2005<br />
The <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong><br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> Department, October 2007
Copyright © 2007<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong><br />
Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, RC 270216<br />
<strong>Rochester</strong>, NY 14627-0216<br />
http://www.chem.rochester.edu<br />
alumni@chem.rochester.edu<br />
Editor:<br />
Research and Writing:<br />
Original Design Concept:<br />
Contributions:<br />
Debra Haring<br />
Lois H. Gresh<br />
Debra Haring<br />
Lois H. Gresh<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> Faculty<br />
<strong>University</strong> Librarians<br />
Layout and Design: John Bertola (‘09)<br />
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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />
Introduction from the Chair 4<br />
1861-1867 Chester Dewey, Chair 5<br />
1867-1908 Samuel A. L<strong>at</strong>timore, Chair 6<br />
1908-1938 Victor J. Chambers, Chair 7<br />
1938-1955 W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Chair 9<br />
1955-1964 Edwin O. Wiig, Chair 13<br />
1964-1966 D. Stanley Tarbell, Chair 16<br />
1966-1970 William H. Saunders, Chair 19<br />
1970-1975 Jacob Bigeleisen, Chair 21<br />
1975-1979 Jack A. Kampmeier, Chair 24<br />
1979-1983 Andrew S. Kende, Chair 27<br />
1983-1988 John R. Huizenga, Chair 29<br />
1988-1991 David G. Whitten, Chair 32<br />
1991-1994 Richard S. Eisenberg, Chair 34<br />
1994-1995 George L. McLendon, Chair 37<br />
1995-1997 David G. Whitten, Chair 39<br />
1997-2000 James M. Farrar, Chair 41<br />
2000-2003 William D. Jones, Chair 43<br />
2003-present Robert K. Boeckman, Jr., Chair 45<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> Faculty over the Years 49<br />
Faculty Awards, 1986-2007 50<br />
Acknowledgments 53<br />
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In t r o d u c t io n f r o m t h e Ch a ir<br />
W e l c o m e<br />
back to <strong>Rochester</strong><br />
on this, the 75th<br />
Anniversary <strong>of</strong><br />
first doctoral<br />
degrees awarded<br />
in chemistry <strong>at</strong><br />
the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Rochester</strong>.<br />
Since 1850,<br />
chemical educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
<strong>at</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong> has enjoyed a rich and fruitful history.<br />
Gener<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> students have gone through our programs.<br />
Since 1932, more than 800 gradu<strong>at</strong>es have earned their<br />
doctor<strong>at</strong>es in chemistry in the College <strong>of</strong> Arts, Sciences<br />
and Engineering <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong>. Many<br />
have gone on to become respected leaders in academia,<br />
industry and government. All have been influenced by<br />
their form<strong>at</strong>ive years as gradu<strong>at</strong>e students <strong>at</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong>.<br />
A comparable number <strong>of</strong> postdoctoral alumni<br />
have also received advanced educ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong><br />
and contributed gre<strong>at</strong>ly to the quality <strong>of</strong> our gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
and undergradu<strong>at</strong>e program by mentoring students and<br />
particip<strong>at</strong>ing in research.<br />
The study <strong>of</strong> chemistry has become ever more<br />
complex, educ<strong>at</strong>ional practices in the academy have<br />
evolved, and the College too has been transformed to<br />
the major research institution th<strong>at</strong> it is today. Since first<br />
authorizing the award <strong>of</strong> Ph.D.s in <strong>Chemistry</strong> in 1927, the<br />
College has developed 24 doctoral programs covering a<br />
range <strong>of</strong> fields from the n<strong>at</strong>ural sciences, m<strong>at</strong>hem<strong>at</strong>ics and<br />
engineering to the social sciences and humanities.<br />
Our educ<strong>at</strong>ional programs are continually crafted<br />
to provide transform<strong>at</strong>ive opportunities for our gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
students. Our goal is to promote the acquisition <strong>of</strong><br />
scientific knowledge through experience, strong<br />
mentoring, rigorous training, and outstanding intellectual<br />
and physical resources, preparing students with the tools<br />
for scholarship, inquiry and success in their chosen fields.<br />
With this commemor<strong>at</strong>ive booklet we salute the<br />
students, chairmen and pr<strong>of</strong>essors who have been vital<br />
to the history <strong>of</strong> the Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>. Our<br />
Department and the discipline <strong>of</strong> chemistry have changed<br />
in ways th<strong>at</strong> its founders could have only dreamed <strong>of</strong> in<br />
1927. By connecting with our past and recognizing the<br />
many contributions <strong>of</strong> those who have come before us,<br />
we strengthen our found<strong>at</strong>ion and our legacy as a premier<br />
chemistry department for the future.<br />
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr.<br />
Marshall D. G<strong>at</strong>es, Jr. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> and Chair<br />
Fi r s t <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
Ro c h e s t e r Ca m p u s<br />
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1861 Chester Dewey, Chair<br />
1867<br />
Mid-19t h Ce n t u r y Cl a s s r o o m<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> and N<strong>at</strong>ural Philosophy; received four honorary degrees in divinity<br />
• Was the first <strong>University</strong> scientist: a chemist, botanist, geologist, meteorologist, and clergyman<br />
• Scientific studies expanded in 1862, when Dewey recommended th<strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> acquire a<br />
cabinet <strong>of</strong> minerals and fossils from a young <strong>Rochester</strong> n<strong>at</strong>uralist, Henry A. Ward.<br />
• Recorded temper<strong>at</strong>ure, barometric pressure, precipit<strong>at</strong>ion, winds, storms, comets, meteors, and<br />
auroras; his we<strong>at</strong>her sheets are archived in Rush Rhees Library and cover more than 30 years<br />
• A leader among pr<strong>of</strong>essional educ<strong>at</strong>ors in <strong>Rochester</strong> and a consistent exponent <strong>of</strong> the university<br />
idea. Outspoken fund-raiser for the early <strong>University</strong><br />
• In 1930, a building, Dewey Hall was named in his honor and housed Biology, Botany, and Geology<br />
• Dr. Charles A. Dewey (class <strong>of</strong> 1861), his son, left a fortune to the <strong>University</strong> in memory <strong>of</strong> his f<strong>at</strong>her<br />
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1867<br />
Samuel A. L<strong>at</strong>timore, Chair<br />
1908<br />
An d e r s o n Ha l l, Ho m e <strong>of</strong> Ch e m i s t r y De p a r t m e n t fr o m 1861-1887<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• His appointment prompted the establishment <strong>of</strong> a separ<strong>at</strong>e department <strong>of</strong> chemistry <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
• At the <strong>University</strong> taught <strong>Chemistry</strong>, as well as Geology, Zoology, and Physics<br />
• Established the first chemistry labor<strong>at</strong>ory in the basement <strong>of</strong> Anderson Hall, used by students as well as<br />
<strong>Rochester</strong> physicians, pharmacists, mechanics, and farmers<br />
• In 1887, established a building exclusively for <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
• Chemist to the Board <strong>of</strong> W<strong>at</strong>er Commissioners <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong> and to the New York St<strong>at</strong>e Board <strong>of</strong> Health<br />
• Acting President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> for two years<br />
• Established the <strong>Rochester</strong> Microscopical Society in 1879; In 1881 became the first president <strong>of</strong> the society<br />
• His importance to the <strong>University</strong> is commemor<strong>at</strong>ed by L<strong>at</strong>timore Hall, a building th<strong>at</strong> up until 1972 was<br />
devoted to teaching and research in chemistry on the River Campus. Today L<strong>at</strong>timore Hall houses the<br />
Deans’ <strong>of</strong>fices, as well as various humanities departments.<br />
• Several institutions conferred honorary degrees on L<strong>at</strong>timore; he was a charter member <strong>of</strong> the American<br />
Chemical Society and a fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Associ<strong>at</strong>ion for the Advancement <strong>of</strong> Science.<br />
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1908<br />
Victor J. Chambers, Chair<br />
1938<br />
Re y n o l d s Me m o r i a l Ha l l, Ho m e <strong>of</strong> Ch e m i s t r y De p a r t m e n t fr o m 1887-1930<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• Victor Chambers’ chairmanship lasted for three decades.<br />
• In 1925 became the first Charles F. Houghton Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, a pr<strong>of</strong>essorship he held until 1939<br />
• Collabor<strong>at</strong>ed with Ralph Helmkamp to start the Ph.D. Program in the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department in 1927<br />
• Dean <strong>of</strong> Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Studies for six years<br />
• Promoted introduction <strong>of</strong> Ph.D. programs throughout the <strong>University</strong><br />
• In 1916, Victor J. Chambers set wheels in motion to secure a charter for <strong>Rochester</strong> from Sigma Xi, an honor<br />
society which recognizes superior achievement in science.<br />
• Recruited D. Stanley Tarbell<br />
• In 1927, under President Rhees, ground was broken for the River Campus on the banks <strong>of</strong> the Genesee River<br />
• After his de<strong>at</strong>h, the Victor J. Chambers Lectureship was established in his honor<br />
• Victor J. Chambers is also remembered by a residence hall bearing his name in Hill Court on the River<br />
Campus.<br />
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1908 Victor J. Chambers<br />
1938<br />
An d e r s o n Ha l l, c i r c a 1900<br />
Vi c t o r Ch a m b e r s , 1930s<br />
Ear l y 20t h Ce n t u r y La b o r a t o r y<br />
Ra l p h W. He l m k a m p<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Bernhard Ernst Landow 1932 Line<br />
Linus Montague Webb 1932 Chambers<br />
Casselman B. Hess 1934 Chambers<br />
Robert E. DeRight 1935 Wiig<br />
William Orlin Kenyon 1935 Chambers<br />
Chester M. White 1935 Sunier<br />
Paul W. Aradine 1936 Line<br />
Clark Hall Dale 1936 Helmkamp<br />
Ethel Louetta French 1936 Chambers<br />
Willard A. Payne 1936 Chambers<br />
Victor Stanley Chambers 1938 Chambers<br />
Ellsworth McSweeney 1938 Chambers<br />
Charles Eugene Sunderlin 1938 Chambers<br />
Th e Fi r s t Do c t o r a t e s<br />
The first chemistry doctoral degrees, also representing the first Ph.D.s granted from the College, were conferred<br />
in June 1932 to Linus M. Webb and Bernard E. Landow. Furthermore, the first female doctoral gradu<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong> the<br />
College, Ethel L. French (Ph.D. ‘36), was also from <strong>Chemistry</strong>.<br />
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1938 W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Chair<br />
1955<br />
Ri v e r Ca m p u s fr o m th e Ge n e s e e<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• From the 1940’s through the mid-50’s, propelled the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department from a liberal arts chemistry<br />
program into a n<strong>at</strong>ionally recognized modern research department<br />
• Raised the visibility <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> to th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong> an institution with a n<strong>at</strong>ional reput<strong>at</strong>ion in chemical<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• Considered the f<strong>at</strong>her <strong>of</strong> modern gas-phase photochemistry; world leader in the field <strong>of</strong> photochemistry<br />
• Recruited Marshall D. G<strong>at</strong>es, Jr., first to work on the Journal <strong>of</strong> the American Chemical Society for which Noyes<br />
was editor-in-chief, and l<strong>at</strong>er as instructor and pr<strong>of</strong>essor.<br />
• In 1950, Marshall D. G<strong>at</strong>es, Jr. cre<strong>at</strong>ed the first labor<strong>at</strong>ory prepar<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> morphine, a landmark achievement<br />
in chemical synthesis. This discovery, helped raise the Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> and the <strong>University</strong>’s<br />
reput<strong>at</strong>ion to n<strong>at</strong>ional and intern<strong>at</strong>ional prominence.<br />
• Together, Virgil Boekelheide and Marshall G<strong>at</strong>es in synthetic organic chemistry, and D. Stanley Tarbell who<br />
bridged both mechanism and synthesis, built a major research oper<strong>at</strong>ion in organic chemistry<br />
• Similarly, W. Albert Noyes, A. B. F. Duncan, Winston Walters, and Edwin Wiig established a major research<br />
oper<strong>at</strong>ion in physical chemistry<br />
• Hired William H. Saunders in physical organic chemistry<br />
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1938 W. Albert Noyes, Jr.<br />
1955<br />
Ma r s h a l l D. Ga t e s, Jr., 1953<br />
W. Al b e r t No y e s , Jr., c i r c a 1950<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s (c o n t .)<br />
• Boekelheide, Tarbell, and G<strong>at</strong>es were subsequently elected to the N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Science for work done<br />
in <strong>Rochester</strong><br />
• Named Charles F. Houghton Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> in 1939, a chair he held until 1960<br />
• First American President <strong>of</strong> the Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Union <strong>of</strong> Pure and Applied <strong>Chemistry</strong> since World War II<br />
• Vice President and member <strong>of</strong> the executive committee <strong>of</strong> the U.S. N<strong>at</strong>ional Commission for the United N<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
Educ<strong>at</strong>ion, Scientific, and Cultural Organiz<strong>at</strong>ion (UNESCO)<br />
• Elected President <strong>of</strong> the American Chemical Society in 1947<br />
• Won the highest American award in chemistry--the Priestley Medal in 1954, his f<strong>at</strong>her also won in 1935<br />
• Editor <strong>of</strong> Chemical Reviews from 1939 to 1949<br />
• Received the King’s Medal from the British Empire in 1948<br />
• Honorary member <strong>of</strong> the Society Chimique de France, Officer <strong>of</strong> the French Legion <strong>of</strong> Honor, honorary member<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Royal Society <strong>of</strong> Physics and <strong>Chemistry</strong> <strong>of</strong> Spain and the Chemical Society <strong>of</strong> Belgium<br />
• Served as Dean <strong>of</strong> the Gradu<strong>at</strong>e School, 1952-1956; served as Dean <strong>of</strong> the College, 1956-1961<br />
• During this period, the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong> became a research university. In 1955, the Colleges for Men and<br />
Women were merged into wh<strong>at</strong> is now the College.<br />
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1938 W. Albert Noyes, Jr.<br />
1955<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Eugene Joseph Agnello 1950 Boekelheide<br />
Cameron Ainsworth 1949 Boekelheide<br />
Gordon Ainslie Allen 1949 Gunning<br />
Albert Edward Anderson 1953 Boekelheide<br />
Frank Jervey Ball 1944 McPhee<br />
William Thomas Barry 1951 Walters<br />
Howard Dean B<strong>at</strong>ha 1954 Walters<br />
John Caleb Bill 1951 Tarbell<br />
David A. Bittker 1953 Walters<br />
Joseph F. Bunnett 1945 Tarbell<br />
Elizabeth H. Burkey 1940 Unknown<br />
Wade Lee Callender 1951 Wiig<br />
David Bennett Camp 1949 Helmkamp<br />
Albert A. Caretto 1954 Wiig<br />
Lloyd Hillyard Conover 1950 Tarbell<br />
N<strong>at</strong>han Allen Coward 1954 Noyes<br />
Louis Elwood Craig 1948 Tarbell<br />
Wallace Davis 1947 Noyes<br />
James Warner Drenan 1949 Hill<br />
Bruce Dropesky 1953 Wiig<br />
Jean-Thomas Henri Dubois 1951 Noyes<br />
Victor R. Ells 1939 Noyes<br />
Paul Edward Fanta 1946 Tarbell<br />
Richard Walter Fink 1953 Wiig<br />
John H. Fletcher 1942 Cairns<br />
Hans Richard Frank 1947 Tarbell<br />
Peter Edgar Frankenburg 1953 Friess<br />
David K. Fukushima 1946 Tarbell<br />
Walter George Gall 1953 Boekelheide<br />
George Gantz 1940 Walters<br />
John Carl Godfrey 1954 Boekelheide<br />
Martin Goldman 1953 Boekelheide<br />
Robert Gomer 1949 Noyes<br />
Charles Webster Gould 1940 Chambers<br />
Robert J. Grabenstetter 1941 Wiig<br />
Harold John Groh 1952 Noyes<br />
William Benton Guenther 1954 Walters<br />
Thomas Joel Hall 1953 Tarbell<br />
Donald Philip Harnish 1948 Boekelheide<br />
Clarence George Heininger 1954 Wiig<br />
Frederick C. Henriques 1940 Duncan<br />
Donald S. Herr 1940 Noyes<br />
Clifford E. Herrick 1944 Wiig<br />
Arthur Hermann Herz 1954 Tarbell<br />
Joseph William Hickey 1942 Wiig<br />
H. Peter Hirschler 1950 Tarbell<br />
Lawrence John Edward H<strong>of</strong>er 1941 Wiig<br />
Philip H<strong>of</strong>fman 1954 Tarbell<br />
Robert Sehon Holdsworth 1947 Duncan<br />
Jerome J. Howland 1943 Noyes<br />
Roy Edward Hunt 1947 Noyes<br />
Everett Ramon Johnson 1949 Walters<br />
Arvo John Juhola 1947 Wiig<br />
Walter Edward Kaskan 1949 Duncan<br />
Hikmet Raouf Kazimi 1954 Tarbell<br />
Henry Marcell Kissman 1950 Tarbell<br />
Erwin Klingsberg 1944 McPhee<br />
Charles H. Klute 1942 Walters<br />
Kenneth Otto Kutschke 1951 Noyes<br />
William Enberg Langeland 1950 Boekelheide<br />
Clifford Everett Larrabee 1949 Boekelheide<br />
Martha Harriet Lawson 1944 Duncan<br />
Laurence C. Liber<strong>at</strong>ore 1941 Wiig<br />
Eddie Gustave Lindstrom 1944 Tarbell/McPhee<br />
William Joseph Linn 1953 Boekelheide<br />
Robert H. Linnell 1950 Noyes<br />
Ta-kong Liu 1949 Duncan<br />
Chu-tsin Liu 1952 Boekelheide<br />
James P. Lodge 1951 Boekelheide<br />
James Edgar Longfield 1951 Walters<br />
George William Luckey 1950 Noyes<br />
John J. Madison 1946 Flagg<br />
Sherwin Paul Malchick 1952 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Frank Basil Marcotte 1951 Noyes<br />
Robert Bruce Martin 1953 Noyes<br />
Michael Martin-Smith 1955 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Max S. M<strong>at</strong>heson 1940 Noyes<br />
Marvin Anthony McCall 1951 Tarbell<br />
Karl H. Meng 1939 Chambers<br />
George Moe 1950 Duncan<br />
Stewart Robert Montgomery 1955 Helmkamp<br />
Cu t l e r Un i o n, t h e Wo m e n 's Co l l e g e in th e 1950s<br />
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1938 W. Albert Noyes, Jr.<br />
1955<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d (c o n t .)<br />
Norman L. Morse 1943 Kincaid<br />
Kurt Herbert Mueller 1949 Walters<br />
Robert Gilman Nelb 1949 Walters<br />
Dan Neuberger 1953 Duncan<br />
Paul Noble 1950 Tarbell<br />
Elbert Dickerson Nostrand 1954 Duncan<br />
William Ralph Nummy 1950 Tarbell<br />
Eduard Ott 1952 Tarbell<br />
Joseph D. Overman 1945 Kincaid<br />
Gerald George Palmer 1948 Wiig<br />
Mark Clements Paulson 1943 Tarbell<br />
Harry Milton Peek 1950 Hill<br />
Frank Cook Pennington 1951 Boekelheide<br />
John Christos Petropoulos 1952 Tarbell<br />
Ellis Rex Pinson 1951 Friess<br />
John Thomas Pl<strong>at</strong>i 1940 Strain<br />
Donald Gray Powell 1952 Tarbell<br />
Warren Addison Reckhow 1950 Tarbell<br />
Edward McCreery Roberts 1955 Boekelheide<br />
Seymour Rothchild 1948 Boekelheide<br />
Yoshio S<strong>at</strong>o 1947 Tarbell<br />
William Martin Schilling 1949 Boekelheide<br />
George P. Scott 1949 Tarbell<br />
George Frederic She<strong>at</strong>s 1955 Noyes<br />
Zachary D. Sheldon 1948 Noyes<br />
Albert Louis Sieg 1954 Boekelheide<br />
Lewis Oliver Smith 1947 Boekelheide<br />
Stanton Burgess Smith 1948 Wiig<br />
Richard Frederick Smith 1953 Tarbell<br />
Albert Herman Soloway 1951 Friess<br />
Charles Marvin Stevens 1953 Tarbell<br />
Alexander Napier Strachan 1954 Noyes<br />
K. Nolen Tanner 1950 Duncan<br />
Helen Thayer 1942 Helmkamp<br />
Robert J. Thompson 1946 Duncan<br />
Charles W. Todd 1943 Tarbell<br />
Charles W. Todd 1943 Tarbell<br />
Don W. Vanas 1946 Walters<br />
James Robert Vaughan 1944 Tarbell<br />
Gerald Keith Vick 1955 Boekelheide<br />
Paul Wagner 1952 Duncan<br />
Genevieve Dwyer Wagner 1952 Wiig<br />
Bernard Wargotz 1954 Tarbell<br />
Clay Weaver 1941 Tarbell<br />
William G<strong>at</strong>ewood Webb 1954 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Joseph Weinstock 1952 Boekelheide<br />
Leonard Weisler 1939 Helmkamp<br />
Russel E. Wellman 1955 Walters<br />
Joseph Edward Wilson 1942 Noyes<br />
James W. Wilson 1942 Tarbell<br />
Harold F. Wilson 1950 Tarbell<br />
V. P. Wystrach 1944 Tarbell<br />
J. William Zabor 1940 Noyes<br />
Leo Zeftel 1951 Tarbell<br />
C. Richard Zobel 1954 Duncan<br />
Virgil C. Bo e k e l h e i d e, c i r c a 1950<br />
Al b e r t B. F. Du n c a n<br />
Fr a n k P. Bu f f<br />
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1955<br />
Edwin O. Wiig, Chair<br />
1964<br />
La t t i m o r e Ha l l (l e f t), Ho m e <strong>of</strong> th e Ch e m i s t r y De p a r t m e n t fr o m 1930-1972<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• Wiig’s fields <strong>of</strong> research and expertise were photochemistry and reaction kinetics<br />
• Received highest award the chemical industry could bestow on chemistry teachers: The Chemical<br />
Manufacturer’s Associ<strong>at</strong>ion “Responsible Care” N<strong>at</strong>ional C<strong>at</strong>alyst Award for Excellence in Teaching; one <strong>of</strong><br />
only six chemistry teachers in the country to receive this award,<br />
• Hired Jack A. Kampmeier, who received the same award much l<strong>at</strong>er (1999)<br />
• Hired Marshall Blann in nuclear chemistry; David J. Wilson in physical chemistry<br />
• In 1961 W. Albert Noyes was appointed Distinguished Senior Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
• In 1961 D. Stanley Tarbell became the Charles F. Houghton Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> until 1967<br />
• Ethel French received the rank <strong>of</strong> full pr<strong>of</strong>essor, the first woman ever to achieve th<strong>at</strong> position in the<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> Department. She received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the <strong>University</strong>, was the first<br />
woman to serve as chair <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Rochester</strong> chapter <strong>of</strong> the ACS, and before the merger <strong>of</strong> the Colleges for Men<br />
and Women in 1955, she headed the chemistry classes for women on the old Prince Street campus.<br />
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1955 Edwin O. Wiig<br />
1964<br />
Che m i s t r y De p a r t m e n t c i r c a 1955; Fi r s t Ro w : R. Bu r n s , G. Br o o k e r , C. We i c k, B. As t i l l, M.N. Da s, G. Vi c k, W. Co n w a y , Y. Pe r r o n,<br />
W. Co o p e r , C. Dickinson; Sec o n d Row : J. Ho g e s t y n , A. DeWal d, G. Sh e a t s , B. Wa r g o t z , D. Pl a n t , E. Ro b e r t s , H. Al-Ka z i m i, D. Ca m-<br />
e r o n , C. Ed d y , H. Ge s s e r, R. Po r t e r , J. Sc h u t t , R. Br o u t , T. Ro h r , D. Ri c h e y, W. Gu e n t h e r; Thi r d Ro w : W.A. No y e s , Jr., R. He l m k a m p ,<br />
J. Ru t h e r f o r d, A. Si e g, J. Go d f r e y , A. Bo n d , F. Bu f f , M. Ga t e s, D.S. Ta r b e l l, W. Sa u n d e r s , J. Ja c k, C. Cl a u s , G. Ro b i n s o n, B. Ha l d a r,<br />
W. Fe e l y; Fou r t h Ro w : J. Su l l i v a n, D. Br o a d r i b b, J. Ru y s s e n, R. Ba c h e m , R. Ho l r o y d , G. Ca s t e l l i o n, A. Du n c a n , E. Wiig, H. Vo g t , J.<br />
Ros s , W. Wa l t e r s, H. Ok a b e, L. Da i g n a u l t, C. Wh i t e m a n, G. McMil l a n, R. We l l m a n, J. DeWaa r d, E. Jo l l e y, W. Lo v e t t , W. Li n e<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Donald Robert Arnold 1962 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Lawrence Eln<strong>at</strong>han Benjamin 1959 Saunders<br />
Joseph William Brauner 1963 Wilson<br />
Thomas Harland Brownlee 1961 Saunders<br />
Donald P. Cameron 1957 Tarbell<br />
Stephen Edward Cantor 1964 Tarbell<br />
Edward Alan Caress 1963 Saunders<br />
Virginia Bayard Fonda Caress 1964 Wiig<br />
Gerard Leo Carges 1959 Saunders<br />
Philippe Yvon Carignan 1959 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Robert Wilson Carr 1963 Walters<br />
George Augustus Castellion 1956 Noyes<br />
Mildred Yuhua Chang 1959 Boekelheide<br />
Walter Donald Conway 1956 Tarbell<br />
Walter Cooper 1957 Walters<br />
Sheldon E. Cremer 1961 Tarbell<br />
Louis G. Daignault 1957 Walters<br />
Clifford L. Dickinson 1956 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
James M. Dwyer 1963 Wiig<br />
Clifford Otis Eddy 1959 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
David Holmes Edison 1959 Saunders<br />
Kenneth E. Fahrenholtz 1960 Boekelheide<br />
Wayne Edmund Feely 1957 Boekelheide<br />
Kay Thomas Finley 1963 Saunders<br />
Harold Robert Gerberich 1960 Walters<br />
Ellis Robert Glazier 1957 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Kenneth Frederick Greenough 1960 Duncan<br />
Rodger Wentworth Griffin 1961 Boekelheide<br />
Robert Daulton Guthrie 1963 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Ernest Royal Hanna 1959 Boekelheide<br />
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1955 Edwin O. Wiig<br />
1964<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d (c o n t .)<br />
William Paul Hauser 1961 Walters<br />
Julian Phillip Heicklen 1958 Noyes<br />
Gonzalo J. Hernandez 1962 Duncan<br />
Richard Allan Holroyd 1956 Noyes<br />
Edward H. House 1960 Duncan<br />
K. Robert Huffman 1959 Tarbell<br />
Narl Chow Hung 1963 Wilson<br />
Hidehiko Ishikawa 1962 Noyes<br />
Alexander Lawrence Johnson 1964 Tarbell<br />
Henry X. Kaempfen 1961 Boekelheide<br />
Stephan Maria Eduard Kellner 1960 Walters<br />
Francis William Kent 1958 Tarbell<br />
Richard Norris Knowles 1961 Boekelheide<br />
William Gerald K<strong>of</strong>ron 1961 Boekelheide<br />
Martin Paul Kunstman 1961 Tarbell<br />
Salv<strong>at</strong>ore Russell La Paglia 1961 Duncan<br />
William Lee Lehn 1958 Boekelheide<br />
Norman A. Leister 1958 Tarbell<br />
Edward John Longosz 1960 Tarbell<br />
Frederick C. Loveless 1958 Tarbell<br />
William Edwin Lovett 1956 Tarbell<br />
Dean W. Maurer 1959 Wiig<br />
Garnett Ramsay McMillan 1958 Noyes<br />
James Green McNally 1959 Tarbell<br />
Joe Victor Michael 1963 Noyes<br />
Judith Lake Michael 1963 Noyes<br />
Christopher Jan Michejda 1964 Tarbell<br />
Thomas Alfred Montzka 1962 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Glenn C. Morrison 1958 Boekelheide<br />
Edmond Murad 1960 Noyes<br />
Roger Paul Napier 1964 Autrey<br />
Hideo Okabe 1957 Noyes<br />
Norman Padnos 1963 Noyes<br />
Robert Harold Paine 1960 Saunders<br />
Charles Stedman Parmenter 1963 Noyes<br />
Richard E. Partch 1963 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Ivan Pascal 1957 Tarbell<br />
John Frederick Paulson 1958 Wiig<br />
Thomas J. Perun 1963 Tarbell<br />
William Howard Pirkle 1964 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Raymond Paul Porter 1958 Noyes<br />
John A. Price 1957 Tarbell<br />
Willis Dale Richey 1958 Bond<br />
Bimal Chorone Roquitte 1961 Walters<br />
Andre Rosowsky 1961 Tarbell<br />
John M. Rutherford 1959 Tarbell<br />
Roland Pierre Franz Scharrer 1961 Boekelheide<br />
Keith Edward Schmude 1959 Wiig<br />
Eugene J. Sehm 1958 Tarbell<br />
David Randal. Sexsmith 1959 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Marvin S. Shepard 1958 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Theodore Small 1959 Boekelheide<br />
Esther Louise Sprenkel 1959 Raymond<br />
Suzanne Stokes 1957 Duncan<br />
Samuel Stuart Stradling 1963 Tarbell<br />
Robert Carleton Taber 1959 Tarbell<br />
Everett Albert Thiele 1961 Wilson<br />
James Stuart Todd 1961 Tarbell<br />
Judith Conners Ware 1957 Saunders<br />
William Romaine Ware 1957 Wiig<br />
Percy Warrick 1960 Saunders<br />
Charles F. Weick 1959 Wiig<br />
George Robert Wenzinger 1960 Boekelheide<br />
Richard Lowell West 1961 Tarbell<br />
Donald L. Whitcomb 1957 Duncan<br />
Richard Anderson Williams 1956 Saunders<br />
Kenneth Irvine Harvey Williams 1959 Tarbell<br />
Richard J. Windgassen 1958 Boekelheide<br />
Sanford Tyler Young 1962 Tarbell<br />
Ahmad Mostafa Zahra 1964 Noyes<br />
Maria Dorotea Zupan 1963 Walters<br />
Ae r i a l Vi e w <strong>of</strong> Ri v e r Ca m p u s , 1960s<br />
Ka m p m e i e r Gr o u p, m i d-60s<br />
W. D. Wa l t e r s ‡<br />
‡ Deceased while on UR faculty, 1968<br />
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1964<br />
D. Stanley Tarbell, Chair<br />
1966<br />
Po r t i c o <strong>of</strong> Ru s h Rh e e s Li b r a r y<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• Credited with determining the structure <strong>of</strong> fumagillin, an antibiotic used in tre<strong>at</strong>ing amoebic dysentery and<br />
other parasitic diseases<br />
• Contributions to physical organic chemistry included elucid<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> addition reactions to olefins,<br />
determin<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> intermedi<strong>at</strong>es in the Claisen rearrangement <strong>of</strong> allyl aryl ethers, and quantit<strong>at</strong>ive<br />
comparison <strong>of</strong> the behavior <strong>of</strong> organo sulfur versus organo oxygen compounds. He discovered new<br />
c<strong>at</strong>egories <strong>of</strong> organic compounds, including mixed carboxylic-carbonic anhydrides, and deline<strong>at</strong>ed their<br />
chemistry. Contributed substantially to the methodology <strong>of</strong> organic synthesis.<br />
• Held the Charles F. Houghton Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> from 1961-1981<br />
• By 1964, had supervised the study <strong>of</strong> 67 students who completed their Ph.D.s in <strong>Chemistry</strong>, as well as some<br />
40 post-doctoral fellows<br />
• Member <strong>of</strong> the N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences<br />
• Served on the N<strong>at</strong>ional Council <strong>of</strong> the ACS<br />
• Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship twice<br />
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1964 D. Stanley Tarbell<br />
1966<br />
Ro b e r t Kreilick, Ea r l y 60s Joh n Mu e n t e r, 1970<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s (c o n t .)<br />
Do w n t o w n Ro c h e s t e r, 1960s<br />
• Established a long-range planning committee, headed by William Saunders, to chart the future <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Department; recommended th<strong>at</strong> the Department move in a biological direction; enabled <strong>Chemistry</strong> to be<br />
primed and ready to apply for and receive the NSF Center for Excellence Grant<br />
• During his tenure, the Department received an NSF Center for Excellence Grant. The grant included funds<br />
for new faculty and equipment, as well as partial support for a new building, l<strong>at</strong>er called Hutchison Hall. A<br />
substantial bequest from Charles Force Hutchison, class <strong>of</strong> 1898, provided the bulk <strong>of</strong> the funding.<br />
• Recruited Henry Sobell in biological chemistry<br />
• Era was a growth period for science all over the country; also very optimistic period for the <strong>University</strong><br />
• Many <strong>Rochester</strong> Ph.D. gradu<strong>at</strong>es from this era l<strong>at</strong>er became pr<strong>of</strong>essors <strong>at</strong> major universities and performed<br />
major research, including William Pirkle, Robert Guthrie, Charles Parmenter, Steven Weinreb, William Ware,<br />
Richard Partch, and Donald Arnold. Others became renowned in industry, such as Edward Grabowski and<br />
John Zabriskie.<br />
• Began plan for the construction <strong>of</strong> Hutchison Hall<br />
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1964 D. Stanley Tarbell<br />
1966<br />
Kei j i Mo r o k u m a<br />
Et h e l L. Fr e n c h , 1962,<br />
1st Fe m a l e Ph.D. ‘36<br />
M. Ga t e s, J. Zabriskie, R. Au t r e y,<br />
Mid-1960s<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Hen r y So b e l l<br />
Robert Theodore Anselmi 1965 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
William Lawrence Armstrong 1966 Autrey<br />
Susan Starr Black 1966 Duncan<br />
Edward Michael Boghosian 1966 Saunders<br />
David Philip Brust 1965 Tarbell<br />
David Alan Buckley 1965 Tarbell<br />
George Francis Cohoe 1965 Walters<br />
Hugh Alan Ewart 1966 Blann<br />
Richard Perlee Geer 1965 Kampmeier<br />
Edward Joseph John Grabowski 1966 Autrey<br />
Jean-Pierre Hazan 1965 Blann<br />
Ronald Lawrence Heidke 1965 Saunders<br />
Elaine Helen H<strong>of</strong>fmeister 1966 Tarbell<br />
David Arthur Klein 1966 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Victor Allen Landeryou 1965 Autrey<br />
Ronald Allyn Lovett 1966 Buff<br />
John Reindel Owen 1965 Saunders<br />
James Edward Smith 1965 Buff<br />
Frederick Christopher Tahk 1965 Autrey<br />
Steven M. Weinreb 1966 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
John Lansing Zabriskie 1965 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
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1966<br />
William H. Saunders, Chair<br />
1970<br />
Rus h Rh e e s Li b r a r y<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• Due to turnover in the department and subsequent hiring <strong>of</strong> key faculty, the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department was<br />
elev<strong>at</strong>ed to a research facility <strong>of</strong> n<strong>at</strong>ional repute<br />
• Leading researcher in physical organic chemistry; in particular, isotope effects to elucid<strong>at</strong>e the mechanistic<br />
details <strong>of</strong> chemical reactions<br />
• Wrote follow-up request for the NSF Center <strong>of</strong> Excellence grant awarded under Tarbell<br />
• Richard Schlessinger became a distinguished contributor to the field <strong>of</strong> synthetic organic chemistry<br />
• In 1968, Marshall G<strong>at</strong>es was named the Charles F. Houghton Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, a chair he held until 1981<br />
• Henry Sobell made important contributions to the then new field <strong>of</strong> structural biology<br />
• Elliott W. Montroll (joint appointment with Physics in 1966) elected to the N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Science in 1969<br />
• Recruited Jacob Bigeleisen in isotope chemistry, a N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Science Fellow (elected 1966); John<br />
Huizenga from Argonne N<strong>at</strong>ional Lab, a nuclear chemist and subsequently a N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Science Fellow<br />
(elected 1976), recommended by Marshall Blann<br />
• Recruited Andrew Kende, in synthetic organic synthesis, who gradu<strong>at</strong>ed approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 50 Ph.D.s <strong>of</strong> the current<br />
800+ total, recommended by Marshall G<strong>at</strong>es; hired Thomas Krugh in biophysical chemistry and Keiji Morokuma<br />
in theoretical chemistry<br />
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1966 William H. Saunders<br />
1970<br />
Ri c h a r d Sc h l e s s i n g e r, Ea r l y 1970s ‡ Joh n Hu i z e n g a , Ar g o n n e Na t ’l La b, 1967<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Thomas A. Ashe 1967 Saunders<br />
Winifred May Austin 1969 Walters<br />
Roger C. Baetzold 1967 Wilson<br />
David Scott Bailey 1969 Saunders<br />
Wilfred William Bowman 1968 Blann<br />
Gary Wayne Byers 1969 Kampmeier<br />
Robert Wilson Cairns 1970 Wilson<br />
Robert Brent C<strong>at</strong>on 1968 Duncan<br />
Gwendyline Yuan-yu Teng Chen 1967 Kampmeier<br />
Agnes Shen Cheung 1970 Wilson<br />
Chi-lin Chow 1967 Tarbell<br />
George W Clark 1970 Kampmeier<br />
David B. Clarke 1970 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Ted Arie Doron 1970 Blann<br />
Richard A. Dybas 1970 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Paul F. Endres 1968 Wilson<br />
William George Espersen 1970 Kreilick<br />
Ted R. Evans 1967 Kampmeier<br />
Richard Michael Fantazier 1967 Kampmeier<br />
James Richard Fehlner 1970 Colebrook<br />
Irving N<strong>at</strong>han Feit 1970 Saunders<br />
G. Frederick H<strong>at</strong>ch 1969 Nieman<br />
Edward Cummings Hayward 1968 Tarbell<br />
James Robert Hazen 1969 Tarbell<br />
Michael Anthony Insalaco 1970 Tarbell<br />
Margaret Anne Karlsson 1967 Walters<br />
Arthur K<strong>at</strong>z 1969 Saunders<br />
Dieter August Knecht 1968 Walters<br />
Richard Michael Kopchik 1968 Kampmeier<br />
Peter William Kopf 1970 Kreilick<br />
Philip Lee Kumler 1968 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Frank Michael Lanzafame 1969 Blann<br />
Frederick Dunbar Lewis 1968 Saunders<br />
David Jerome Locker 1970 Wilson<br />
Eva Gruber Lovett 1967 Autrey<br />
Warren J. Lyman 1969 Blann<br />
Don Hyde Miller 1968 Saunders<br />
Mary Ellen Neubert 1968 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Ernest Richard Novak 1967 Tarbell<br />
Young Rang Lee Park 1970 Wilson<br />
Timothy Ellis Pierce 1968 Blann<br />
Gerald Salv<strong>at</strong>ore Ponticello 1969 Schlessinger<br />
Ign<strong>at</strong>ius Salv<strong>at</strong>ore Ponticello 1969 Schlessinger<br />
Jack Lester Richards 1970 Tarbell<br />
Alan Barry Rubin 1967 Kampmeier<br />
William Lewis Schreiber 1970 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Peter William Scullard 1967 Autrey<br />
William Edward Smyser 1967 Wilson<br />
Peter Michael Stacy 1967 Walters<br />
Charlotte Tay Tahk 1969 Wilson<br />
Anne H. Turner 1968 Colebrook<br />
Noel H. Turner 1968 Walters<br />
Avitt<strong>at</strong>hur R. Venkitaraman 1969 Walters<br />
James Joseph Vieceli 1970 Buff<br />
Philip Gilbert Webb 1969 Kampmeier<br />
Lan Wei 1967 Tarbell<br />
Rodger Fairfax Whitlock 1970 Duncan<br />
David J. Williams 1967 Kreilick<br />
Gary Lee Workman 1969 Duncan<br />
‡ Deceased while on UR faculty, December 1997<br />
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1970<br />
Jacob Bigeleisen, Chair<br />
1975<br />
In t e r f a i t h Ch a p e l bu i l t on Ri v e r ca m p u s in 1970<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• In 1975, the American Council <strong>of</strong> Educ<strong>at</strong>ion ranked the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department as one <strong>of</strong> the strongest in the<br />
n<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• In 1971, Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees named the new chemistry/biology building, Hutchison Hall, in honor <strong>of</strong> alumnus<br />
Charles Force Hutchison, who served as a <strong>University</strong> trustee for nearly 40 years and who was a pioneer in the<br />
development <strong>of</strong> emulsions <strong>at</strong> the Eastman Kodak Company<br />
• In 1972, the Department moved from L<strong>at</strong>timore Hall to Hutchison Hall<br />
• During his tenure, Jack Kampmeier, Robert Kreilick, and John Muenter initi<strong>at</strong>ed a new integr<strong>at</strong>ed advanced<br />
labor<strong>at</strong>ory for B.A. and B.S. undergradu<strong>at</strong>e chemistry majors, preparing students for research in their senior<br />
years<br />
• In 1975, hired Douglas Turner who started a program in biophysical chemistry with specific interests in fast<br />
kinetics in solution as studied by a laser-driven temper<strong>at</strong>ure jump method and in fluorescent-detected<br />
circular dichroism as a probe <strong>of</strong> biological structure<br />
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1970 Jacob Bigeleisen<br />
1975<br />
Cha r l e s F. Hu t c h i s o n an d<br />
UR Pr e s i d e n t W. Al l e n Wa l l i s, 1971<br />
Hut c h i s o n Ha l l, 2007<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s (c o n t .)<br />
• In 1973 was named the Tracy H. Harris Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, a chair he held until 1978<br />
• Henry Sobell, Douglas Turner, and Thomas Krugh became the nucleus <strong>of</strong> a program in biological chemistry<br />
and nucleic acids, now a core component <strong>of</strong> the Department<br />
• Began a series <strong>of</strong> Departmental Visiting Distinguished Lecturers; started the Dreyfus lecture series with<br />
visits by Nobel Laure<strong>at</strong>e Gerald Edelman, and the Hutchison lecture series with visits by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Earl<br />
Muetterties from Berkeley and Nobelist Max Perutz <strong>of</strong> Cambridge <strong>University</strong><br />
• Modernized the committee, staff, and administr<strong>at</strong>ive structures, which are still in place today<br />
• Recruited senior-level faculty member, Richard Eisenberg from Brown <strong>University</strong>, marking a major<br />
commitment to inorganic chemistry, now one <strong>of</strong> the Department’s main strengths<br />
• Hired theoretical chemist Thomas F. George, who subsequently went on to become Chancellor <strong>of</strong> the<br />
<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Missouri, St. Louis<br />
• Elliott W. Montroll (joint appointment with Physics) elected to the American Academy <strong>of</strong> Arts and Science in 1973<br />
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1970 Jacob Bigeleisen<br />
1975<br />
Th o m a s Kr u g h , 1980 Ri c h a r d Ei s e n b e r g, 1975 Do u g l a s Tu r n e r, 1977 Th o m a s Ge o r g e, 1976<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Wesley Earl Bentz 1971 Colebrook<br />
Mitchell Harvey Berger 1975 Schlessinger<br />
Zayn Bilkadi 1973 Bigeleisen<br />
John Keith Borchardt 1972 Saunders<br />
John Stephen Boyno 1972 Huizenga<br />
Karen Hill Brown 1972 Saunders<br />
Woon-chun Chan 1973 Huizenga<br />
Chiu-Shan Chang 1971 Harbison<br />
Joseph Yung-chang Chu 1972 Kende<br />
Constance Kalbach Cline 1971 Blann<br />
Dimitrios C. Constantinides 1975 Kende<br />
Russell A. Cormier 1972 Friedrich<br />
Mary Sue Finn Davis 1975 Kreilick<br />
Arthur Wellwood Dimock 1972 Saunders<br />
Robert George Eilerman 1974 Kende<br />
Donald Michael Eshelman 1973 Bilgeleisen<br />
Rocco Anthony Fi<strong>at</strong>o 1973 Friedrich<br />
David Lawrence Frank 1971 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Robert James Greenhouse 1973 Kende<br />
James V. Griepenburg 1971 Saunders<br />
David Michael Haaland 1972 Nieman<br />
Ronald Thomas Hargreaves 1975 Saunders<br />
Duane Earl Harrington 1972 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
John Kenneth Haynes 1971 Kampmeier<br />
Walter King Hensley 1973 Huizenga<br />
James T. Hepinstall 1971 Kampmeier<br />
Jacob M<strong>at</strong>thew H<strong>of</strong>fman 1971 Schlessinger<br />
Frank H. Hund 1971 Colebrook<br />
Maralyn Michele Itzkowitz 1972 Nordmeyer<br />
Robert B. Jordan 1972 Kampmeier<br />
Mehmet Kildir 1974 Huizenga<br />
Chang-kyu Kim 1974 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Steven Jeffrey Lee 1973 Kende<br />
Ying-wei. Lin 1973 Morokuma<br />
Maria Shew-Jane Su Liu 1972 Kampmeier<br />
Alice Louis Cox Mignerey 1975 Blann<br />
Frederick Charles Montgomery 1972 Saunders<br />
Stephen Lee Nickol 1971 Kampmeier<br />
C<strong>at</strong>herine Abbie Norris 1972 Nordmeyer<br />
John F. O’Connor 1971 Tarbell<br />
Kumarappan Raman<strong>at</strong>han 1974 Harbinson<br />
David Eugene Rearick 1971 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Jeffrey Elliot Richman 1974 Schlessinger<br />
Gary Trott Rizzo 1974 Huizenga<br />
Frank Lewis Roe 1972 Saunders<br />
Frank J. Romano 1975 Saunders<br />
Arthur George Schultz 1971 Schlessinger<br />
Gary B. Schuster 1971 Friedrich<br />
John Joseph Snyder 1975 Dalton<br />
Samuel Joseph Tremont 1975 Dalton<br />
Louis Cajetan Vaz 1972 Huizenga<br />
Jeffrey William Whittaker 1974 Harbinson<br />
Wuu-yong Wu 1974 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Margaret May-som Shaw Wu 1975 Dalton<br />
Michael Louis. Yarchak 1972 Saunders<br />
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1975<br />
Jack A. Kampmeier, Chair<br />
1979<br />
Wi l s o n Co m m o n s Bu i l t on Ri v e r Ca m p u s in 1976<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• In a 1977 NSF survey, the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department’s faculty was ranked 11th in the n<strong>at</strong>ion in terms <strong>of</strong> federal<br />
funding<br />
• Coupled with the initi<strong>at</strong>ive developed under Bigeleisen’s tenure for chemistry majors, substantially changed<br />
non-major’s sequences in chemistry; together, these two initi<strong>at</strong>ives completely overhauled and modernized<br />
the undergradu<strong>at</strong>e chemistry curriculum and routinely provided IR spectrometers and gas chrom<strong>at</strong>ographs<br />
in the organic sections <strong>of</strong> the labor<strong>at</strong>ories<br />
• Key player in the college initi<strong>at</strong>ive, “The <strong>Rochester</strong> Plan,” which cre<strong>at</strong>ed bridges between the College and<br />
Medical School, connecting the Department to Medical School science departments for undergradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• Actively sought to recruit more female faculty members<br />
• Instituted fellowship support for a female gradu<strong>at</strong>e student and an annual chemistry student award using<br />
the Samuel and Ellen L<strong>at</strong>timore Fund, as well as other funds<br />
• Introduced the four percent internal overhead on research grants to support the departmental<br />
infrastructure<br />
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1975 Jack A. Kampmeier<br />
1979<br />
Me m o r i a l Ar t Ga l l e r y,<br />
f o u n d e d 1913, e x p a n d e d 1936, 1968, 1988<br />
Do o r w a y on Qu a d<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s (c o n t .)<br />
• Established the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Alumni Research Fund in 1977<br />
• In 1978 John Huizenga was named the Tracy H. Harris Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, a chair he held until 1991<br />
• Completed the funding the Department obtained from NSF and placed orders for a 500-MHz NMR and a<br />
new ESR spectrometer<br />
• Started two major drives to acquire lasers for experimental physical chemistry and a contemporary GC-mass<br />
spectrometer<br />
• Actively sought to increase the ties between the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department and industry to facilit<strong>at</strong>e job<br />
placement for students<br />
• L<strong>at</strong>er served as Associ<strong>at</strong>e Dean <strong>of</strong> the College <strong>of</strong> Arts and Sciences for Gradu<strong>at</strong>e Studies, and subsequently<br />
as Dean <strong>of</strong> the College<br />
• Hired George McLendon and James Farrar<br />
• Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, 1979<br />
• Significantly increased the number <strong>of</strong> postdoctoral fellows in the Department by securing College funds for<br />
Postdoctoral Teacing Fellows<br />
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1975 Jack A. Kampmeier<br />
1979<br />
Jam e s Fa r r a r, 1978<br />
Lo u i s Fr i e d r i c h<br />
Ge o r g e McLe n d o n , 1979<br />
Sc h r ö d e r, Hu i z e n g a , a n d Hi l s c h e r, 1978<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Richard Mark Boden 1979 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Chien-Hong Cheng 1979 Eisenberg<br />
Yu-chih Chen Chiao 1976 Krugh<br />
Wen-bin Chiao 1977 Saunders<br />
Dennis P<strong>at</strong>rick Curran 1979 Kende<br />
Richard Edward Davis 1976 Muenter<br />
Nedie Lim De Vera 1976 Friedrich<br />
Michael DeBergalis 1979 Dalton<br />
Barbara Louise Fabricant 1977 Muenter<br />
M. William Johnson 1979 Huizenga<br />
Sheena Brown Kaldor 1979 Saunders<br />
Gerard Robert Kieczykowski 1978 Schlessinger<br />
Roy Alan Leckonby 1976 Friedrich<br />
Lanny Steven Liebeskind 1977 Kende<br />
Kenneth Milo Mack 1978 Muenter<br />
Chung-rei Mao 1977 Kreilick<br />
Paul Joseph Milazzo 1979 Ceasar<br />
John Eugene Mills 1978 Kende<br />
Paul C. Naegely 1979 Kende<br />
John Oakey Noell 1978 Morokuma<br />
Sharon Eileen Normandin 1979 Schlessinger<br />
Martha Liudmila Quesada 1979 Schlessinger<br />
Christian Gough Reinhardt 1978 Krugh<br />
Paul Fenton Richardson 1978 Kreilick<br />
David N. Ridge 1976 Kende<br />
Thomas Craig Sandreczki 1979 Kreilick<br />
Michael W. Schoonover 1979 Eisenberg<br />
Linda Sue Schwab 1978 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Peter Michael Serpentino 1978 Krugh<br />
Ming Shen 1977 Dalton<br />
Douglas Kent Simpson 1978 Dalton<br />
John A. S<strong>of</strong>ranko 1979 Kampmeier/Eisenberg<br />
Bruce George Stokes 1977 Dalton<br />
Yuh-geng Tsay 1977 Kende<br />
Mary Prislopski Zimmerman 1976 G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
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1979<br />
Andrew S. Kende, Chair<br />
1983<br />
Sun d i a l, Do n a t e d b y th e me n’s Cl a s s <strong>of</strong> ‘52<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• Significant contributor to the science <strong>of</strong> organic chemistry; focused on pericyclic reactions and total synthesis<br />
whose research involved more than 50 gradu<strong>at</strong>e students and a similar number <strong>of</strong> postdoctoral fellows<br />
• Held the Charles F. Houghton Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship in <strong>Chemistry</strong> from 1981-2000<br />
• Female gradu<strong>at</strong>e students in chemistry won numerous fellowships, and 6 out <strong>of</strong> 25 in the entering gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
program were female<br />
• Introduced short courses on electrochemistry and polymer chemistry, with lecturers from industry; well<br />
<strong>at</strong>tended by faculty, students, and approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 60 people from local corpor<strong>at</strong>ions and colleges<br />
• <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department hosted Third Conference on Cooper<strong>at</strong>ive Advances in Science and Technology,<br />
cohosted by Eastman Kodak Company and the <strong>University</strong> in 1981; sponsored by the Council for Chemical<br />
Research, an organiz<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 40 companies and 130 departments <strong>of</strong> chemistry and chemical<br />
engineering; 240 participants<br />
• Hired numerous senior-level faculty, including Robert Boeckman, David Whitten, and Shaul Mukamel<br />
• Hired William Jones in inorganic chemistry, and Joseph Dinnocenzo in organic chemistry<br />
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1979 Andrew S. Kende<br />
1983<br />
Wi l l i a m D. Jo n e s,<br />
Jos e p h Di n n o c e n z o,<br />
Sha u l Mu k a m e l ,<br />
Ro b e r t K. Bo e c k m a n , Jr.,<br />
e a r l y 80s<br />
e a r l y 80s<br />
e a r l y 80s<br />
l a t e 80s<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Diane DePrisco Albergo 1981 Turner<br />
Robert Whitehill. Atcher 1980 Huizenga<br />
Mark Wallace Bailey 1982 McLendon<br />
Kendall Lee Belsley 1982 Sce<strong>at</strong>s<br />
Robert Michael Bilotta 1980 Farrar<br />
Robert Arthur Bourque 1980 Kende<br />
David Whitney Callahan 1982 Muenter<br />
Ling-I Shirley Chen 1982 McLendon<br />
Seung Hoon Cheon 1983 Boeckman<br />
Robert L. DeLeon 1981 Muenter<br />
Thomas P. Demuth 1980 Kende<br />
Thomas Gregory Dewey 1980 Turner<br />
Barbara Jo Fisher 1983 Eisenberg<br />
Pawel Fludzinski 1982 Kende<br />
Mark A. Hamilton 1980 Friedrich<br />
Stephen Herbert Harris 1980 Kampmeier<br />
Arden Diane Hoover 1981 Huizenga<br />
Gregory Cullen Hurst 1983 Kreilick<br />
Louis V. Isganitis 1981 Sce<strong>at</strong>s<br />
Margaret Logan King 1982 Kende<br />
Kenneth Allen Kraft 1982 Kreilick<br />
Clifford P. Kubiak 1980 Eisenberg<br />
Jerry W. Kuper 1982 Sce<strong>at</strong>s<br />
P<strong>at</strong>rick Yuk-Sun Lam 1980 Friedrich<br />
Kuan Rong Lee 1981 Krugh<br />
Jui-Teng Lin 1980 George<br />
Alan Harvey Lipkus 1982 Sce<strong>at</strong>s<br />
Eric Wilson Lobenstine 1981 Turner<br />
Anibal Lopes 1981 Schlessinger<br />
Dennis Paul Lorah 1983 Kende<br />
Donald Benton MacMillen 1980 Montroll<br />
James Michael McNally 1981 Kreilick<br />
David James Miller 1980 Saunders<br />
Deborah Scribner Miller 1981 McLendon<br />
Richard Allen Nugent 1983 Schlessinger<br />
M<strong>at</strong>hew Petersheim 1982 Turner<br />
James B. Philip 1980 Kampmeier<br />
Denise Ann Podolski 1983 Sce<strong>at</strong>s<br />
Andrew J. Poss 1983 Schlessinger<br />
Frederick Preuninger 1981 Farrar<br />
George Joseph Quallich 1980 Schlessinger<br />
James P<strong>at</strong>rick Rizzi 1981 Kende<br />
Michael Richard Roberts 1980 Schlessinger<br />
Joseph Peter Sab<strong>at</strong>ucci 1983 Boeckman<br />
Richard Owens Schultz 1983 Kreilick<br />
James A. Schultz 1983 Schlessinger<br />
Michele C. Smith 1980 McLendon<br />
Susan Adella Stanton 1983 Godleski<br />
Yu-Tai Tao 1981 Saunders<br />
Laura Ellen Tubbs 1982 Huizenga<br />
Richard Sanborn Valpey 1982 Godleski<br />
Bryan Clark Whitmore 1983 Eisenberg<br />
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1983<br />
John R. Huizenga, Chair<br />
1988<br />
Fr a t e r n i t y Qu a d wi t h Wi l s o n Co m m o n s<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• In 1982-1983, the N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences evalu<strong>at</strong>ed and released a series <strong>of</strong> reports about<br />
gradu<strong>at</strong>e educ<strong>at</strong>ion. The reports noted th<strong>at</strong> the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department was the most improved <strong>University</strong><br />
department since 1970, th<strong>at</strong> the ranking <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>’s effectiveness was in the 86th percentile, and the<br />
ranking <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>’s faculty was in the 82nd percentile <strong>of</strong> all research doctoral programs in the United<br />
St<strong>at</strong>es.<br />
• By reorganizing teaching space, lab research space increased by 30%, and Departmental service and<br />
instrument<strong>at</strong>ion space by over 20%<br />
• New equipment and instrument<strong>at</strong>ion included a 500-MHz and two 300-MHz NMR spectrometers, a GC<br />
mass spectrometer, a M<strong>at</strong>tson Sirius 100 Fourier Transform IR spectrometer, an x-ray diffractometer,<br />
VAX computers, a single-photon counting system, large 4-liquid scintill<strong>at</strong>or for neutron multiplicity<br />
measurements, and extensive laser equipment<br />
• Launched the departmental initi<strong>at</strong>ive to apply for one <strong>of</strong> the first N<strong>at</strong>ional Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion sponsored<br />
Science and Technology Centers, the Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer. Responsible for laying the<br />
found<strong>at</strong>ion for the successful applic<strong>at</strong>ion, site visit, negoti<strong>at</strong>ions between the <strong>University</strong> and the NSF, and<br />
establishment <strong>of</strong> the Center.<br />
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1983 John R. Huizenga<br />
1988<br />
R. J. Dw a y n e Mi l l e r,<br />
Ea r l y 90s<br />
Th o m a s Ri z z o,<br />
e a r l y 90s<br />
W. Ud o Sc h r ö d e r,<br />
e a r l y 90s<br />
Jos h u a Go o d m a n ,<br />
An n e My e r s Ke l l e y,<br />
e a r l y 80s<br />
l a t e 80s<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s (c o n t .)<br />
• The combin<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> and Physics Ph.D.s awarded during 1984-1988 made up 37% <strong>of</strong> Ph.D. degrees<br />
awarded by the College<br />
• <strong>Chemistry</strong> faculty ranked 7th compared to all United St<strong>at</strong>es universities in the amount <strong>of</strong> federal research<br />
funds per faculty member<br />
• With Biology and Physics, <strong>Chemistry</strong> ran the first <strong>of</strong> many NSF-sponsored 5-week Honors Workshops for<br />
Science Teachers in the Gre<strong>at</strong>er <strong>Rochester</strong> area<br />
• In 1987, George McLendon received the ACS Award in Pure <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
• From 1983-1997 David Whitten held the C.E. Kenneth Mees Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship in <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
• Faculty voted to restructure the first two years <strong>of</strong> undergradu<strong>at</strong>e chemistry courses<br />
• Appoints W. Udo Schröder in nuclear chemistry, whose associ<strong>at</strong>ion with the Department began in 1973, to<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
• Hired Thomas Rizzo in laser spectroscopy, Anne Myers in Raman spectroscopy, R. J. Dwayne Miller<br />
and Joshua Goodman, l<strong>at</strong>er one <strong>of</strong> the founding members <strong>of</strong> the Science and Technology Center for<br />
Photoinduced Charge Transfer<br />
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1983 John R. Huizenga<br />
1988<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Alan Dale Adams 1987 Schlessinger<br />
Thomas Richard Alessi 1986 Boeckman<br />
Mary Tedd Allen 1988 Whitten<br />
Theodros Asberom 1984 Boeckman<br />
Carol Ann Backer 1988 Whitten<br />
Thomas E. Barta 1987 Boeckman<br />
Steven Miles Bass 1984 Muenter<br />
Franco. B<strong>at</strong>taglia 1985 George<br />
Hans Phillip Beutelman 1987 Saunders<br />
Prudence K. Bradley 1988 Eisenberg<br />
Michael Alan Butler 1986 Huizenga<br />
Toni L. Ceckler 1985 Kreilick<br />
Andre B. Charette 1987 Boeckman<br />
Jen Chen 1984 Kende<br />
Richard Lee Chinn 1988 Boeckman<br />
Lynn Collins-Gold 1988 Whitten<br />
Karen Taylor Conklin 1987 McLendon<br />
William Russel Creasy 1986 Farrar<br />
Robert Alan Curtis 1984 Farrar<br />
Romualdo T. De Souza 1987 Huizenga<br />
Antonet Margaret De Souza 1988 Perry<br />
Donald M. Demko 1984 Boeckman<br />
Brent Richard Dohner 1985 Saunders<br />
Robert Philip Duttweiler 1987 Jones<br />
William Lee Ebenstein 1985 Muenter<br />
Frank Hallock Ebetino 1984 Kende<br />
Kimberly Gail Estep 1987 Boeckman<br />
Frank James Feher 1984 Jones<br />
Christopher John Flann 1984 Boeckman<br />
Cesar Vitorio Franco 1985 McLendon<br />
Edward Mason Gordon 1987 Eisenberg<br />
Deborah Diane Graves 1987 Schlessinger<br />
Steven Paul Greiner 1987 Kreilick<br />
Thomas Frederick Guarr 1984 McLendon<br />
Kurt Blaine Gundlach 1986 Godleski<br />
C<strong>at</strong>herine Harrison 1984 Turner<br />
Deborah Jean Heacock 1984 Godleski<br />
Debra Kay Heckendorn 1987 Boeckman<br />
Thomas Allen Henderson 1986 Kreilick<br />
David R. Hickey 1984 Turner<br />
Paul Francis Jackson 1987 Boeckman<br />
Young Sik Kim 1988 George<br />
Kevin Koch 1988 Kende<br />
Walter Philip Kosar 1987 Jones<br />
John Peter Kosky 1985 Huizenga<br />
Amanda Jane Kunin 1986 Eisenberg<br />
Michael Leon Lamos 1986 Turner<br />
Harold Bert Levene 1985 Perry<br />
Michael Joseph Luzzio 1986 Kende<br />
Edmond Magner 1988 McLendon<br />
John A. Maguire 1986 Jones<br />
Mark Edward McGuire 1986 McLendon<br />
Joseph Edward Moryl 1984 Farrar<br />
Thomas W. Nalli 1987 Kampmeier<br />
K<strong>at</strong>herine Norwood O’Brien 1987 Eisenberg<br />
K<strong>at</strong>hleen M. Poss 1985 Boeckman<br />
Michael A. Poss 1985 Schlessinger<br />
Joan Christine Potenza 1985 Boeckman<br />
Diana Garcia Prichard 1988 Muenter<br />
Jill Short Rogalskyj 1988 McLendon<br />
David Leonard Rowlands 1988 Kreilick<br />
Pauline J. Sanfilippo 1984 Kende<br />
David George Sanford 1986 Krugh<br />
Dong Myung Shin 1987 Whitten<br />
Shelley Lynne Shostak 1986 Muenter<br />
Kenneth Paul Simolo 1985 McLendon<br />
Cynthia Anne Smith 1988 Kende<br />
David Michael Sonnenfroh 1985 Farrar<br />
Massimo Sparpaglione 1988 Mukamel<br />
Steven Strauch 1984 McLendon<br />
Brian Reid Suddaby 1986 Whitten<br />
Jayaram Ragup<strong>at</strong>hy Tag<strong>at</strong> 1984 Boeckman<br />
James Rocco T<strong>at</strong>a 1987 Schlessinger<br />
Christopher Allan Teleha 1987 Kende<br />
Ronald Rudolph Valente 1988 Borch<br />
Edwin Bernard Villhauer 1986 Godleski<br />
M<strong>at</strong>thew E. Voss 1986 Boeckman<br />
David Lee Waldman 1988 Huizenga<br />
George Terrance Walker 1985 Krugh<br />
Alison P<strong>at</strong>ricia Williams 1988 Turner<br />
Jeffery L. Wood 1986 Schlessinger<br />
Carrie Woodcock 1984 Eisenberg<br />
David Juergen Wustrow 1985 Kende<br />
Yi Jing Yan 1988 Mukamel<br />
Mt. Ho p e Ce m e t a r y Ad j a c e n t t o Ca m p u s<br />
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1988<br />
David G. Whitten, Chair<br />
1991<br />
Do w n t o w n Ro c h e s t e r, 2005<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• In 1989, hosted the First Annual Charles A. Dana Found<strong>at</strong>ion Symposium<br />
• Founding Director and driving force for the establishment <strong>of</strong> the NSF-sponsored Science and Technology<br />
Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, a collabor<strong>at</strong>ive effort between the Department, Eastman Kodak, and<br />
Xerox. It was awarded in 1989 as one <strong>of</strong> eleven centers, the only one in chemistry in the US, and the first such<br />
center in New York St<strong>at</strong>e. NSF funding renewed in 1991 for an additional five years <strong>of</strong> support <strong>at</strong> $9,600,000.<br />
• In 1990, hosted the First Annual Symposium <strong>of</strong> the Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer, where 33 papers<br />
and 35 posters were presented to 160 participants from around the world<br />
• Shaul Mukamel becomes associ<strong>at</strong>e editor for Chemical Physics Letters in 1990, a position he holds to this day<br />
• Grants from the Dana and Pew Found<strong>at</strong>ions enabled new initi<strong>at</strong>ives in undergradu<strong>at</strong>e educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• Established new outreach programs to secondary school chemistry educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
• The Department was one <strong>of</strong> the top ten chemistry departments in the country in the amount <strong>of</strong> federal<br />
research funds per faculty member<br />
• In 1991, was awarded the ACS Award in Colloid or Surface <strong>Chemistry</strong> for his work in monolayer assemblies<br />
• Recruited Esther Conwell and Samir Farid as research pr<strong>of</strong>essors; hired Eric Kool, whose appointment was the<br />
first in bioorganic chemistry, and complemented the program in biophysical chemistry<br />
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1988 David G. Whitten<br />
1991<br />
Sc h r ö d e r La b, e a r l y 90s Sam i r Fa r i d Est h e r Co n w e l l ,<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
e l e c t e d t o th e Na t i o n a l<br />
Ac a d e m y <strong>of</strong> Sc i e n c e s, 1990<br />
Timothy Edward Banach 1989 Dinnocenzo<br />
David Clifford Barber 1989 Whitten<br />
Judith A. Bose 1991 Borch<br />
Valerie L. Chandler 1989 Jones<br />
Xiaohong Ci 1989 Whitten<br />
J. Robinson Cowdery-Corvan 1991 Whitten<br />
John W. Dankwardt 1991 Schlessinger<br />
Paul P. Deutsch 1989 Eisenberg<br />
Robert Joseph DeVita 1989 Kende<br />
Karen Ann Dittrich 1989 Krugh<br />
Lingzhen Dong 1991 Jones<br />
Carmen G. H. Duarte 1991 Bryant<br />
Thomas C. Eisenschmid 1989 Eisenberg<br />
Mingxin Fan 1989 Jones<br />
Yue Fang 1991 Boeckman<br />
Yasuhiro Fujii 1991 Kende<br />
Laura Lynn Genberg 1990 Miller<br />
Luis Alfredo Gomez-Jahn 1990 Miller<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han Grad 1990 Bryant<br />
Richard A. Hake 1991 McLendon<br />
Anna Marie Helms 1990 McLendon<br />
Edward T. Hessell 1991 Jones<br />
Grace C. Hsu 1991 Jones<br />
Edwin J. Iwanowicz 1989 Schlessinger<br />
John Allen Jaeger 1990 Turner<br />
K<strong>at</strong>y P<strong>at</strong> Johansson 1991 McLendon<br />
Jeffrey J. Kasinski 1989 Miller<br />
Boklye Kim 1991 Kreilick<br />
Kurt W. Kramarz 1991 Eisenberg<br />
Joseph Alexander La Villa 1990 Goodman<br />
C<strong>at</strong>hy Coolbaugh Lester 1990 Bryant<br />
Tong-Zhou Liu 1990 Kampmeier<br />
Carl E. Longfellow 1989 Turner<br />
Jose Serafin Mendoza-Torres 1990 Kende<br />
Scott Carson Miller 1990 Kende<br />
Lixing Min 1991 Miller<br />
Clara Elena Mota 1991 Kende<br />
Scott Godfrey Nelson 1991 Boeckman<br />
Ronald Charles Newbold 1989 Kende<br />
Kenneth John O’Connor 1989 Boeckman<br />
Suzanne Freeman O’Handley 1991 Krugh<br />
Michael P<strong>at</strong>rick O’Neil 1989 McLendon<br />
Kelli J. Pardue 1989 McLendon<br />
Scott L. Richardson 1989 Schlessinger<br />
Robert George Rowland 1989 Dinnocenzo<br />
John SantaLucia 1991 Turner<br />
Meihua Shen 1990 Farrar<br />
Dane Mark Springer 1989 Boeckman<br />
Lesley Ann Stolz 1991 Boeckman<br />
Scott David Swanson 1989 Bryant<br />
Derek J. Von Langen 1991 Schlessinger<br />
Wei-Dong Wang 1990 Eisenberg<br />
Charles Harry Weidner 1989 Boeckman<br />
Jay L. Wile 1989 Schröder<br />
Linfeng Xie 1990 Saunders<br />
Suk Kyoon Yoon 1990 Boeckman<br />
Qipan Zhang 1991 McLendon<br />
Juan A. Zuleta 1991 Eisenberg<br />
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1991<br />
Richard S. Eisenberg, Chair<br />
1994<br />
Hut c h i s o n Ha l l fr o m th e Ge n e s e e Ri v e r<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• In 1991, the Department received $5,770,000 in external Federal research support, placing it in the top ten<br />
departments n<strong>at</strong>ionally in terms <strong>of</strong> Federal funding per faculty member<br />
• During a period <strong>of</strong> budget cutbacks <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong>, obtained major funding for the <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
Department: $500,000 from the Kresge Found<strong>at</strong>ion, $500,000 from the NSF, and $1.2 million in gifts and<br />
pledges from Merck and other donors<br />
• In 1991-1992, more than 70% <strong>of</strong> the entering freshmen class took <strong>Chemistry</strong> courses<br />
• <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department instructed more undergradu<strong>at</strong>es in experimental physical science than any other<br />
department; was key provider <strong>of</strong> science labor<strong>at</strong>ories for first-year students<br />
• In collabor<strong>at</strong>ion with James Farrar and John Muenter, started new Venture initi<strong>at</strong>ive for first-year chemistrylinked<br />
courses with the theme <strong>of</strong> Energy and the Environment; the next series theme was <strong>Chemistry</strong> and<br />
Life. Limited enrollment to 40 students.<br />
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1991 Richard S. Eisenberg<br />
1994<br />
Er i c Ko o l,<br />
l a t e 80s<br />
Ae r i a l vi e w <strong>of</strong> Wi l s o n Co m m o n s<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s (c o n t .)<br />
Gui l l e r m o Ba z a n<br />
• Implemented an upd<strong>at</strong>ed upper-level labor<strong>at</strong>ory program th<strong>at</strong> involved new instrument<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />
equipment<br />
• Renov<strong>at</strong>ed labor<strong>at</strong>ory facilities, including more than 2,000 square feet <strong>of</strong> new labor<strong>at</strong>ory space.<br />
• In 1992, 20 Ph.D. degrees were awarded in <strong>Chemistry</strong>, representing 20% <strong>of</strong> the doctor<strong>at</strong>es awarded by the<br />
College<br />
• Department achieved a 40% increase in <strong>Chemistry</strong> majors<br />
• In 1991 George McLendon was named Tracy H. Harris Chair <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong>, a chair he held until 1995<br />
• In 1993, was Chairman <strong>of</strong> the Inorganic Division <strong>of</strong> the ACS.<br />
• Subsequently, in 2001, was appointed editor-in-chief for the journal Inorganic <strong>Chemistry</strong>, a position he<br />
continues to hold to this day<br />
• Received the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement <strong>of</strong> Inorganic <strong>Chemistry</strong> in 2003<br />
• Was Associ<strong>at</strong>e Dean <strong>of</strong> the College under Jack Kampmeier<br />
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1991 Richard S. Eisenberg<br />
1994<br />
Che m i s t r y Fa c u l t y in 1991<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Aloke Raj Banerjee 1994 Turner<br />
Philip Charles Bevilacqua 1993 Turner<br />
Joanne McDonald Bevilacqua 1994 Eisenberg<br />
Benjamin Eric Blass 1994 Kende<br />
Wayne Brian Bosma 1992 Mukamel<br />
Robert M. Chin 1994 Jones<br />
Xiaopei Ci 1992 Myers<br />
Sharon M. Dankwardt 1992 Schlessinger<br />
Edward James Dix 1994 Goodman<br />
Stephen George Donnelly 1994 Farrar<br />
Linda M. Eckel 1994 Krugh<br />
M<strong>at</strong>thew A. Fountain 1994 Krugh<br />
Kristin M. Fries 1992 Borch<br />
Christian M<strong>at</strong>hias Haugen 1994 Whitten<br />
Liyan He 1993 Turner<br />
Michael Scott Herman 1992 Goodman<br />
Christine L. Hoaglin 1993 Jones<br />
Yong Hsu 1994 Whitten<br />
Cynthia L. Jackson 1993 Bryant<br />
Shyam Babu Karki 1994 Dinnocenzo<br />
M<strong>at</strong>thew Alan Kellett 1992 Whitten<br />
Joseph Layton Kent 1994 Boeckman<br />
Sonja Komar-Panicucci 1994 McLendon<br />
Joseph M. Lanzafame 1992 Miller<br />
David Scott Lawrence 1994 Whitten<br />
Jeffrey Wade Leon 1994 Whitten<br />
Bulang Li 1992 Myers<br />
Sue Lin 1992 Saunders<br />
Xin Luo 1992 Rizzo<br />
Frances Markel 1992 Myers<br />
Adam Edward Peritz 1993 Turner<br />
Christophe Perthuisot 1994 Jones<br />
Lynn Marie Richard 1993 Miller<br />
Wanda G. Richard 1994 Whitten<br />
Jon-Marc Rodier 1994 Myers<br />
Glen P. Rosini 1992 Jones<br />
James Paul Schmidt 1993 Borch<br />
Anthony D. Selmeczy 1993 Jones<br />
Faisal A. Shafiq 1994 Eisenberg<br />
Thomas Richard Simpson 1994 Dinnocenzo<br />
Susan P<strong>at</strong>ricia Spooner 1993 Whitten<br />
Linghong Sun 1993 Muenter<br />
David Francis Varley 1993 Farrar<br />
Amy Elizabeth Walter 1994 Turner<br />
Hong Xiang Wang 1993 Mukamel<br />
Tzyy-Schiuan Yang 1994 Myers<br />
Dawei Zhou 1993 Kreilick<br />
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1994 George L. McLendon, Chair<br />
1995<br />
Hut c h i s o n Ha l l<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• McLendon played critical role as member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> Presidential Search Committee, whose work<br />
culmin<strong>at</strong>ed in selecting Thomas Jackson as President <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
• Joseph Dinnocenzo led a complete revamping <strong>of</strong> the organic labor<strong>at</strong>ory curriculum for pre-med and nonscience<br />
majors<br />
• After 19 years <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong>, where he became extremely well known in the field <strong>of</strong> biological electron<br />
transfer, McLendon went on to Princeton (and subsequently became the dean <strong>of</strong> faculty <strong>of</strong> Arts & Sciences<br />
<strong>at</strong> Duke <strong>University</strong>), and the Chairmanship returned to David G. Whitten<br />
• In 1995, <strong>Rochester</strong> particip<strong>at</strong>ed in one <strong>of</strong> four major consortium grants funded by the NSF to develop<br />
and implement systemic changes in the undergradu<strong>at</strong>e chemistry curriculum; the multi-year, $1.5 million<br />
consortium project centered <strong>at</strong> City College involved the development and propag<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> Peer-led<br />
Workshops. Jack Kampmeier and Vicki Roth, Director <strong>of</strong> Learning Assistance Services, introduced the<br />
Workshops in sophomore organic chemistry.<br />
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1994 George L. McLendon<br />
1995<br />
Me l i o r a, "e v e r be t t e r",<br />
c h o s e n in 1851 a s <strong>of</strong> f i c i a l <strong>University</strong> mo t t o<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
De w e y Ha l l, n a m e d af t e r th e fi r s t ch a i r<br />
o f th e De p a r t m e n t<br />
Donald Joe Anderson, Jr. 1995 Eisenberg<br />
Charles Wadsworth Bailey 1995 Krugh<br />
Shawn P<strong>at</strong>rick. Baldwin 1995 Schröder<br />
Carl Emery Bonner, Jr. 1995 Miller<br />
Scott Raymond Breining 1995 Boeckman<br />
Huijuan Chen 1995 Whitten<br />
Hui-Ling Chiu 1995 Miller<br />
Brian P. Cleary 1995 Eisenberg<br />
David Alan Conlon 1995 Dinnocenzo<br />
Scott David Cummings 1995 Eisenberg<br />
John C. Deak 1995 Miller<br />
Michal Ilana Freedh<strong>of</strong>f 1995 McLendon<br />
Xiaoqi Jiao 1995 Bryant<br />
Kristen Marie Kulinowski 1995 Myers<br />
Yu-Jang Li 1995 Schlessinger<br />
Kun Liu 1995 Kende<br />
Rhonda Annette Musselman 1995 Boeckman<br />
Andrew William Myers 1995 Jones<br />
Michael J. Neeb 1995 Boeckman<br />
Thomas F. Oliver 1995 Borch<br />
Tiecheng Qiao 1995 McLendon<br />
Julie M. Rehm 1995 McLendon<br />
Paul Tod Rieger 1995 Miller<br />
Suong Thao Tran 1995 McLendon<br />
Kristen Beth VanderVeen 1995 McLendon<br />
Shaohui Wang 1995 Kool<br />
Robert Thomas Witkowski 1995 McLendon<br />
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1995 David G. Whitten, Chair<br />
1997<br />
Th e Re g e n e r a t i v e Amplifier,<br />
Ce n t e r f o r Ph o t o i n d u c e d Ch a r g e Tr a n s f e r<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• The <strong>University</strong> started its “Renaissance Plan”<br />
• Broadened the number <strong>of</strong> industrial collabor<strong>at</strong>ors <strong>of</strong> the Science and Technology Center for Photoinduced<br />
Charge Transfer; included Bell Labs and hired Lewis Rothberg, world leader in organic electronics<br />
• The Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer occupied approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 4500 square feet <strong>of</strong> labor<strong>at</strong>ory<br />
and <strong>of</strong>fice space and included a variety <strong>of</strong> specialized instrument<strong>at</strong>ion including picosecond adsorption/<br />
resonance Raman spectrometer, an ultra-fast scanning electrochemical appar<strong>at</strong>us, a monolayer system and<br />
an ultra-high vacuum appar<strong>at</strong>us<br />
• Due to previous <strong>University</strong> budget restraints, the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department had been rebuilding from 1995<br />
and continues to do so today<br />
• In 1996 Richard Eisenberg was named Tracy H. Harris Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
• After 14 years <strong>at</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong>, went on to Los Alamos N<strong>at</strong>ional Labor<strong>at</strong>ory, and subsequently became editorin-chief<br />
<strong>of</strong> Langmuir, Chief Technical Officer <strong>of</strong> QTL Biosystems, and is now pr<strong>of</strong>essor and co-director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Center for Biomedical Engineering <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> New Mexico<br />
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1995 David G. Whitten<br />
1997<br />
Le w i s Ro t h b e r g<br />
Be n j a m i n Mi l l e r an d<br />
To d d Kr a u s s<br />
Mul t i-us e Tr a i l al o n g Ge n e s e e Ri v e r<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Carl P. Bergstrom 1997 Schlessinger<br />
Liaohai Chen 1997 Whitten<br />
Michael A. Carpenter 1996 Farrar<br />
Kevin W. Gillman 1997 Schlessinger<br />
Vineet Gupta 1997 Kool<br />
Liping Hong 1996 Borch<br />
Deanna C. Hurum 1996 Kreilick<br />
James Kim 1997 Turner<br />
Michelle Ann Laci 1997 Boeckman<br />
Yi Li 1997 Turner<br />
Jiwen Liu 1996 Borch<br />
Yugang Liu 1997 Boeckman<br />
Jeffrey A. McDowell 1996 Turner<br />
Yi-Jun Miao 1997 Bazan<br />
Anthony Joseph Midey, Jr. 1997 Farrar<br />
Joseph J. Mullins 1996 Boeckman<br />
Mitchell W. Mutz 1997 McLendon<br />
Thomas R. R. Pettus 1996 Schlessinger<br />
Lisa Marie Reeder 1996 Boeckman<br />
Michael Robert Reeder 1996 Boeckman<br />
Squire Rumney, IV 1997 Kool<br />
Kevin Ryan 1996 Kool<br />
Rebecca Dawn Fisher Settle 1996 Rizzo<br />
Stephen M. Shaw 1996 Boeckman<br />
Xuedong Song 1996 Whitten<br />
Tracy Vivlemore 1997 Kool<br />
Douglas D. Wick 1996 Jones<br />
Stephen Todd Wrobleski 1996 Boeckman<br />
Ming Wu 1996 Turner<br />
Xinhe Wu 1997 Schlessinger<br />
Thomas A. Zona 1996 Goodman<br />
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1997<br />
James M. Farrar, Chair<br />
2000<br />
Ca r l s o n Li b r a r y<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• Acquired a 500-MHz NMR spectrometer with help from Eastman Kodak Company<br />
• Invested a major effort in developing a vision for <strong>Chemistry</strong> in <strong>Rochester</strong> in the 21st century<br />
• After eleven years, in 2000, NSF funding ended for the Science and Technology Center for Photoinduced<br />
Charge Transfer. However, it continues as a vigorous research center <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> under its Director<br />
Joseph Dinnocenzo.<br />
• Despite a <strong>University</strong>-wide cutback in faculty, developed a str<strong>at</strong>egic plan for hiring new faculty members<br />
• Recruited Todd Krauss, who now spearheads efforts in m<strong>at</strong>erial science and nanotechnology<br />
• Recruited P<strong>at</strong>rick Holland in inorganic chemistry, one <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong>’s traditional strengths<br />
• Department received a large bequest from Alan Ewart, Ph.D. alumnus in nuclear chemistry, which allowed<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong> to establish a fellowship fund for excellent gradu<strong>at</strong>e students<br />
• Institutionalized the Peer-led Team Learning Workshop Program<br />
• Completed Central Instrument<strong>at</strong>ion Facility construction in basement <strong>of</strong> Hutchison Hall; houses high-field<br />
NMR and mass spectrometers<br />
• In 1997 Robert Boeckman and Andrew Kende were appointed associ<strong>at</strong>e editors to the Journal <strong>of</strong> Organic<br />
<strong>Chemistry</strong>; Boeckman continues to serve until the present day. Kende completed his term in 2002.<br />
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1997 James M. Farrar<br />
2000<br />
To d d D. Kr a u s s Ka r a L. Br e n Pa t r i c k L. Ho l l a n d<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Do o r <strong>of</strong> Ru s h Rh e e s Li b r a r y<br />
Dileep Kumar Agnihotri 1998 Schröder<br />
Xiaoying Chen 2000 Turner<br />
Andrea Cuppoletti 2000 Goodman<br />
Sarah L. Daubendiek 1998 Kool<br />
Amy Marie Diegelman 1999 Kool<br />
Brian Lee Edelbach 1999 Jones<br />
Carolee Flader 1999 Borch<br />
Kevin Michael Guckian 2000 Kool<br />
Vinita Gupta 1999 Kelley<br />
Shelby Lynn H<strong>at</strong>ch 1999 McLendon<br />
Marina Antonina Hauck 1999 Whitten<br />
Robert Dale Hubbard 2000 Miller<br />
Rachel Jakubiak 2000 Rothberg<br />
Bryan Klekota, II 2000 Miller<br />
Rip Andrew Lee 1999 Bazan<br />
James Ian Lee 1999 Farrar<br />
Susan Troutman Lee 1999 Farrar<br />
Mark Lilichenko 1999 Kelley<br />
Dongyu Liu 1998 Kool<br />
Caren L. Freel Meyers 1999 Borch<br />
Susan Millar Oldham 1999 Eisenberg<br />
Pamela Lynne Paris 1998 Kool<br />
Louis Augustino Pr<strong>of</strong>enno 1998 Turner<br />
Michelle Lee Renak 1999 Bazan<br />
Jon<strong>at</strong>han Scot Rogers 2000 Bazan<br />
Terrence L. Smalley 1999 Kende<br />
Caroline Kowal Sperry 1999 Bazan<br />
David Charles Sperry 1999 Farrar<br />
Darren G. Stoub 1998 Goodman<br />
Sergei Tretiak 1998 Mukamel<br />
David Anthony Vicic 1999 Jones<br />
Tianbing Xia 1999 Turner<br />
Yanzheng Xu 1999 Kool<br />
Wei Min Zhang 1999 Mukamel<br />
Hong Zhang 2000 Krugh<br />
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2000<br />
William D. Jones, Chair<br />
2003<br />
<strong>University</strong> Ba n n e r in Wi n t e r<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• Richard Eisenberg awarded the ACS Award for Distinguished Service in Inorganic <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
• Home to three editorial <strong>of</strong>fices for ACS journals: the central <strong>of</strong>fice for Inorganic <strong>Chemistry</strong> and associ<strong>at</strong>e<br />
editorial <strong>of</strong>fices for The Journal <strong>of</strong> the American Chemical Society, and The Journal <strong>of</strong> Organic <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
• Research Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Esther Conwell was named one <strong>of</strong> the “50 Most Important Women in Science” in the<br />
November 2002 issue <strong>of</strong> Discover. Her work has gre<strong>at</strong>ly increased our understanding <strong>of</strong> how charge flows in<br />
semiconductors and other m<strong>at</strong>erials.<br />
• Hired Alison Frontier and Nabi Magomedov in organic synthesis; Misha Ovchinnikov in the theory <strong>of</strong><br />
reaction dynamics; Man Kit Ng whose focus is in organic m<strong>at</strong>erials<br />
• The <strong>University</strong> celebr<strong>at</strong>ed its sesquicentennial in 2000<br />
• Named Charles F. Houghton Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> in 2000<br />
• From 2000-2003 Shaul Mukamel held the C.E. Kenneth Mees Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship in <strong>Chemistry</strong>; in 2001 became<br />
advisory editor for Chemical Physics<br />
• Jones received the ACS Award in Organometallic <strong>Chemistry</strong> in 2003 for his work in c<strong>at</strong>alysis<br />
• In 2003 William Jones was appointed associ<strong>at</strong>e editor <strong>of</strong> the Journal <strong>of</strong> the American Chemical Society, a<br />
position he continues until the present day<br />
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2000 William D. Jones<br />
2003<br />
Nab i Ma g o m e d o v ‡<br />
Ma n Kit Ng<br />
Mi s h a Ovc h i n n i k o v<br />
Al i s o n J. Fr o n t i e r<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Paul Albietz, Jr. 2001 Eisenberg<br />
Antonio J. del Moral Barbosa, Jr. 2001 Boeckman<br />
Thomas Woodford Barnes 2001 Turner<br />
Debra Jean Boehmler 2002 Boeckman<br />
Jessica Lynne Childs 2003 Turner<br />
Tammy Jo Clark 2001 Boeckman<br />
Christine M. L. Cuppoletti 2002 Rothberg<br />
M<strong>at</strong>thew David Disney 2002 Turner<br />
Jason G. Gillmore 2003 Dinnocenzo<br />
Xin Guo 2002 Calter<br />
Elizabeth Forenza Karan 2002 Bren<br />
Charles Karan, Jr. 2002 Miller<br />
Bradley Mark Kraft 2002 Jones<br />
David H. M<strong>at</strong>hews 2001 Turner<br />
James E. McGarrah 2002 Eisenberg<br />
Elizabeth S. Richards O’Grady 2003 Farrar<br />
Robert K. Orr 2003 Calter<br />
Stephen Scott Oster 2003 Jones<br />
Kirti M. P<strong>at</strong>el 2003 Bren<br />
Jo E. Roe 2002 Anbar<br />
Piero Lucio Ruggiero 2003 Boeckman<br />
Brandy S. Russell 2003 Bren<br />
Susan J. Schroeder 2002 Turner<br />
Robert Peter Udal 2002 Boeckman<br />
Nina Verdal 2003 Kelley<br />
Jing Zhang 2001 Boeckman<br />
Linghao Zhong 2003 Bren<br />
Cheng Zhu 2001 Calter<br />
‡ Deceased while on UR faculty , February 2006<br />
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2003<br />
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr., Chair<br />
Hut c h i s o n Ha l l fr o m Wi l s o n Bo u l e v a r d, 2002<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s<br />
• In 2003, was named the Marshall D. G<strong>at</strong>es, Jr. Chair in <strong>Chemistry</strong> in honor or Marshall D. G<strong>at</strong>es, who was a<br />
member <strong>of</strong> the faculty from 1949 to 1981; in 2006, received the ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award.<br />
• Acquired 500-MHz, 400-MHz, and 300-MHz NMR spectrometers, and single molecule/confocal microscope<br />
• Oversaw an external str<strong>at</strong>egic review <strong>of</strong> the Department to determine the best p<strong>at</strong>h for growth<br />
• Raised more than $2.5 million in endowed funds from alumni<br />
• During an austere period <strong>of</strong> Federal grant support, established an environment in which faculty raised<br />
substantial research funding, resulting in the steady growth <strong>of</strong> grants per year; faculty now receive more<br />
than $4 million in grants per year<br />
• Assisted in developing str<strong>at</strong>egic plans, including the role <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Chemistry</strong> Department, for the energy,<br />
nanobiology, and neuroscience initi<strong>at</strong>ives<br />
• Initi<strong>at</strong>ed lectureship and pr<strong>of</strong>essorship in honor <strong>of</strong> Andrew Kende<br />
• Peer-led Workshop Educ<strong>at</strong>ional fund in honor <strong>of</strong> Jack Kampmeier was established in 2005<br />
• Since 1995, the Department has experienced a 40% turnover in faculty, mainly due to retirements and new<br />
hires. Since 2000, the Department has hired seven assistant pr<strong>of</strong>essors, and as <strong>of</strong> 2003, the Department has<br />
successfully retained senior faculty<br />
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2003<br />
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr.<br />
Har r y A. St e r n<br />
Da v i d W. McCa m a n t<br />
Br a d l e y L. Ni l s s o n<br />
Chi n g W. Ta n g<br />
I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s (c o n t .)<br />
• Newsweek and The Washington Monthly both named UR among the n<strong>at</strong>ion’s top 25 universities<br />
• Initi<strong>at</strong>ed the form<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> a cluster system <strong>of</strong> research in the Department<br />
• Currently, the Department’s strengths include inorganic/organometallic chemistry while the more<br />
traditional strengths <strong>of</strong> organic synthesis, biological chemistry, and physical and nuclear chemistry continue<br />
to flourish<br />
• Hired Harry Stern in comput<strong>at</strong>ional chemistry, Bradley Nilsson in organic chemistry, and David McCamant in<br />
experimental physical chemistry<br />
• Doris Johns Cherry Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Ching Tang, whose primary appointment is in Chemical Engineering, is jointly<br />
appointed to <strong>Chemistry</strong> and Physics after a distinguished career <strong>at</strong> Kodak, where he was a pioneer in<br />
organic electronics, including solar cells and OLEDs<br />
• Goal: From 1975 until the mid-1990’s, the <strong>Chemistry</strong> gradu<strong>at</strong>e program grew and peaked <strong>at</strong> 140 gradu<strong>at</strong>e<br />
students and 40 postdocs. Today, the Department has approxim<strong>at</strong>ely 100 gradu<strong>at</strong>e students and postdocs.<br />
The goal is to have 120 gradu<strong>at</strong>e students and 40 postdocs.<br />
• Goal: Currently, raising funds for the G<strong>at</strong>es and Kende chairs, in synthetic organic chemistry and ultim<strong>at</strong>ely<br />
for <strong>at</strong> least one additional chair in physical chemistry or inorganic chemistry<br />
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2003<br />
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr.<br />
Ch e m is t r y Fa c u l t y, 2003<br />
Bac k Ro w : T. Kr a u s s, U. Sc h r ö d e r,<br />
J. Mu e n t e r, A. Ke n d e, W. Sa u n d e r s,<br />
R. Kreilick<br />
Fr o n t Ro w : E. Co n w e l l , R.<br />
Eis e n b e r g, D. Tu r n e r, R. Bo e c k m a n ,<br />
M.-K. Ng, W. Jo n e s<br />
Bio l o g i c a l ch e m i s t r y<br />
Clu s t e r Re t r e a t, 2006<br />
D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d<br />
Kevin Bucholtz 2005 Miller<br />
Gang Chen 2005 Turner<br />
Jeremy Alan Cody 2004 Boeckman<br />
Christina Goudreau Collison 2004 Boeckman<br />
N<strong>at</strong>han A. Eckert 2005 Holland<br />
Jason Allan Kellogg 2005 Bren<br />
Xiaorong Liu 2004 Boeckman<br />
Joseph Edward Pero 2005 Boeckman<br />
Todd Robert Ryder 2006 Boeckman<br />
Javier Vela-Becerra 2005 Holland<br />
Andrew James Vetter 2005 Jones<br />
Xin Wen 2004 Bren<br />
Jianguang Zhou 2005 Magomedov<br />
Brent M<strong>at</strong>thew Znosko 2004 Turner<br />
P<strong>at</strong>rick Caruana 2007 Frontier<br />
Ke Chen 2006 Boeckman<br />
Shenghua Duan 2006 Turner<br />
Megan Hahn 2006 Krauss<br />
Wei He 2007 Frontier<br />
Libai Huang 2006 Krauss<br />
Gabriel Kapur 2006 Boeckman<br />
Ravinder Kaur 2007 Bren<br />
Li Liu 2007 Farrar<br />
Brian McNaughton 2007 Rothberg<br />
Shanlin Pan 2006 Rothberg<br />
Ryan Phillips 2006 Calter<br />
Xinyi Song 2006 Boeckman<br />
Yuchen Tang 2006 Magomedov<br />
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Bau s c h an d Lo m b Ha l l, Bu i l t in 1930 t o ho u s e<br />
Opt i c s an d Ph y s i c s<br />
Go e r g e n Ha l l, Co m p l e t e d in 2007 t o ho u s e th e<br />
In s t i t u t e <strong>of</strong> Op t i c s & Biomedical En g i n e e r i n g<br />
Research in chemistry, and science in general, has become increasingly interdisciplinary. While each <strong>of</strong> the traditional<br />
areas <strong>of</strong> chemistry <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong>--organic, inorganic, and physical--continues to evolve<br />
in new directions, our faculty are also experts in other disciplines. A number <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> faculty have joint appointments<br />
with other departments. As such, over the years several gradu<strong>at</strong>e students from other departments<br />
have been mentored and advised by <strong>Chemistry</strong> faculty.<br />
Stu d e n t s f r o m Ot h e r De p a r t m e n t s Me n t o r e d b y Ch e m i s t r y Fa c u l t y f o r t h e Ph.D.<br />
Elizabeth Jane Wesley Physics 2007 Rothberg<br />
Yong Zhang Chemical Engineering 2007 Rothberg<br />
Neelaabh Shankar Biochemistry 2007 Turner<br />
Yufeng Li Optics/ECE 2006 Dinnocenzo<br />
Jinghui Lu Chemical Engineering 2006 Rothberg<br />
Steven Konezny Physics 2005 Rothberg<br />
Blanton Tolbert Biochemistry 2006 Turner<br />
Lea Vacca Biophysics 2006 Bren<br />
Ravindra Venk<strong>at</strong>ramani Physics 2005 Mukamel<br />
Yanting Wang Physics 2003 Dellago<br />
Aaron Peer Optics 2003 Dinnocenzo<br />
Michael R. Armstrong Physics 2001 Miller<br />
Gami Dadusc Physics 2000 Miller<br />
Gregory Goodno Physics 1999 Miller<br />
Vinita Gupta Physics 1999 Myers-Kelley<br />
Sabrina Jyotsna Diol Physics 1997 Miller<br />
Samuel Woodley Biophysics 1997 Krugh<br />
Stephen P. Palese Physics 1995 Miller<br />
Jun Qian Physics 1995 Farrar<br />
Xiangdong Wang Physics 1995 Miller<br />
Ningjun Wang Physics 1994 Mukamel<br />
Daniel S. Franchi Physics 1988 Mukamel<br />
Sue James Physics 1988 Mukamel<br />
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Ch e m is t r y Fa c u l t y, 1942<br />
Bac k Ro w : W. D. Wa l t e r s, E. Fr e n c h ,<br />
D. S. Ta r b e l l, A. B. F. Du n c a n , E.<br />
Wiig, R. He l m k a m p , J. Fl a g g<br />
Fr o n t Ro w : J. Kincaid, W. No y e s ,<br />
V. Ch a m b e r s , W. Li n e<br />
Ch e m is t r y Fa c u l t y, 2002<br />
Sta n d i n g : M. Ca l t e r, J.<br />
Din n o c e n z o, J. Ka m p m e i e r,<br />
J. Hu i z e n g a , J. Mu e n t e r, T.<br />
Kr u g h , D. Tu r n e r, U. Sc h r ö d e r,<br />
J. Fa r r a r, S. Mu k a m e l<br />
Se a t e d: R. Bo e c k m a n , A. Ke n d e,<br />
W. Jo n e s, R. Ei s e n b e r g, M.<br />
Ga t e s<br />
C h e m i s t r y Fa c u l t y o v e r t h e Ye a r s<br />
Ariel Anbar<br />
Robert L. Autrey<br />
Bernard Baker<br />
Guillermo C. Bazan<br />
Jacob Bigeleisen<br />
H. Marshall Blann<br />
Robert K. Boeckman<br />
Virgil C. Boekelheide<br />
Arthur Bond<br />
Richard F. Borch<br />
David M. Braitsch<br />
Kara L. Bren<br />
Robert G. Bryant<br />
Frank P. Buff<br />
T. L. Cairns<br />
Michael A Calter<br />
Gerald P. Ceasar<br />
Victor J. Chambers<br />
L. D. Colebrook<br />
Esther M. Conwell<br />
Michael Czarniecki<br />
J. Christopher Dalton<br />
Christoph Dellago<br />
Joseph P. Dinnocenzo<br />
A. B. F. Duncan<br />
Richard Eisenberg<br />
Samir Farid<br />
James M. Farrar<br />
J. F. Flagg<br />
Ethel French<br />
Louis E. Friedrich<br />
S. L. Friess<br />
Alison J. Frontier<br />
Howard S. Gardner<br />
Marshall G<strong>at</strong>es<br />
Thomas F. George<br />
Stephen A. Godleski<br />
Joshua L. Goodman<br />
H. Gunning<br />
David Ham<br />
Kenneth G. Harbison<br />
Ralph W. Helmkamp<br />
Terrell L. Hill<br />
P<strong>at</strong>rick Holland<br />
John R. Huizenga<br />
William D. Jones<br />
Jack Kampmeier<br />
Anne Myers Kelley<br />
Andrew S. Kende<br />
John F. Kincaid<br />
Eric T. Kool<br />
Todd D. Krauss<br />
Robert W. Kreilick<br />
Thomas R. Krugh<br />
Willard R. Line<br />
Nabi A. Magomedov<br />
David W. McCamant<br />
George L. McLendon<br />
Waren D. McPhee<br />
Benjamin Miller<br />
R. J. Dwayne Miller<br />
Elliott W. Montroll<br />
Keiji Morokuma<br />
John S. Muenter<br />
Shaul Mukamel<br />
Man Kit Ng<br />
George C. Nieman<br />
Bradley L. Nilsson<br />
Francis Nordmeyer<br />
William Albert Noyes<br />
Misha Ovchinnikov<br />
David S. Perry<br />
Davis Raymond, Jr.<br />
Thomas R. Rizzo<br />
Lewis J. Rothberg<br />
William H Saunders<br />
Mark G. Sce<strong>at</strong>s<br />
Richard H. Schlessinger<br />
Wolf Udo Schröder<br />
Henry Sobell<br />
William H. Strain<br />
Arthur A. Sunier<br />
Ching W. Tang<br />
D. Stanley Tarbell<br />
Douglas H. Turner<br />
Winston D. Walters<br />
David G. Whitten<br />
Edwin O. Wiig<br />
David J. Wilson<br />
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Fa c u l t y Aw a r d s , Th e Pa s t 25 y e a r s<br />
James M. Farrar 1982 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (1981-1983)<br />
David G. Whitten 1982 N<strong>at</strong>ional Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion Research Award for Special Cre<strong>at</strong>ivity<br />
Fellowship Award <strong>of</strong> the Japan Society for the Promotion <strong>of</strong> Science<br />
Thomas F. George 1982 <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong> Mentor<br />
Joseph P. Dinnocenzo 1983 Camille Henry Dreyfus Found<strong>at</strong>ion New Faculty Award<br />
Thomas George 1983 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fellowship<br />
James M. Farrar 1984 <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong> Mentor<br />
William D. Jones 1984 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship<br />
David G. Whitten 1984 Humboldt Award, Alexander von Humboldt Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Shaul Mukamel 1985 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Found<strong>at</strong>ion Teacher-Scholar Award<br />
William D. Jones 1985 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Found<strong>at</strong>ion Teacher-Scholar Award<br />
Thomas R. Krugh 1985 Mercer Brugler Distinguished Teaching Pr<strong>of</strong>essorship<br />
Andrew S. Kende 1985 Fellowship Award <strong>of</strong> the Japan Society for Promotion <strong>of</strong> Science<br />
Andrew S. Kende 1986 American Chemical Society <strong>Rochester</strong> Section Award<br />
John S. Muenter 1986 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Physical Society<br />
Thomas R. Rizzo 1986 Camille & Henry Dreyfus Distinguished New Faculty Grant<br />
Joseph P. Dinnocenzo 1986 Rohm and Haas Faculty Fellow<br />
James M. Farrar 1987 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Physical Society<br />
William D. Jones 1987 Exxon Educ<strong>at</strong>ion Found<strong>at</strong>ion Award<br />
George L. McLendon 1987 ACS Award in Pure <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
R. J. Dwayne Miller 1987 NSF Presidential Young Investig<strong>at</strong>or Award<br />
Shaul Mukamel 1987 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Physical Society<br />
Anne B. Myers 1987 Camille & Henry Dreyfus Distinguished New Faculty Grant<br />
Joseph P. Dinnocenzo 1988 Alfred P. Sloan Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fellowship<br />
William D. Jones 1988 John S. Guggenheim Fellowship<br />
Fulbright Fellowship<br />
Royal Society <strong>of</strong> London Visiting Scholar Fellowship<br />
George L. McLendon 1988 <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong> Bridging Fellowship (to Biochemistry)<br />
R. J. Dwayne Miller 1988 Alfred P. Sloan Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fellowship<br />
Anne B. Myers 1988 David and Lucile Packard Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fellowship<br />
Anne B. Myers 1989 Alfred P. Sloan Found<strong>at</strong>ion Fellowship<br />
NSF Presidential Young Investig<strong>at</strong>or Award<br />
George L. McLendon 1989 ACS Eli Lilly Award in Biological <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
Esther M. Conwell 1990 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences<br />
Joshua L. Goodman 1990 NSF Presidential Young Investig<strong>at</strong>or Award<br />
Shaul Mukamel 1990 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the Optical Society <strong>of</strong> America<br />
Samir Farid 1990 Eastman Kodak’s C.E.K. Mees Award<br />
John R. Huizenga 1991 Leroy Randle Grumman Medal for Outstanding Scientific Achievement<br />
Anne B. Myers 1991 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from UC Riverside Alumni<br />
Thomas R. Rizzo 1991 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship<br />
David G. Whitten 1991 ACS Award in Colloid or Surface <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
Guillermo Bazan 1992 Camille & Henry Dreyfus Distinguished New Faculty Grant<br />
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr. 1992 Alexander Von Humboldt Stiftung, Senior Faculty Research Prize<br />
Esther M. Conwell 1992 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Academy <strong>of</strong> Arts and Sciences<br />
Esther M. Conwell 1992 Honorary D. Sc., Brooklyn College, 1992<br />
Joseph P. Dinnocenzo 1992 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award<br />
Joshua L. Goodman 1992 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship<br />
John R. Huizenga 1992 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Academy <strong>of</strong> Arts and Sciences<br />
Eric T. Kool 1992 Young Investig<strong>at</strong>or Award, Office <strong>of</strong> Naval Research<br />
Young Investig<strong>at</strong>or Award, Arnold & Mabel Beckman Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
George L. McLendon 1992 ACS Akron Section Award<br />
R.J. Dwayne Miller 1992 John S. Guggenheim Fellowship<br />
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Anne B. Myers 1992 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award<br />
Paul J. Flory Sabb<strong>at</strong>ical Fellowship, IBM<br />
Thomas R. Rizzo 1992 Coblentz Prize for Spectroscopy<br />
Douglas H. Turner 1992 John S. Guggenheim Fellowship<br />
Esther M. Conwell 1993 New York Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences<br />
Richard Eisenberg 1993 Chair, Division <strong>of</strong> Inorganic <strong>Chemistry</strong>, ACS<br />
Eric T. Kool 1993 Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award<br />
Thomas R. Rizzo 1993 UR Student Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Teacher <strong>of</strong> the Year Award 1992-93<br />
Douglas H. Turner 1993 John S. Guggenheim Fellow; American Cancer Society Fellow<br />
Eric T. Kool 1994 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship<br />
Cynamid Faculty Award from American Cyanamid Company<br />
Guillermo Bazan 1995 NSF CAREER Award<br />
Samir Farid 1995 Inter-American Photochemical Society Award<br />
Guillermo Bazan 1996 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship<br />
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award<br />
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr. 1996 Marshall G<strong>at</strong>es Distinguished Faculty Scholar<br />
James M. Farrar 1996 Marshall G<strong>at</strong>es Distinguished Faculty Scholar<br />
Shaul Mukamel 1996 John S. Guggenheim Fellowship<br />
Lewis J. Rothberg 1996 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Physical Society<br />
W. Udo Schröder 1996 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Physical Society<br />
Esther M. Conwell 1997 Thomas A. Edison Medal <strong>of</strong> the IEEE<br />
Richard Eisenberg 1997 Lady Davis Fellow, Hebrew <strong>University</strong><br />
Thomas R. Krugh 1997 Goergen Teaching Award for Distinguished Achievement and<br />
Artistry in Undergradu<strong>at</strong>e Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Benjamin L. Miller 1997 Research Innov<strong>at</strong>ion Award<br />
Shaul Mukamel 1997 Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists<br />
John S. Guggenheim Fellow<br />
David G. Whitten 1997 Inter-American Photochemical Society Award<br />
Anne B. Myers 1998 Agnes Fay Morgan Award<br />
Jack A. Kampmeier 1999 Chemical Manufacturers Assoc. C<strong>at</strong>alyst Award<br />
Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in<br />
Undergradu<strong>at</strong>e Teaching<br />
Thomas R. Krugh 1999 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Associ<strong>at</strong>ion for the Advancement <strong>of</strong> Science<br />
Douglas H. Turner 1999 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Associ<strong>at</strong>ion for the Advancement <strong>of</strong> Science<br />
Eric T. Kool 2000 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award<br />
Pfizer Award for Enzyme <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
Thomas R. Krugh 2000 Students Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> the Year in N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences<br />
Todd D. Krauss 2001 Research Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion Research Innov<strong>at</strong>ion Award<br />
Benjamin L. Miller 2001 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award<br />
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr. 2001 Chair the Organic Division <strong>of</strong> the American Chemical Society<br />
Ariel Anbar 2002 Don<strong>at</strong>h Medal <strong>of</strong> the Geological Society <strong>of</strong> America<br />
Esther M. Conwell 2002 Discover Magazine’s “50 Most Important Women in Science”<br />
Alison J. Frontier 2002 Research Innov<strong>at</strong>ion Award, Research Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
P<strong>at</strong>rick L. Holland 2002 NSF CAREER Award<br />
Nabi Magomedov 2002 Research Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion Research Innov<strong>at</strong>ion Award<br />
W. Udo Schröder 2002 Who’s Who Among American Teachers Award<br />
Kara L. Bren 2003 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship<br />
Joseph P. Dinnocenzo 2003 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers Award<br />
Richard Eisenberg 2003 American Chemical Society Award <strong>of</strong> Distinguished Service <strong>of</strong> Inorganic <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
<strong>Rochester</strong> ACS Section Award<br />
P<strong>at</strong>rick L. Holland 2003 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship<br />
William D. Jones 2003 ACS Award in Organometallic <strong>Chemistry</strong><br />
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Andrew S. Kende 2003 ACS Arthur Cope Senior Scholar<br />
Todd D. Krauss 2003 NYSTAR James T. W<strong>at</strong>son Young Investig<strong>at</strong>or Award<br />
Todd D. Krauss 2003 Army Young Investig<strong>at</strong>or Award<br />
Nabi Magomedov 2003 Research Innov<strong>at</strong>ion Award, Research Corpor<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Shaul Mukamel 2003 Optical Society <strong>of</strong> America Ellis R. Lippincott Award<br />
Kara Bren 2004 Paul Saltman Memorial Lecturer<br />
Alison J. Frontier 2004 NSF CAREER Award<br />
Todd D. Krauss 2004 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship<br />
Robert Kreilick 2004 Goergen Award for Curriculum Achievement in Undergradu<strong>at</strong>e Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Thomas R. Krugh 2004 Student’s Associ<strong>at</strong>ion Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> the Year in N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences<br />
Nabi Magomedov 2004 Amgen New Faculty Award<br />
John Muenter 2004 Goergen Award for Curriculum Achievement in Undergradu<strong>at</strong>e Educ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Harry A. Stern 2004 Camille & Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award<br />
W. Udo Schröder 2004 Who’s Who Among American Teachers Award<br />
Esther M. Conwell 2005 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Senior Mentor Award<br />
Richard S. Eisenberg 2005 Fellow <strong>of</strong> the American Associ<strong>at</strong>ion for the Advancement <strong>of</strong> Science<br />
James M. Farrar 2005 Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in<br />
Undergradu<strong>at</strong>e Teaching<br />
Todd D. Krauss 2005 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award<br />
Man Kit Ng 2005 NYSTAR James D. W<strong>at</strong>son Investig<strong>at</strong>or Award<br />
W. Udo Schröder 2005 Who’s Who Among American Teachers Award<br />
Esther M. Conwell 2006 Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Achievement Award<br />
Robert K. Boeckman, Jr. 2006 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award<br />
James M. Farrar 2006 <strong>University</strong> Dean’s Award for Meritorious Service in Ph.D. Defenses<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> the Year in N<strong>at</strong>ural Sciences by the Students Associ<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
Joseph P. Dinnocenzo 2006 Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergradu<strong>at</strong>e Teaching<br />
Who’s Who Among American Teachers Award<br />
Kara L. Bren 2006 ACS PROGRESS Project Award<br />
Ching W. Tang 2006 Elected Member <strong>of</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ional Academy <strong>of</strong> Engineering<br />
Ching W. Tang 2007 Daniel E. Noble Award, IEEE<br />
Misha Ovchinnikov 2007 NSF Career Award<br />
Richard Eisenberg 2007 ACS Cleveland Section Morley Medal<br />
Esther M. Conwell 2007 ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences<br />
Ri v e r Ca m p u s an d Ro c h e s t e r<br />
Sk y l i n e, c i r c a 1995<br />
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Ac k n ow l e d g m e n t s<br />
We gr<strong>at</strong>efully acknowledge the faculty and staff who particip<strong>at</strong>ed in assisting us with compiling this history. Special<br />
thanks to Lois H. Gresh, Technical Communic<strong>at</strong>ions Director for Science, Technology, Engineering, and M<strong>at</strong>h <strong>at</strong> the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong>, for her diligent research, writing expertise, and vision for the booklet. We also thank the <strong>University</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong> librarians, Nancy M. Martin and Melissa Mead <strong>of</strong> the Rare Books and Special Collections Department <strong>at</strong><br />
Rush Rhees Library for their invaluable assistance, and use <strong>of</strong> their archives and collections. This project could not have<br />
been completed without the efforts <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> Librarian, Susan Cardinal <strong>at</strong> Carlson Library, who is responsible for<br />
the Index <strong>of</strong> <strong>Chemistry</strong> doctoral theses. We thank Department Chair, Robert K. Boeckman, Jr. and Administr<strong>at</strong>ive Chair,<br />
Kenneth Simolo for their support <strong>of</strong> this project. We are also gr<strong>at</strong>eful to Dana Rittenhouse <strong>of</strong> the <strong>University</strong> Deans’ Office,<br />
the 75th Anniversary Event Committee Chair, James M. Farrar, and committee members Robert K. Boeckman, Jr.,<br />
William D. Jones, Richard Eisenberg, Jack A. Kampmeier and Karen S. Dean for their contributions. Photos were provided<br />
courtesy <strong>of</strong> the Rare Books and Special Collections Department <strong>at</strong> Rush Rhees Library, the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Rochester</strong> Public<br />
Rel<strong>at</strong>ions Department, the Monroe County Library System, and photographers, Richard Baker, Ria Casartelli, M<strong>at</strong>t Beyers,<br />
Hi<strong>at</strong>t Zhao (B.S. ’06), Sheridan Vincent, and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Thomas R. Krugh. And finally, we wish to acknowledge John<br />
Bertola (Class <strong>of</strong> ’09) for his talent, dedic<strong>at</strong>ion, and hard work as Layout Editor.<br />
Heartfelt thanks to you all.<br />
Debra Haring<br />
Development Administr<strong>at</strong>or and Editor<br />
Ri v e r Ca m p u s Ba n n e r<br />
Fi r ew o r k s o v e r th e Ge n e s e e Ri v e r<br />
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