NEWS • COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES • DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY • 1996 FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEAD The past year was an exhilarat- didates. We did something un- ing one for the Department of heard of—for Oregon anyway—we Chemistry. Among many exciting requested permission to hire both things that happened, we hired candidates. To our mild surprise, two new faculty members, our the dean’s office and the Graduate Achievement Endowment Fund School agreed this was an opportu- continues to grow, we honored nity we should not miss. We hired three distinguished alumni with both Andy Marcus and Mark achievement awards, members of Lonergan. I’m sure it is obvious our faculty were recognized with that the administration wouldn’t national and local awards, and we do this for just any department. It graduated thirty-eight enthusiastic is a sign of our department’s undergraduate and graduate stu- strength and quality that we were dents. Let me briefly recount these permitted to hire two new faculty events and achievements. members. Last fall we ran a search for a One of the reasons our depart- physical chemist to replace Warner ment remains optimistic about the Peticolas, who retired. We inter- future is that we have generous viewed four candidates and found alumni who contribute to our © JACK LIU ourselves having to decide be- growing Achievement Endowment tween two absolutely superb can- continued on page 2 Chemistry Commencement Gets Personal Remember when the only and friends. In a new twist this graduation event was a large gath- year, students wrote a humorous ering on a football field? Times script, “Our Seniors’ Top Ten List have changed. Now the Depart- of Reasons to be a Chemistry Ma- ment of Chemistry has its own jor,” and asked certain faculty graduation ceremony and recep- members to read them. For ex- tion, which takes place in the ample, Jim Hutchison (a Star Wars Willamette Hall Atrium, apart character look-alike) read Reason from the large-scale university No. 10: “To have the chance to event. This is a smaller, more per- learn first hand from Luke sonal event where faculty mem- Skywalker what it is like to do bers, students, and parents can battle with the dark side,” and meet, talk, and enjoy a family-like John Keana read Reason No. 8: atmosphere. “All can be un- Our department is rapidly es- derstood by references to cows and tablishing its own graduation tra- chickens.” ditions, which include more Another innovation is that stu- humor and individual recognition dents select the speaker. The speak- of student achievements. Depart- ers for the two previous years were ment Head David Tyler opened John Hardwick and Jim Long. the event with a welcome to stu- This year the students honored Jim dents, faculty members, family, Hutchison, who addressed the continued from top of page 1 teach. Undergraduate laboratories are loaded with computers that Fund. This fund was set up two collect and analyze data, and new Amos B. years ago to help offset declining analytical and spectroscopic in- support from state and federal strumentation is everywhere. Smith III to sources. In just two years you have Computer networks make it pos- donated over forty thousand dol- sible for students to obtain lecture lars, and we thank you for your notes and homework sets online. Receive UO generosity. We are still soliciting In some classes, they can even turn contributions to help us reach our in the homework sets on line. Stu- goal of sixty thousand dollars. As I dents can turn to on-line discus- Creativity explained last year, most senior sion groups, which are monitored faculty members are contributing, by faculty members and teaching Award too, and the state matches the com- assistants, for additional help with bined alumni and faculty contribu- problem solving. This is all very tions, so your contributions go exciting, but it costs money. Your even further. contributions are helping to pur- Another highlight from the past chase the needed equipment and year was our continuing celebra- technology we need to remain tion of successful careers with the leaders in chemical education. Chemistry Alumni Achievement In concluding, let me remind Awards. This annual event was you that we like to hear from you. initiated in 1989 as a way of identi- One of the most widely read sec- fying particularly successful tions of this newsletter is the News alumni. This past year we honored from All Over section, in which we Victor Snieckus, Marion Hill, and include news about you. This sec- Shin-Ichiro Sakai. The seminars tion depends on input directly these award winners gave when from you. Let us know what you they returned to campus were high are doing, even if it is only your Amos B. Smith III, of points of the year. Many of our current position, and we will in- chemistry at the University of students commented on the can do clude the information in our next Pennsylvania, will receive the Uni- attitude of the awardees and the edition of the newsletter. versity of Oregon Creativity Award way that attitude inspired to them in recognition of his many out- as students. The careers of this standing contributions to research year’s award winners are de- in organic chemistry. He will spend scribed in detail in an article in this some time at the University of Or- newsletter. egon meeting with faculty and stu- Our faculty members continue dents. Then Friday, March 7, 1997, to reap rewards for their successful he will present an award lecture careers. These honors are also dis- during the regularly scheduled or- cussed in more detail in this news- continued from page 1, bottom ganic seminar. Smith is well known letter, but in particular I want to for his outstanding achievements call attention to Peter von Hippel’s Class of 1996, with, as he put it, “a in natural products synthesis, or- selection as a distinguished profes- linear combination of emotions.” ganic photochemistry, and primate sor in the College of Arts and Sci- Jim advised graduates “not to un- pheromone chemistry. ences. Pete has been a scientific derestimate your abilities” and “to The UO Creativity Award was and civic leader in the department keep your eyes open for unique op- established by the Boekelheide En- and the university for many years, portunities” in response to the dowment of the University of Or- and one cannot imagine a better changing nature of the job market. egon Foundation to recognize choice for this award. During the Awarding of Degrees outstanding and original contribu- Although it sounds clichéd, our Ceremony, parents, family mem- tions in chemistry, music, and commitment to providing a superb bers, and friends were invited to dance. This is the second award in education for our students is as stand and cheer as their graduate’s the area of chemistry. The first strong as ever. Those of you who name was called. A reception with chemistry awardee was Nelson haven’t visited the department in refreshments followed. Thanks go Leonard of the University of Illi- some time probably wouldn’t rec- to Diane Lachenmeier, chemistry’s nois in 1994, followed by awards to ognize the major changes that have office manager, for helping to orga- Toni Pimble for dance, and James taken place in the classroom. Tech- nize this event. Harbison for music. In addition to nology is changing the way we see related information on page 14 expenses Smith will receive $5,000.

2 Chemistry Alumni Achievement Awards MOCK PHOTOGRAPHY Marion E. Hill Victor Snieckus Shin-Ichiro Sakai

On March 8, 1996, Alumni Victor Snieckus, born in The award ceremony for Shin- Achievement Awards in Chemistry Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1937, emi- Ichiro Sakai was held May 24, were made to two UO chemistry grated to in 1945. He re- 1996. He received his training with alumni, Victor Snieckus and ceived his B.S. from the University Eiji Ochiai, undoubtedly the great- Marion E. Hill, for their outstand- of Alberta in Edmonton in 1959, his est organic chemist in Japan from ing accomplishments. During the M.S. from the University of Califor- 1940–65. Sakai was appointed as- afternoon celebration each of the nia, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from sociate professor at Chiba Univer- awardees related their accomplish- the University of Oregon in 1965 sity in 1960 and a year later at the ments and memories of their stud- under the guidance of Virgil age of thirty-one was promoted to ies at Oregon. After a champagne Boekelheide. This was followed by professor. Sakai organized his re- reception, awards were conferred a postdoctoral fellowship with O. search group, and was a in the atrium of Willamette Hall. E. Edwards at the National Re- postdoctoral fellow for sixteen Marion E. Hill received his B.S. search Council of Canada and an months (1963–64) with Lloyd in 1948 and M.S. in 1949 in chemis- appointment at the University of Dolby. Sakai was successful in es- try at the University of Oregon. He Waterloo in 1967. In 1992 he was tablishing international exchange then began his professional career awarded the NSERC/Monsanto agreements with the Faculty of at the National Bureau of Stan- Chair in Chemical Synthesis and Pharmacy at the University of dards as a physical chemist en- Biomolecule Design at University Alberta in Edmonton and the Fac- gaged in thermochemistry. Later of Waterloo. Since 1990 Snieckus ulty of Pharmaceutical Sciences in he joined the U.S. Naval Ordnance has given more than one hundred Chulalongborn, University of Laboratory, where he developed a lectures throughout the world. The Thailand. He has published more process for making the main theme of his research has than fifty papers and has edited nitroplasticizer used in the Polaris been directed ortho metalation re- and contributed to more than missile rocket motor. He received actions, which have played an im- twenty books. He has had a re- twenty-three patents for his work portant role in basic synthetic markable career in the area of al- in this area. In 1960 Marion Hill research as well as in industrial kaloids and natural products in joined the Stanford Research Insti- and pharmaceutical applications. Japan. tute where he became director of the institute’s Chemical Labora- tory employing more than one hundred chemists. Marion Hill has had an outstanding career both as a research chemist and as a re- search director.

3 Chemistry News Achievement from the Endowment Fund Department

Two years ago the Department of Chemistry em- VON HIPPEL NAMED DISTINGUISHED barked on a five-year fundraising challenge to raise $60,000, which would be matched with funds from the PROFESSOR State Board of Higher Education. During the first year, Peter von contributions to this fund amounted to $20,000 and Hippel again during the second year slightly more than that was brings distinction raised, so that the funds totals a little more than to the Department $40,000. The response to this challenge is very gratify- of Chemistry and ing, since if our support from you, our alumni, contin- the Institute of ues at the present pace, we should reach our goal in Molecular Biol- three years instead of five. ogy. Pete and two We thank all of you who have contributed. The other senior mem- names of contributors during the 1995–96 academic bers of the faculty, year are listed below. Michael Posner, Department of Psychology, and Brian Matthews, CONTRIBUTORS 1995–96 Department of Albertsons (Steve Mah), Suzanne Auvil, Cindy Barnes, Physics, were Ralph Barnhard, Eddie Bauer (Steven Hadley), Roger given the title of © KENNEL- ELLIS Berg, Curtis Borchers, G. and D. Bower, Patrick Boyle, J. Distinguished Michael Bozarth, Bruce Branchaud, Ernie Bush, Richard Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences for Chadwick, G. Christian, L. Cohn, Lisa Coutts, Stephen career-long scholarly achievements. One cannot Cross, Johnny De Block, de Groot, Norman Diebel, imagine a better initial selection. As a result of a David Draper, Tom Dyke, David England, Ted Evans, program launched in 1996 by the College of Arts Richard Feinman, Pamela Fischer, Glen Frerichs, Kyle and Sciences, three awards will be made every Gano, Herbert Glick, S. Greenschlag, Steven Hadley, year, one each in humanities, social sciences, and Michael Hahn, James Hamburger, Thomas Harris, Gary sciences. Along with the honor bestowed by the Hedden, William Herzog, Meagan Hessel, Marion Hill, James Hofrichter, Meyer Horowitz, Carol Houk, Vincent title, each recipient receives an annual research Houmes, Tricia Igawa, Malcolm Jacobs, David Jensen, supplement of $5,000 for the first three years. A Howard Johnson, R. Johnson, Clyde Kaneshiro, Ryan program of this kind has been long overdue as Kelly, David Kemp, Eileen King, Herbert Kopperman, the number of endowed chairs is limited at the Michael Landt, Vicky Lion, Lockheed (Morosin), Jim University of Oregon. Long, Will Looney, Jennifer Lu, Steve Mah, K. Marshall, Pete, who has been recognized in many ways Barbara Martin, David McCoy, Mark Meier, Yoon Merrill, for his amazing record of service to the depart- David Messenger, William Metz, Bruno Morosin, Rich- ment, university, local, and national scientific ard Moulton, Ernst Niemi, William T. Nolan, Mark communities, has a vita that includes more than Norling, J. Owens, U. Scott Page III, T. Patapoff, David 180 published research articles. He is a member Paxton, Robert Pinschmidt, Lucius Rivers, Denis Rogers, of the National Academy of Sciences and the Rohm & Haas (Owens), Douglas Runkel, Joyce Shiro, Catherine Smith, Claibourne Smith, L. and K. Smith, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has Linda Smith, Wayne Soloman, Paul Stein, Tom Stevens, been an editor for ten journals, served on dozens Syntex (G. Hedden), Timothy Thomas, H. Tobey, David of committees for the National Institutes of Tyler, Mike Uhler, Ralph Vaughn, Mark Whiting, Pancras Health and the National Academy of Sciences, Wong, Sydney Yee. and acted as adviser to a number of science pro- grams at other universities. Other awards and honors include the Faculty Excellence Award, the Discovery Award of the Oregon Medical Research

4 Council, and president of the Mark Lonergan joined the fundamental questions con- Biophysical Society. Pete has department as assistant profes- cerning the chemical and physi- also been a Guggenheim Fel- sor in fall 1996. He is one of our cal nature of and low and is an American Cancer own graduates, receiving his colloid materials and their rela- Society Research Professor. B.S. from the University of Or- tionship to bulk thermody- He served as head of the De- egon, summa cum laude, in 1990. namic and mechanical partment of Chemistry for six His Ph.D. from Northwestern properties, and phase transi- years, was the director of the University in 1994 was fol- tions in these systems. The Institute of lowed by a postdoctoral posi- techniques he uses to under- for eleven years, and has ac- tion at the Institute take these studies include time- tively participated in a number of Technology 1994–96. Mark resolved laser spectroscopies, of committees associated with focuses on the chemistry of ma- dynamic light scattering, major steps and programs of terials with technologically sig- theory, and computer simula- the university. He has been a nificant electrical and optical tions. public spokesman on issues properties, e.g., low-dimen- Marina Guenza, the fourth ranging from radioactive waste sional and quantum-confined new physical chemist, will join to the Riverfront Research inorganic semiconductors, or- the department in 1997 as an Park. ganic conducting , adjunct assistant professor. She Somehow this has been done and polymer electrolytes. He received her Ph.D. in chemistry with a big smile and infectious uses a variety of from the University of Genoa, enthusiasm and optimism. Well photoelectrochemical tech- Italy, in 1987. Since that time done, Pete, carry on! niques and plans to synthesize she has held the position of re- new types of materials, such as search scientist at the Italian NEW FACULTY MEMBERS nanocomposites and copoly- Research Council Institute for mers. Studies of Polymer Chemical IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Andrew H. Marcus arrived Physics. Dr. Guenza’s interests The addition of four new fall term 1996 as an assistant focus on theoretical questions faculty members strengthens professor. He received his B.A. related to the molecular prop- the physical chemistry division from the University of San Di- erties of biological and syn- of the department. Jeffrey A. ego in 1987, his Ph.D. at thetic polymers. Her research Cina, a theoretical chemist, Stanford University in 1993, covers a broad range of prob- joined the faculty as associate and was a postdoctoral fellow lems including the local seg- professor in 1995, transferring at the James Franck Institute at mental dynamics of proteins from a position at the Univer- the University of Chicago be- and star polymers to molecular sity of Chicago. He received fore joining our department. relaxation processes in bloc co- his B.S. at the University of Andy’s research focuses on polymer systems. Wisconsin, Madison, 1979; his Ph.D. at University of Califor- nia, Berkeley in 1985; and post- doctoral research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jeff is interested in providing a molecular-level understanding of a range of chemical processes in con- densed-phase media. He pro- vides a theoretical understanding of short-time dynamics in systems that can serve as models for solvation of polar molecules in polar sol- vents. Other calculations by Cina explore controlled excita- tion of molecular vibrations by short laser pulses. © JACK LIU

New physical chemistry faculty: Mark Lonergan, Andy Marcus, and Jeff Cina

5 FACULTY COMINGS Bruce S. Hudson, who left The success of the summer the University of Oregon in program is attributed to the AND GOINGS September 1996, has joined the presence of a very good teach- We welcome the new physical Department of Chemistry, Cen- ing staff. Lars Svanevik taught chemists who have recently ter for Science and Technology the general chemistry course. joined or are about to join the at Syracuse University in Syra- This was Lars’ fourteenth sum- faculty: Jeff Cina, Mark cuse, New York. His E-mail ad- mer of teaching in the program, Lonergan, Andrew Marcus, and dress is [email protected]. and he is looking forward to Marina Guenza (see separate his fifteenth in 1997. Chris story). Since his recent arrival, NEWS ABOUT RETIRED Grant, Ph.D. ’96, taught the Mark Lonergan has been se- general chemistry laboratory lected by the Dreyfus Founda- FACULTY MEMBERS for the first time, after great tion as one of this year’s John Schellman finds he has success as a teaching assistant prestigious New Faculty Fel- little free time. He is contribut- during his years of graduate lows. Congratulations to Cathy ing to historical articles as well study. Jim Long taught the or- Page who was promoted this as his own research program. ganic chemistry course for his year to associate professor with Virgil Boekelheide and Bob fifteenth year. T. K. Vinod, a tenure. At a special award ban- Mazo remain active in the postdoctoral researcher in the quet October 25, Peter von Chemistry Alumni Awards pro- Keana laboratory for several Hippel (see separate story) was gram and departmental years, taught the third term of named one of the first dis- fundraising. Warner Peticolas the lecture sequence for the tinguished in the was doing research at universi- third time. David Schut, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences. ties in Paris and Reims, France, ’95, a graduate student with The award is given for scholarly for three months this spring David Tyler, taught the organic achievements. Ken Doxsee is and is teaching this fall term. chemistry laboratory sequence. spending a year at the National LeRoy Klemm has been travel- This was a first time experience Science Foundation as a Pro- ling in Australia for ten weeks for David. Nancy Deans taught gram Officer in Organic Synthe- and Africa for three weeks. He the science and society course, sis. David Herrick has returned is president of the UO Emeritus which was offered for the first from a one-term sabbatical Professors Association and was time. leave at the , selected by the Oregon Student Next year the department an- Chinese Academy of Sciences in Affiliates of ACS to be the first ticipates offering an introduc- Beijing, where he conducted re- faculty profile in their newslet- tory course. search in atomic and molecular ter, The Alchemist. Klemm has theory. John Keana is taking a published a series of three pa- STAFF NEWS leave of absence beginning in pers on concepts of oxidation- In the Department of Chem- December 1996 to become the reduction in organic chemistry istry, you will now find all ad- executive director of chemistry as well as papers on his own ministrative staff members in at CoCensys, Inc. in Irvine, research. Frank Reithel’s wife, 91 Klamath Hall. This spring California. Keana is a cofounder Kitty, died last year. Frank is the department accomplished a of Acea Pharmaseuticals, Inc., remarried and his mailing ad- major office remodel that al- which is now a wholly owned dress is PO Box 141, Nordland lowed purchasing and account- subsidiary of CoCensys, Inc. WA 98358. Richard M. Noyes ing services, previously located Geri Richmond, who received suffered a stroke in 1996. Dick in 134 Klamath Hall, to move the 1996 Garvan Medal, was se- is living at Good Samaritan downstairs to the main depart- lected as chair of the Physical Center, 3500 Hilyard Avenue, ment office. The area is bigger Chemistry Division of ACS for Eugene OR 97405. Dick and Pat and brighter, and everyone has 1998. Ralph Barnhard was rec- welcome visits and correspon- a well-designed work space. ognized by the Mortar Board as dence. One of the goals was to make Professor of the Month for April departmental business more 1996. Mike Kellman is complet- SUMMER SESSION convenient for faculty members ing his four-year term in 1997 as The department enjoyed an- and students. The added ben- president of the Telluride Sum- efit is better coordination mer Research Center, an organi- other successful summer ses- sion with higher enrollments among administrators and staff zation that sponsors a members. It took many weeks summer-long series of focused, than ever before. The course of- ferings included general chem- of loud noises, construction informal workshops in all areas workers, and dust, but the re- of science in Colorado. istry, organic chemistry, and science and society. sult is well worth the time and effort.

6 Reflections

The following is the second excerpt from the memoirs of Marion Hill’s stu- dent years. The first part, published in During a flood the last year’s Chemistry News, described Willamette River the Department of Chemistry in the nearly surrounded our 1940s. This excerpt describes the living trailer. There were no accommodations of married students. dams on the river Ed. then.

OUR “LIFE AS A STUDENT Agate Street trailers. The Colum- pared to today, few wives worked or went to school; many were FAMILY” bia Street housing had its prob- lems, such as thin walls that home tending children of the post- When we arrived in Eugene seemed like sound conductors. war “baby boom”. Many lasting (pop. 30,000) we stayed at the However the apartments were friendships of 50 years were Osborne Hotel for a few days. mansions in contrast to what formed. The housing office staff asked us many veteran married students The “GI Bill” ($105/mon.) was if we would be willing to exchange had been used to. Our apartment our main source of support. Major house and yard work for housing had a combination living room, expenses came from savings. In in a trailer at the home of a faculty breakfast area and kitchen nook; June 1947 the first job of my career member. This arrangement contin- one bedroom about nine by twelve was as an analytical chemist in ued through the first eight months feet, two small closets and bath- Springfield in a small ethyl alcohol of 1946. It was a good initial solu- room with shower. plant built during the war. It went Still memorable was bankrupt but my unemployment the iron “country farm- was solved by working for the house” style wood-burn- school moving furniture. The sum- ing kitchen stove. It was mer of 1948 was spent doing ther- our only source of heat for modynamic calculations in an cooking, hot water and intern program for the National space. We overcame the Bureau of Standards in Washing- hot water and cooking ton, D.C. I lived with Susan’s par- problems later with elec- ents while there. I bought an old trical units finally obtain- 1935 Dodge sedan which was able after wartime memorable for its ability to burn shortages. One of Susan’s more oil than gasoline, but it biggest frustrations was solved our transportation problem not having oven tempera- for the remainder of our stay in Eugene. Susan Hill at the trailer belonging to ture control. The rest of Assistant Professor Kirt Montgomery the kitchen “conveniences” in- at 129 Elkay Drive. cluded a small sink and ice box The Columbia Street apartment complex (not a refrigerator!) consisted of six single-story tion but we were isolated from the A normal sight in the housing prefabricated buildings; each had four campus and downtown. I com- area was me on a bike bringing living units. Originally the buildings muted on a bicycle, and frequently home twenty-five pound chunks housed Portland shipyard workers. used the bike to bring groceries of ice in the back and other purchases home. wheel basket, with a When we learned that the Co- sack of groceries in the lumbia Street complex was being front basket. planned, I immediately applied for Columbia Street an apartment (Susan was expect- residents quickly ing) in former shipyard buildings formed a cohesive being brought from Portland. They community. In good were placed facing Columbia Street weather “pot luck” and extended from what would suppers were frequent, have been 16th Avenue to 17th Av- as were picnics in enue, across the alleyway from the Washburn Park. Com-

7 NEWS FROM ALL OVER try of fluorine compounds, and drug manufacturing company in chemical propulsion concepts. He Corona, California. resides in Sunnyvale, California. 1940s David E. Rearick ’66, is director of Eileen Brenneman King ’46 lives in Constantine Spalaris, M.A. ’50, re- chemical research with Amalgam- Ross, California. ceived his Ph.D. in 1956 from Or- ated Research, Inc. in Twin Falls, egon State University. He retired Idaho. His research is related to su- Marthe Smith ’48, M.A. ’83, is re- from his position in nuclear chemis- crose production and related areas tired from pathology at the Univer- try with General Electric, Hanford, of separation. sity of Mississippi. She still but works part time as a consultant Gordon W. Gribble, Ph.D. ’67, is downhill skis in Telluride with her to the Electric Power Research Insti- professor of chemistry at 1947 physical chemistry laboratory tute in Palo Alto, California. partner. Dartmouth College. He is doing re- Harold M. Davidson, M.S. ’49, search in natural products synthesis Peter F. Linde, M.A. ’49, who re- Ph.D. ’51, was employed at the Re- and isolation. His monograph, ceived his Ph.D. in 1954 from Wash- search Foundation at Tufts Univer- “Naturally Occurring ington State University, recently sity in New York after working as a Organohalogen Compounds,” will retired from San Francisco State postdoctoral researcher at Penn be published by Springer-Verlag. University, where he was a profes- State. He is now a scientific review Chup Yew Mok, Ph.D. ’68 with Ri- sor of chemistry. His research em- administrator ar the National Insti- chard Noyes, is professor of chemis- phasis was electrochemistry of tutes of Health in Bethesda, Mary- try at the National University of quaternary ammonium com- land. He is a member of the Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore pounds, supporting electrolytes in National Board of the Federal Ex- 119260. He and his wife, Veronica, polarography, shock tube measure- ecutive and Professional Associa- visited the UO in September 1996 ments, and chemometrics. tion. His research interests include and wrote “I am glad that the UO carbohydrate ;, enzy- R. Dale Lint ’49 is retired after forty campus has retained its old charm mology, and cancer. years as a fuel and lube engineer and beauty.” with Unocal Corp. He and his wife, Myer G. Horowitz, M.A. ’49, Ph.D. Richard D. Feinman, Ph.D. ’69 with Mary, live in Sacramento, Califor- ’52, is retired from his position as Sidney Bernhard, is professor of bio- nia. clinical chemist with the Clinical chemistry at State University of Laboratories of the Jewish Hospital Lin Tsai, M.A. ’49, received his New York Health Science Center in in Cincinnati. His research interests Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Brooklyn. Florida State University in 1954. He included mechanism of lactose bio- is a biochemist at the National synthesis, glycolytic processes in Terrone Rosenberry, Ph.D. ’69 with Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of mammary tissue homogenates, and Sidney Bernhard, left Case Western National Institutes of Health in interaction of dyes with proteins. Reserve University to accept a fac- Bethesda, Maryland, specializing in ulty appointment in the Research syntheses, reactions and microbial Department of Mayo Clinic in Jack- degradations of heterocyclic com- sonville, Florida. pounds, and stereochemistry of en- 1960s zymic reactions. Paul A. Robisch, M.S. ’63, is a re- search scientist with National Ma- rine Fisheries Service in Seattle. 1970s Susan Stepenske Magic ’69, M.A. Kai-Keung Mark, Ph.D. ’65, was 1950s ’70, and her husband, Mike, M.S. ’70 promoted to full professor in biol- in physics, visited Eugene in Octo- Richard O. MacLaren ’49, M.A. ’50, ogy at the Chinese University of ber 1996 with their son, Scott, who received his Ph.D. from the Univer- Hong Kong, Shatin. Mark has two is considering coming to the UO. sity of Washington in 1954. He is patents and works in molecular bi- Susan, who has been with Abbot retired from the United Technology ology, biotechnology, and environ- Laboratories in North Chicago for Center of United Aircraft Corpora- mental science. tion where he was manager, Com- about twenty-three years, recently bustion Research and Development Alec Keith, Ph.D. ’66, and his wife, made a transition from chemical re- Branch, Chemical Systems Divi- Kay, have moved to Litchfield Park, search to cancer diagnostics. Arizonz. Alec is chairman of the sion, and specialized in ignition Martin Edelson, Ph.D. ’73 with board of Watson Laboratories, a and propellant chemistry, chemis- Warner Peticolas, is director of the

8 Environmental Technology Devel- John Newport, Ph.D. ’80 with Peter 85, is president of Fairfield Enter- opment Program at the Ames Labo- von Hippel, is a professor in the De- prises Company in Los Alamos, ratory, a U.S. Department of Energy partment of Biology at the Univer- New Mexico. laboratory on the campus of Iowa sity of California, San Diego in La State University in Ames. Jolla. Mohammad Malekzadeh ’85 is a synthetic chemistry technician at Carol Gross, Ph.D. with Aaron Edwin Sims ’80 received his D.D.S. Molecular Probes in Eugene. Novick in biology, research associ- in 1983 from the University of the ate with Peter von Hippel in 1973, is Pacific in San Francisco and is a gen- Randall Mrsny, postdoctoral fellow a professor in the Division of Oral eral dentist in Sacramento, Califor- in the Griffith laboratory, 1982–85, is Biology, Department of Stomatology nia. with ALZA Corp. in Palo Alto, Cali- at the University of California in fornia. Ramaswami Viswanathan, Ph.D. San Francisco. Carol was elected to William Vorachek, who worked in the National Academy of Sciences ’80 with Tom Dyke, teaches at Beloit College in Wisconsin. the von Hippel and Branchaud in 1992. laboratories, 1983–85, received his Enoch Small, Ph.D. ’73 with Warner Hyone-Myong Eun, Ph.D. ’81 with Ph.D. degree in biochemistry at the Peticolas, has formed a company, Sid Bernhard, is with Laboratoires University of Virginia in Quantum Northwest, that manufac- Virbac in France and recently pub- Charlottesville. tures and sells pulsed laser photo lished a book, Enzymology Primer for Recombinant DNA Technology. V. Ananthanarayanan, visiting re- acoustic apparatus. searcher with Rick Dahlquist, 1986, James Douglas Engel, Ph.D. ’75 William Houle, Ph.D. ’82, with is professor of biochemistry at with Peter von Hippel, is a profes- Hayes Griffith, left DuPont de McMaster University in Hamilton, sor in the Department of Biochemis- Nemours and works for Hewlett Ontario, Canada. try, Molecular Biology, and Cell Packard in California. Bill and Penny and their two children, Pat Bresnahan, M.S. ’86, is a Biology at postdoctoral fellow at the Univer- in Evanston, Illinois. Adriane and Cathlin, miss their friends at DuPont and in North sity of California Medical School in David Kamp, Ph.D. ’76 with Virgil Carolina, but they are happily San Francisco. Boekelheide, is a consultant in or- settled in the town of Encinitas, near Tim Connall ’86 is a medical stu- ganic and polymer chemistry in San Diego. dent at New York University in Sunnyvale, California. David Bear, postdoctoral fellow New York City, NY. David Draper, Ph.D. ’77 with Peter with Peter von Hippel in 1983, is a Mark Grimes, Ph.D. ’86 with Ed von Hippel, is professor and chair of professor in the Department of Cell Herbert, is assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry at Biology at the University of New Massey University in New Zealand. Johns Hopkins University in Balti- Mexico Medical Center in Albu- more, Maryland. querque. Jack Gudeman ’86 is a graduate student in philosophy and history Arnold Revzin, research associate Mark Young, postdoctoral fellow of science at University in with Peter von Hippel until 1977, is with Peter von Hippel, 1986–94, is Bloomington, Indiana. a professor in the Department of research associate with Carlos Biochemistry at Michigan State Uni- Bustamante, Howard Hughes Julie Haack ’86, is a research associ- versity and also vice provost for re- Medical Institute, at the University ate with Carlos Bustamante at the search in East Lansing. of Oregon. University of Oregon. Otto Berg, visiting professor with Carolina Handy, M.S. ’86, was a re- Peter von Hippel, 1982–85, is an as- searcher in the Branchaud labora- 1980s sociate professor in the Department tory and is now a chemistry of Molecular Biology at Uppsala instructor at Portland Community Stephen Kowalczykowski, research University in Sweden. College. associate with Peter von Hippel in 1980, is a professor in the Division Lisa Durham Coutts ’85 was born Laura Jenkins Hladky, minor in of Biological Science, and chair of and raised in Eugene and attended chemistry ‘86, is a chemist at BHP the section of microbiology at the South Eugene High School. She re- Petroleum in Hawaii. University of California, Davis. cently received a Ph.D. at Rochester Joel Hockensmith, postdoctoral fel- University in New York. Lisa is se- Samuel M. Kunes ’80 is assistant low with Peter von Hippel, 1982–86, nior research chemist at Albany Mo- professor of biochemistry and mo- is associate professor of biochemis- lecular Research, Inc. in New York. lecular biology at Harvard Univer- try at the University of Virginia in sity in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Frederick Fairfield, a research asso- Charlottesville. ciate with Peter von Hippel, 1981–

9 James E. Hutchison ’86 is assistant the University of Guelph, Guelph, ment at Oregon Health Sciences professor of chemistry at the Uni- Ontario, Canada. University in Portland. versity of Oregon. Mary Kay Dolejsi, Ph.D. ’88 with Thale Cross Jarvis, Ph.D. ’89 with David Magilke ’86 is a medical stu- Peter von Hippel, is director of the Peter von Hippel, is a staff scientist dent at the University of California, BioTech Laboratory at Fred at Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in San Diego. Hutchinson Cancer Institute in Se- Boulder, Colorado. attle. Terrence G. Oas, Ph.D. ’86 with Sigrid Kuhl, M.S. ’89, continues her Rick Dahlquist, is an assistant pro- Wai Ming Lee ’86, M.S. ’88, com- graduate studies toward a Ph.D. at fessor in the Department of Bio- pleted his residency at Oregon the University of Tübingen in Ger- chemistry at Duke University in Health Sciences University where many. Durham, North Carolina. he was chief resident in anesthesiol- ogy. Gabriele Pohlig, postdoctoral fel- Molly Schmidt, postdoctoral fellow low with Tom Stevens, 1986–89, is with Peter von Hippel, 1982–86, is a Mark Meier, Ph.D. ’88, with Bruce research director of Ciba-Geigy in research scientist at Microcide Phar- Branchaud, went to the University Switzerland. maceuticals in Los Altos, California. of , Austin, as a postdoctoral fellow with Mare Anne Fox. He is Imran Siddiqi, Ph.D. ’89 with Rick Richard Shilzony ’86 works as a assistant professor at the University Dahlquist, is a staff scientist at biochemistry technician at Johns of Kentucky. CCMB in Hyderabad, India. Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. David Muchmore, postdoctoral fel- Pei Tsai, Ph.D. ’89 with Bruce low with Rick Dahlquist, 1975–88, Branchaud, has returned to her na- Dale Tronrud, Ph.D. ’86, is com- works at Organic Consultants in Eu- tive Taiwan and is involved with an puter systems manager for Brian gene. environmental political action Matthews, Howard Hughes Medi- group. cal Institute, University of Oregon. David Rivier, Ph.D. ’88, is an assis- tant professor in the Department of Elizabeth Blachly-Dyson, Ph.D. ’87 Cell-Structural Biology at the Uni- with Tom Stevens, has a versity of Illinois in Urbana. 1990s postdoctoral position in advanced biomedical research at Oregon Joel Rothman, Ph.D. ’88 with Tom Billy Mark Britt, Ph.D. ’90, is assis- Health Sciences University in Port- Stevens, is an associate professor in tant professor of chemistry at Baylor land. the Department of Biology at Uni- University. He and his wife have a versity of California, Santa Barbara. daughter, Hannah, and a son, Naofumi Nishimoto, a postdoctoral Odysseus. fellow for Bruce Branchaud, 1985– Leis Vales, Ph.D. ’88, is an intern at 87, is a chemical technician for Fuji- Oregon Health Sciences University Ellen L. Chappell, Ph.D. ’90 with Davison Company in Nagoya, in Portland. Paul C. Engelking, has joined the Japan. research staff at Hewlett Packard in Gabi Wehrle, a postdoctoral fellow Corvallis. Christopher Russell, Ph.D. ’87, is a with Virgil Boekelheide, 1986–88, is research associate at the Fred a group leader in applied research at Youngshin Lee Choi, Ph.D. ’90 with Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Givaudan-Roure Flavor Company Bruce Branchaud, returned to Korea in Seattle. in Dübendorf, Zurich, Switzerland. and joined the faculty at Ehwa Women’s University in Seoul. Jody Ullom ’87 is a medical student Wayne Yanamura, M.S. ’88, is a lec- at Oregon Health Sciences Univer- turer at South Western Oregon Col- Kelly Davis ‘90 is a Ph.D. candidate sity in Portland. lege. in chemistry at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Thomas Yager, research associate, Johannes Geiselmann, Ph.D. ’89 1984–87, with Peter von Hippel, is with Peter von Hippel, is an assis- Patricia Kane, postdoctoral fellow an assistant professor in the Divi- tant professor in the Department de with Tom Stevens, 1987–90, is an as- sion of Nephrology at the Hospital Biologie Moleculaire at the Univer- sociate professor in the Department for Sick Children in Toronto, sity of Geneva in Switzerland. of Biochemistry at State University Ontario, Canada. of New York in Syracuse. Stanley Gill, Ph.D. ’89 with Peter Brian Cox, M.S. ’88, is a high school von Hippel, is a staff scientist at Lawrence McIntosh, Ph.D. ’90 with chemistry teacher in Richmond, Vir- Nexstar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Rick Dahlquist, is assistant professor ginia. Boulder, Colorado. of biochemistry-chemistry at the University of British Columbia, James Davis, visiting professor with Peter Herman, M.S. ’89, is a research Canada. Rick Dahlquist, 1987–88, is a profes- assistant in the biochemistry depart- sor in the Department of Physics at 10 Robert Milius, postdoctoral fellow Moines, Iowa, and is professor of opment and production of chemi- with Rick Dahlquist in 1990, is an chemistry. cals for the pharmaceutical indus- assistant professor in the Depart- try. ment of Medicine at the University Craig Love, M.S. ’91 with Cathy of . Page, is with Hewlett Packard in Dorothy Erie, postdoctoral fellow Palo Alto, California. with Peter von Hippel, 1988–92, is Todd Miller ’90 is a Ph.D. candi- assistant professor in the chemistry date in chemistry at the University Janet Mendel-Hartvig, Ph.D. ’91, department at the University of of Washington in Seattle. postdoctoral fellow, 1992–93, is a North Carolina in Chapel Hill. medical student at Oregon Health H. Hale Nicholson, Ph.D. ’90, is a Sciences University in Portland. Elisabeth Evertsz, Ph.D. ’92 with house husband in the Eugene area. Peter von Hippel and Warner Karen Moore, postdoctoral fellow Peticolas, is a postdoctoral fellow in Christopher Raymond, Ph.D. ’90, with Tom Stevens, 1988–91, is an the Tinoco laboratory at the Univer- postdoctoral fellow with Tom AAAS Congressional Fellow, AID sity of California, Berkeley. Stevens, 1991–92, is research direc- Department, U.S. Government. tor at Zymo-Genetics, Inc. in Se- Julie Gegner, Ph.D. ’92 with Rick attle. Luanne J. Rolly, Ph.D. ’91 with Geri Dahlquist, is a researcher at Scripps Richmond, is a researcher at Research Institute in La Jolla, Cali- Margaret Rice, Ph.D. ’90, with Rick Hewlett Packard in Corvallis. She fornia. Julie was recently married in Dahlquist, is assistant professor of recently married. Las Vegas, Nevada. biology at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Hans Stiasny, M.S. ’91, who came Samantha Janisse ’92 has taken a to the Branchaud laboratory as a position at Roche Biosciences in Richard Stewart, postdoctoral fel- German exchange student, received Palo Alto, California. low with Rick Dahlquist, 1985–90, is his master’s degree and returned to an associate professor at the De- the University of Fribourg, Ger- Neil P. Johnson, visiting scientist partment of Microbiology at the many, to work toward his Ph.D. with Peter von Hippel, 1991–92, is a University of Maryland. research scientist with CNRS in Gui-Xue Yu, Ph.D. ’91 with Bruce Toulouse, France. Michael Strain, postdoctoral fellow Branchaud, is a postdoctoral fellow with Rick Dahlquist, 1985–90, is with Joanne Stubbe at Massachu- Ji-rong Lu, Ph.D. ’92 with Rick now a research associate with setts Institute of Technology. Dahlquist, is a postdoctoral re- Dahlquist overseeing the installa- search associate at Washington Uni- D. Eric Anderson, Ph.D. ’92 with tion of the new NMR facility for the versity in St. Louis, Missouri. Rick Dahlquist, is a postdoctoral chemistry department. research associate at the University Giuliano Siligardi, postdoctoral Keith Wilson, Ph.D. ’90, is a re- of California, San Francisco. fellow with Carlos Bustamante, search scientist at Vertex Pharma- 1991–92, is a postdoctoral fellow at Cynthia Bauerle, postdoctoral fel- ceuticals in Massachusetts. the University of Cosenza. low with Tom Stevens, 1990–92, is Stacey Fiddler, M.S. ’91 with Cathy assistant professor of biology at Timothy Smith, Ph.D. ’92, is a Page, is a safety and compliance Hamline University in St. Paul, postdoctoral fellow with Roman L. officer with Willamette Industries in Minnesota. Hruska, U.S. Meat, Animal Re- Eugene. search Center in Clay Center, Ne- Larry Blaszczak, visiting professor braska. Laura Finzi, postdoctoral fellow with Bruce Branchaud, on leave with Carlos Bustamante, 1990–91, is from Eli Lilly & Co., January–Au- Carol Vater, postdoctoral fellow a postdoctoral fellow at Brandeis gust 1992 and November 1996, is a with Tom Stevens 1989–92, is re- University outside of Boston. research scientist at Eli Lilly & Com- search director at Immunogen, Inc. pany in , Indiana. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Edward Gogo, research associate with Peter von Hippel, 1989–91, is Robert Cushley, visiting professor James P. Vesenka, postdoctoral fel- associate professor at the University with Rick Dahlquist in 1992, is a low with Carlos Bustamante, 1990– of Texas in . professor of chemistry at Simon 92, is a postdoctoral fellow at Iowa Fraser University in Vancouver, University. Daniel Graham, postdoctoral fel- British Columbia, Canada. low with Rick Dahlquist, 1985–91, is Yan Wang, Ph.D. ’92 with von a technician at the University of Or- Valérie De Lamer, M.S. ’92, came to Hippel, is a postdoctoral fellow at egon. the University of Oregon as an ex- the University of California, San change student from Lyon, France. Francisco. James Lindberg, visiting professor She has returned to France and is a with Bruce Branchaud, 1990–91, re- senior research chemist for Finorga Bjorn Akerman, postdoctoral fel- turned to Drake University in Des Co., which specializes in the devel- low with Carlos Bustamante, 1991–

11 93, is an associate professor at the Cynthia Phillips, Ph.D. ’93 with Michael Montague-Smith, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry at the Rick Dahlquist, is a postdoctoral ’94 with Bruce Branchaud, is a University of Chalmers in Sweden. fellow at the University of Utah. postdoctoral fellow with Michael Julia Arras ’93 is a special agent and Pirrung at Duke University in Michael Reddy, research associate Durham, North Carolina. forensic scientist with the Tennessee with Peter von Hippel, 1988–93, is Bureau of Investigation. an assistant professor of chemistry D. Milo Overbay ’94 is with Matt Bailey ’93 is a chemistry tech- at the University of Wisconsin, Hewlett Packard in Corvallis work- nician in Portland. Milwaukie. ing as a technician. Fabio Biscarini, Ph.D. ’93 with D. Barry Starr, Ph.D. ’93 with Diane William Rees, Ph.D. ’94 with Peter Carlos Bustamante, returned to Italy Hawley, is a postdoctoral fellow at von Hippel, is a postdoctoral fellow and is doing research at the Instituto the University of California, San in the Department of Medicine at di Spettroscopia Molocolare e Francisco. the National Jewish Research Center LAMEL-CNR in Bologna. for Immunology and Respiratory Lynn Thomason, M.S. ’87, Ph.D. 93, Medicine in Denver, Colorado. William Detlefsen, Ph.D. ’93 with continues her work as a research Bruce Branchaud, is research direc- associate in the Stahl laboratory at Karsten Rippe, postdoctoral fellow tor for Borden Chemical Co., in the University of Oregon. with Peter von Hippel, 1992–94, is a Springfield, Oregon. staff scientist in the German Na- Hong Yang, M.S. ’93, is a graduate tional Cancer Center in the Division David D. Dunlap, Ph.D. ’93 with student at Harvard University in of and Macromolecules Carlos Bustamante, is a postdoctoral Cambridge, Massachusetts. in Heidelberg, Germany. fellow at the University of Milan Leslie Bayer, M.S. ’94, is a technical Medical School in Italy. Steven Seifried, postdoctoral re- writer for Molecular Probes in Eu- search associate with Peter von Loreli Fister, M.S., Ph.D. ’93 with gene. Hippel, 1986–94, is an assistant pro- David Johnson, is a process engineer Gary Burgoine ’94 attends Oregon fessor in the Department of Bio- at Hewlett Packard in Corvallis. Health Sciences University in Port- chemistry and Biophysics at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Ricardo Garcia-Garcia, a land. postdoctoral fellow with Carlos Carlos A. Castro, Ph.D. ’94 with Mingdi Yan, Ph.D. ’94 with John Bustamante, 1991–93, is a Carlos Bustamante, is a researcher Keana, is a research scientist with postdoctoral research associate at in , Texas. Advanced Microbiotics in Portland. the National Center of Research in Madrid, Spain. Shirley Daube, Ph.D. ’94 with Peter Ronald Albright, Ph.D. ’95, is doing von Hippel, is a a postdoctoral fel- research as a postdoctoral fellow at Debra Holland, Ph.D. ’93, is a re- low at Hebrew University in Jerusa- Yale University. searcher with Parke-Davis in Ann lem, Israel. Arbor, Michigan. Susan Baxter, postdoctoral fellow Kyle William Gano ’94 received a with Rick Dahlquist, 1992–95, is a Barbara Hoops, postdoctoral fellow B.S. in chemical engineering and a research scientist at Wadsworth with Diane Hawley, 1989–93, is B.S. in biochemistry from the Uni- Center State of New York, Albany, anassistant professor at Colgate Uni- versity of Washington in spring NY. versity in Hamilton, New York. 1996 and entered graduate school at Pamela Fischer, Ph.D. ’95 with Geri Yuqiu Jiang, M.S. ’93 with Carlos University of California, Los Ange- Richmond, is a postdoctoral fellow Bustamante, is studying for his les in fall 1996. in the Beckman Institute at the Uni- Ph.D. at Oregon Health Sciences Sergio Gurrieri, M.S. ’92, Ph.D. ’94 versity of Illinois in Champaign. She University in Portland. with Carlos Bustamante, is a re- recently interviewed at Intel in Port- Bethany Klopfenstein ’93 attends searcher in Catania, Italy. land and will begin her new posi- tion there in June 1997. Oregon Health Sciences University Stefan Hermann, Ph.D. ’94 with in Portland. Diane Hawley, is a postdoctoral re- Gregory Friestad, Ph.D. ’95 with Kang Fan Lee ’93 is a metals ana- search associate at the University of Branchaud, is working with Amos lytical chemist in an environmental Umea in Umea, Sweden. Smith III at the Department of analytical laboratory in Portland. Chemistry, University of Pennsylva- James LeBlanc, Ph.D. ’94 with nia as a postdoctoral fellow. Thomas Novet, Ph.D. ’93 with Diane Hawley, is a a postdoctoral Melissa Holtz David Johnson, is a process engineer research associate at Scripps Re- , Ph.D. ’95 with Diane at Hewlett Packard in Corvallis. search Institute in La Jolla, Califor- Hawley, is a postdoctoral fellow nia. with R. J. Lin at the City of Hope–

12 Beckman Research Laboratories in plans to earn a master’s degree and Borden Chemical Co. in Springfield, Southern California. then enter the Peace Corps. His Oregon. plans are to go to Kenya to teach Carol S. Houk, Ph.D. ’95 with chemistry. Ryan Christian Peterson ’96 at- Catherine Page, is a manufacturing tends Oregon Health Sciences Uni- development engineer at Hewlett Eddy Kuang-Yu Chen ’96 is work- versity in Portland. Packard in Corvallis. ing on his Ph.D. at Purdue Univer- sity. Robin Saulsbery, Ph.D. ’96 with David Lowry, postdoctoral fellow Ken Doxsee, is a research chemist with Rick Dahlquist, 1991–95, is a John Conboy, Ph.D. ’96 with Geri with Specialty Minerals, Inc. in research scientist at Battelle-PNL in Richmond, will be doing Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Richland, Washington. postdoctoral research at the Univer- sity of Minnesota. Robynn Schillace, Ph.D. ’96, will Tim Mahon ’95 is an instructor in remain in Oregon for at least an- nuclear power at the Naval Acad- Anthony Cooper, postdoctoral fel- other four years. She accepted a emy Officers Training Corp in Or- low with Tom Stevens, 1991–96, is postdoctoral position at Oregon lando, Florida. assistant professor at the University Health Sciences University in Port- of Missouri in Kansas City. land. Laura Markham, Ph.D. ’95 with Bruce Hudson, has a dual appoint- Patrick M. Ellison ’96 attends the Chunlin Tang, Ph.D. ’96, has ac- ment at Michigan State University in Uniformed Services University cepted a postdoctoral position at the East Lansing, Michigan. She is a School, U.S. Air Force. University of California, Berkeley. postdoctoral fellow with Gerald Babcock, and she has a teaching ap- Michael Feese, Ph.D. ’96, is a Rodger Voelker, Ph.D. ’96, is com- pointment. Laura is adapting graph- postdoctoral fellow with Central pleting a research project in the ics technology to higher education. Laboratories for Key Technologies Barkan laboratory. in Yokohama, Japan. Steven Nothwehr, postdoctoral fel- Rebekka M. Wachter, Ph.D. ’96 low with Tom Stevens, 1990–95, is Victoria Feher, Ph.D. ’96 with Rick with Bruce Branchaud, continues at assistant professor in the Depart- Dahlquist, is a postdoctoral fellow the UO as a postdoctoral fellow ment of Biological Sciences at the at the Department of Health for the with Jim Remington in the physics University of Missouri in Columbia. State of New York in Albany. Vicki department. and Miles have a new daughter, John Printen, Ph.D. ’95, is a Natasha Violet Kenney. Thomas James Walsh ’96 attends postdoctoral fellow at Parke-Davis Northwestern University School of in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Margaret Haughton, Ph.D. ’96, re- Medicine. turned to Australia and works at David M. Schut, Ph.D. ’95 with Garvan Institute of Medicine, St. Peter B. Zmolek ’96 is studying in David Tyler, taught organic chemis- Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. the graduate program at University try laboratories during summer ses- of California, San Diego. sion 1996. He works with Hewlett Sally Ann Horne ’96 continues her Packard in Corvallis. education in a graduate program at the University of California, San Rachel Slade, Ph.D. ’95 with Francisco. Branchaud, is a research scientist at Darwin Molecular in Seattle. Ryan Patrick Kelly ’96 is in the graduate program at the University In Gerardo Soto-Campos, Ph.D. ’95 of Colorado. with Robert Mazo, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Chemis- Kurt Kulhanek ’96 continues his Memorium try and Biochemistry at University education at Portland State Univer- of California, Los Angeles with sity in their electrical engineering graduate program. Paul Stein who received his Howard Reiss. Ph.D. in 1973 with Warner Kevin Wilson, Ph.D. ’95 with Peter Paul Jay Neuman ’96 was awarded Peticolas, died August 30, von Hippel, is a postdoctoral fellow a four-year postbaccalaureate 1996, as the result of a heart with Harry Nolter in the Depart- McKenzie Scholarship by the Uni- attack. He was professor of ment of Biology at the University of versity of Oregon to study medicine chemistry at Duquesne California, Santa Cruz. at Oregon Health Sciences Univer- University in Pittsburgh, sity in Portland. Congratulations Pennsylvania. Jesse I. Bohrer-Clancy ’96 was ac- Paul! cepted into the master’s program at the UO chemistry department. He Gregory Nieckarz, Ph.D. ’96 with David Tyler, is a researcher at

13 1996 1996 Chemistry Undergraduate Graduates Awards

BACHELOR’S DEGREE General Chemistry Achievement Award Kane Anderson ‘99 Barrett Adams, Daniel Bacheller, Thomas Barrett, Jesse Bohrer- $5,000 Bill Bowerman Fund Scholarships Clancy, Jennifer Bray, Eddy Farhood Farjah ‘98 (named for Rick Dahlquist) Chen (Honors), Timothy Collins, Gary Plant ‘99 (named for Peter O’Day). Jonathan Crane, Brandon Doyle, Patrick Ellison, Ingrid Franck, Physical Sciences Scholarship for Women Bradley Gardiner, Jennifer Katherine Brown ‘97, Mary Oltman ‘97, and Elizabeth Hayward, Sally Horne (Honors), Cogan ‘98. Ryan Kelly, Kurt Kulhanek, Jus- tin Kulongoski, Monte Organic Chemistry Research Award Matthews, Susan Moss, Paul Dan McKaughan Neumann (Honors), Ryan Department Honors Petersen, Puay Wah Phuan, Eddy Chen, Sally Horne, Paul Neumann, and William Sunny Rude, David Ting, Wagner Alasdair Turner, William Wagner (Honors), Thomas University Honors Walsh, Peter Zmolek (ACS). Sally Horne, summa cum laude; Patrick Ellison, magna cum laude; William Wagner, magna cum laude, Paul MASTER’S DEGREE Neumann, cum laude; and Thomas Walsh, cum laude American Chemical Society Certification Christoph Balzarek, E. Rick Peter Zmolek Barbour, David Battaglia, Kiera Berggren, Michael Feese, Rhett ACS Analytical Chemistry Award Kovall, Rosann Kozlowski, Kurt Kulhanek Brandi Langsdorf, Michael Musialowski, Scott Reed, Biochemistry Achievement Award Charles Thul III, Pamela Vise, William Wagner (Flynn) Nataliya Voloshina, Robert Young. Physical Chemistry Achievement Award Susan Moss PH.D. DEGREE Victoria Feher, Rick Dahlquist; Inorganic-Organic Chemistry Achievement Award Gregory Friestad, Bruce Patrick Ellison (Haley), Thomas Walsh (Hutchison), Branchaud; Margaret and Peter Zmolek (Tyler) Haughton, R. A. Capaldi; Mel- issa Holtz, Diane Hawley; American Institute of Chemists Foundation Award Laura Markham, Bruce Hudson; (outstanding graduate in chemistry) Gregory Nieckarz, David Tyler; Sally Horne (Postelwaite) Robin Saulsbery, Ken Doxsee; David Schut, David Tyler; Gerardo Soto-Campos, R. M. Mazo; Rebekka Wachter, Bruce Branchaud.

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