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[email protected]. Authors Kimberly Brady, Roy Brown, Emily Johnson, Shannon D. Jones, Margaret Henderson, Dana Ladd, Irene Lubker, and Jennifer A. McDaniel This article is available at VCU Scholars Compass: http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/libraries_pubs/24 Profiles in Sciences: John Bennett Fenn Kimberly Brady, Roy Brown, Emily Johnson, Shannon Jones, Margaret Henderson, Dana Ladd, Irene Lubker and Jennifer McDaniel Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Abstract “Don’t ever try to be a scientist or engineer!” Had John Bennett Fenn listened to this advice given by his ninth grade teacher, he might not have gone on to pursue a career in analytical chemistry which would culminate in the attainment of the Nobel Prize in 2002. Gathered from interviews, publication analyses, glowing tributes, and his reminiscences, this paper outlines the academic and professional life of John Fenn from childhood through the end of his career in 2010.