s 11 2b Spring 1990 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
INSIDE Lycans Launch Faculty Fund
t the February Presidents Council A dinner for alumni and friends, the Foundation announced the new School of Chemical Sciences Faculty Excellence Fund established by Dr. William and Mrs. Janet Lycan. With a gift of $500,000 the Lycans have established an endowment that "pays homage to the late, world Drickamer receives renown chemists, Dr. Roger Adams and Medal of Sdence, Dr. Carl Shipp Marvel, who established pageS the tradition of excellence in chemistry at the University of Illinois." Income from the fund will be used primarily to supplement faculty salaries and to provide additional financial support to attract and retain faculty. This Janet and Bill Lycan is particularly important at a time when and Johnson International. His efforts the pool of truly outstanding scientists is helped the company grow to one of the Carey wins Luce shrinking and extraordinary efforts are ten largest phannaceutical companies in Fellowship, page 2 needed to compete for those who can the world, spending more than $200 contribute to the tradition of excellence of million a year on phannaceutical research. the chemistry department at the Among his many honors and awards was University of Illinois. the Gold Medal which he received in 1970 Income from the endowment carl also from the Society of Chemical Industry be used to provide fellowships to grad· "for conspicuous service to applied ..dft· uate students of faculty who are sup chemistry." ported by the fund. Alternatively, the The Lycans hope that their initial fund can be used to support lectures, donation will stimulate others to seminars, symposia and other research Breast cancer contribute to this very important fund at research, page 4 related expenses which make chemical the School of Chemical Sciences. The sciences at the University of illinois a establishment of this fund is an appro· stimulating environment favored by priate capstone of the philanthropic outstanding faculty. career of the Lycans. The Lycans have The Lycans are both graduates of the U. been presidents council members and of I. and have been loyal friends of the members of the U. of I. Foundation since university for many years. Bill Lycan the 70s and have hosted several meetings received aU three degrees from the U. of in the Florida region. In addition to their I., a B.S. in 1924, an M.S. in 1926 and a faithful support of chemical science Schuster named head Ph.D. in 1929, all in chemistry. Janet Lycan funds, they have contributed generously of chemistry, page 8 received a B.S. in education in 1926 after to the U. of I. Advancement Fund, the two years of practice teaching at Uni Hi. Grants-In-Aid athletic scholarship Bill Lycan began his professional career program, and the library. in the organics division of DuPont and The School of Chemical Sciences hopes then became director of research and that a significant SCS Faculty Excellence executive director of research of the paint Fund will contribute in countless ways to division of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass maintain the "Golden Age" of chemistry company. He devoted most of his pro at Dlinois. With first rate faculty, we can fessional career to Johnson & Johnson, compete for outstanding graduate Alum writes sci-fi which he served for 20 years, first as students and produce world class nuoel set at U. of 1., director of research, then as vice president research for which chemical sciences at page 7 and finally as vice chairman of Johnson Illinois are renown. Carey Wins Luce Fellowship
annette Lazar Carey, who was During her entire career as an under function of biological macromolecules. J awarded a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in graduate, graduate student, and She is particularly interested in proteins 1983, is the first woman in a primary postdoctoral fellow, ]annette was a single and nucleic acids, their individual appointment, tenure track position in the mother, raising a daughter who is herself structures and functions, and how they chemistry department at Princeton a student now at City College of San interact with each other. "This work is University and a recipient of one of the Francisco. Combining child-rearing, fundamental to our understanding of first prestigious Clare Booth Luce fellow without a supportive spouse or a second how gene expression is controlled." Her ships. Only 8 women nationally, includ income, with a rigorous academic approaches to these problems include a ing 2 chemists, won the newly established progyam that demanded single-minded wide range of techniques, from genetics awards, designed to provide financial devotion day and night, was an enormous and molecular biology to magnetic assistance "at critical points of interven task. "1 wasn't the only one, though, so I resonance and other spectroscopic tion ... for women who are outstanding had an instant support network in place methods. Her work is funded by grants scholars (in the hard sciences and) on the among the other single mothers in from the N.I.H. and the N.S.F. verge of tenure track appointment." graduate school when I arrived. It's a good The new professor hopes that she can Fourteen schools were selected to thing, too! I owe a lot of my success to be an effective role model, especially nominate candidates. Princeton Univer them and to many other friends here and because she can demonstrate to students sity, which had just hired Dr. Carey to its everywhere we've lived." She still visits that there is more than a single route to chemistry faculty as a key member of its Urbana once or twice a year. success. "At present, although many new biostructural chemistry initiative, Dr. Carey, who originally came from women are being trained in the sciences, found a winner. Chicago, trained in physical biochemistry they are underrepresented on faculties. The Luce Fellowship provides substan with Professors of Biochemistry Olke Lack of role models is undoubtedly a tial awards ranging from $225,000 to Uhlenbeck at the University of illinois and contributing factor." She hopes that some $430,000 to cover faculty salaries over a Robert Baldwin at Stanford. She also of her students will be part of a more five year period. In addition, winners may worked with Charles Yanofsky, Professor equitable gender distribution on faculties request an allowance for research expenses of Biological Sciences at Stanford and with in the future. including the usual equipment, supplies Jeff Gardner, Professor of Microbiology at She and her students (four women thus and travel. However, a novel feature of the University of lllinois to learn how to far) have just completed their first the program is that this allowance may apply genetic methods to her research successful experiments in the lab, only also be used to support child care. "This problems. She credits these scientists three weeks after her arrival. "It was is really 'critical intervention'", says with giving her a background that has extremely important to me to get the work }annette, "I could have benefited from both breadth and depth. In addition, she moving as quickly as possible, but this this as a student, though not many says, "I am fortunate to have worked with success rate is greater than I could have students have children; it's just too many scientists who were also exceptional hoped for." To her professional colleagues demanding." She thinks this aspect of the human beings." who knew her during her gyaduate award is also important for establishing Dr. Carey's present research is on'the studies at Illinois, her recent success is no the precedent that childcare is a valid relationship between structure and surprise. They are waiting for her next expenditure. "Hopefully, the precedent "first". can be extended to students, too."
. 2 ...... ______~ The Latest Chemistry Building and the First
itha totaJprojectcostofabout$70 W million, the new Chemical/Life Sciences building will be the most expensive structure ever built on this campus. It may not be the largest because it will be roughly comparable in size with the Beckman Institute. Its 137,000 net assignable square feet of space (excluding utilities, restrooms etc.) will be divided approximately equally between chemical and life sciences. The new building will be more expensive than the Beckman Institute because it will contain more laboratory space. Compared with our first chemistry building, now called Harker Hall, the new Chemical/Life Sciences building will cost about 145 times as much but will be only about six times as large. The original chemistry building, just a stone's throw from Noyes Lab, was built in 1878 when the university was still known as lllinois Industrial College, and is now the oldest The original chemistry building In 1878 with mansard roof and grand entrances building on this campus. above ground level. Celled Harker Hall, It Ia currently the oldest building on As the contract for construction of the campue. original building shows (see back of newsletter), the winning bid was for $23,896, which is equivalent to $477,920 in current dollars. The design by Professor disciplines as well. Today, the chemical Museum and the laborr:tory of the Argricul Ricker of the department of architecture, sciences are housed in three entire build tural Experiment Station. On the second floor and later, dean of the college of engineer ings and parts of others. Except for Harker everything north of the central store room was ing, called for a building with 21,875 Hall, which now contains the entomology burned. This inr:luded Dr. Palmer's private square feet of assignable space. According department, we have not vacated any laboratory, with the result that many valuable to Professor Winton Solberg, historian of chemistry building we have ever acquired. papers and records were lost. The large steel the University of lllinois, "the building's I tank near tile roof had its supports burned away According to current plans, our half of size and facilities were superlative." and it fell through to the basement, completely the new building will be devoted primarily wrecking the two store rooms in its path. A It is interesting that the latest, like the to graduate research. Research labs now new roof of different pattern was at once put first chemistry building shared facilities in Noyes will migrate to the new quarters on, but 01rly such repairs and board partitions with other disciplines. Our newest and Noyes will become home to an were provided as would make the interior building will be shared with the life expanded library, and to additional usable temporarily, it being confidently sciences whereas the fust building instructional space and expanded sup expected that at tile coming session of the contained several other units including a port facilities. legislature funds would be appropriated for museum and the agricultural experiment making good the loss, with a new and larger Because of the complexity of the station. building which the great increase of students project, it needs a long time horizon. If made imperative. The outcome was $5,000 The funding details of the new the schedule moves through the stages as appropriated to replace apparatus lost Chemica11Life Sciences Building will be anticipated, a year and a half will be worked out in this year's legislative in the fire. devoted to the planning and bidding session. $2.4 million was received last process. Construction can be expected to The expected new building did not year for initial planning and $65 million consume another two and a half years so materialize as hoped. The legislature did is being requested for further planning that we anticipate occupancy in mid 1994. not approriate funds for a new chemistry and construction. Today, the building is With careful spadework at the front end, building until 1901 when Noyes Lab was still in the "conceptual" stage. By the time we hope that the final structure will not begun. The $100,000 appropriation of 1901 the next newsletter goes to press, a visual meet the disaster that struck Harker Hall. was so inadequate that it was clear from sketch may be available. The chemistry archives indicate that the beginning the new building would The intricacies of planning involves not not meet the needs of the department for merely the new building and its complex 25 years, as the legislature had hoped. infrastructure but also the entire chemical In the early morning of August 15, 1896. Furthermore, because of the meagerness sciences complex on this campus. When the laboratory was struck by lightning. The of the appropriation "the style of the first chemistry building was built, it entire upper floor was burned. This included construction ... entailed considerable housed all of chemistry and several other the Phannacy, the Photographic rooms, the risk of fire."
------~...... 3 . Illinois Inventors A Powerful Diagnostic Tool for Breast Cancer
For several years prior, Dr. K. had been staging the disease. If the cancer is still working with estrogens labeled with retained within the tissue capsule, isotopes of iodine and bromine. Although surgery can effectively remove it, whereas these halogens were easier to work with surgery has little benefit when the cancer chemically than fluorine, they are large has spread outside the prostate. and provoke non-specific binding. Also, Another possible avenue of research is they produce single photons rather than in the field of Alzheimers disease. Dr. K. positrons and therefore result in less hopes to use similar techniques to image usable pictures. However, the earlier corticosteroid receptors in a region of the work had helped to identify the necessary brain called the hippocampus. This region characteristics of the compound they were is particularly rich in corticosteroid seeking. A diagram of the 18F~Fiuoroes· receptors and is very active in regulating tradiol molecule is shown below. the stress reserves of neuronal tissues so Although the compound is showing that the area becomes desensitized to the considerable promise for diagnosis of action of cortisol on these receptors. This breast cancer, with high correlations could aggravate the progress of degenera (r == 0.96) with the results of estrogen tive disorders like Alzheimers disease. receptor concentrations measured in vitro As his work has progressed, Dr. K.'s after excision, the procedure does not John Katzenellenbogen research has received increasing attention constitute a cure for breast cancer, nor is from within and outside the University of it appropriate for mass screenings. Illinois. He received a Guggenheim safe, effective treatment for any type However, it is very useful for cases where Fellowship in 1977, a Sloan Foundation A of cancer is the goal of many mammography or needle biopsy has Fellowship in 1974-76 and a Camille and researchers. Professor I
crording to Professor McHugh, A current faculty advisor, "The machine shop, in my view, is one of the most important facilities of the School of Chemical Sciences, and in some ways, certainly for the experimentalists, perhaps the most important. For myself, it was an important element in my decision to come to the U. of[." The shop, located in the basement of Roger Adams Laboratory, builds an un usually wide range of equipment. Its pro At left Bill Knight, shop supervisor, works ducts include the very large, such as im with the electrical discharge machine. mense wavy walls and flow loops to study Above, Robert Lin, graduate student In fluid turbulence and the tiny, irregularly chemical engineering, manipulates a shaped dies with channels measured in specialized vacuum chamber built by the tenths of millimeters to optically measure machine shop. diffusion in polymeric liquids. Staffing and Equipment The shop can also build devices for Since the recent retirement of Elmer ery is an electric discharge machine which operating under high vacuum conditions Lash, supervisor since 1973, Bill Knight, uses electrical discharge for cutting metal with pressures of 10 - u torr and systems one of the three instrument makers, has and can therefore cut shapes that are un which produce very high pressures of 107 taken charge. Two senior lab mechanics usual, and irregular and as small as 1/2000 torr, the latter used in the pioneering work make up the current staff of five. Salaries inch thick. of Professor Harry G. Drickamer, who are contnouted by the school so that The change to computer controlled recently received the National Medal of charges to faculty are minimal, which equipment is inevitable and will occur as Science for his scientific contributions (see facilitates research requiring sophisticated funds become available. With the new page 5). instrumentation. computer aided design (CAD) techniques Professor Scheeline, who is himself a The lathes and milling machines were it is expected that the machine shop will heavy user of the shop, pointed out, "If new when the Roger Adams Laboratory become yet more efficient because design you've got an idea, the machine shop can was new, but they are showing signs of parameters can be planned in greater de build it, even if it's never been made be obsolescence. The numerical readout tail and then fed directly from the design fore. In terms of hardware instrumenta panels provide output information but do computer to the one conb'olling the tion, their capability puts us in the fore not "control" in the sense of accepting machine that fabricates the device. front of measurement science." input. The newcomer among the mach)n-
From the very big to the very small ••• At left Is a diffuser and long rectangular channel of stainless steel, consisting of four segments of 70 Inches each, built by the shop tor Professor Hanratty's studies of fluid turbulence. The figure above Is a mask for a sl\de created with the electronic discharge machine. The resolution Is so fine thatthe spacers are only 8/1000" thick.
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Alumna's Science Fiction Books are Story Set at U. of I. Special Gifts in 2009 AD he chemistry library and its many T users have received two special do nations. Mr. Eugene Ringwald (B.S. 1941) one of the contributors of the third edition of the "Polymer Handbook"John Wdey & Sons, 1989, has given us a copy with a dedication in memory of Professor Speed Marvel. The dedication reads, in part, He (Cnrl S. Marvel) taught me (class of '41) Mike Weatjohn working wfth student. tile chemistry of polymers as a special field of organic chemistry. This educational back ground molded my professional career of 40 The Student Shop andra Mieset MS in biochemistry years as a research chemist with Monsanto On the first floor of RAL is the student S '65, was described by Professor Yankwich as exemplifying the possibilities Chemical Co. Tile work of myself and my shop, presided over by Mike Westjohn, associates contributed to tile development one of the lab mechanics. He offers a 1-2 of"chemistry as a liberal art." In her post chemistry years, she earned a master's and utilization of polymers and their proces week orientation course with hands-on ses, especially those dealing with polyester, instruction to introduce students to the degree in history at the U. of I. and developed a writing career. nylon, acrylics and elastomers. Today these machinery and its capabilities. The course polymers in various forms (i.e. fibers, films, is not meant to produce machinists but SHAMAN, (Baen Books, 1989) is a etc.) are used extensively throughout the helps students in the planning and design charming story of Ria, a young research world. of equipment used for their research. Alex librarian at the U. of I. in the year 2009, I feel a deep sense of gratitude toward Profes Scheeline, who took an equivalent course who develops the powers of lengendary sor Marvel for guiding my youthful footsteps as a graduate student reports, "It was an shamans through her friendship with into the field of polymers. invaluable part of my total training." I ------~...... 7 . federal funding for basic research and the As head of the largest college on the Changes continued recruitment of outstanding campus, containing 55 departments and graduate students are two of the tasks that almost half of all the university's under the department will face in the near graduate, graduate students and faculty, future. "These challenges will require the he has an enormous domain and the op cooperation and hard work of aU my portunity to shape policies that will affect colleagues." the entire campus. One of his foremost He is pleased that his tenure in the priorities is "to improve the quality of each headship will coincide with the planning undergraduate's education by strengthen and construction of a new building but, ing essential skills and by broadening the he says, "It will require considerable base on which the education of a lifetime coordination to develop its full potential." is to be built." This is an enormous task that will require extensive evaluation of "I am fortunate", he says, "to follow the the entire undergraduate curriculum and outstanding example of Larry Faulkner. a shifting of resources to make the neces Basically, I plan to continue the programs Gary Schuster Larry Faulkner sary learning experiences available. and policies he'laid out during his years as head. I look forward to working on the In addition, Faulkner is very concerned Schuster will head challenges that I forsee and those that are about the erosion of faculty salaries at a yet beyond the horizon." time when talented faculty will become a Chemistry Department shrinking labor pool, and even more about the level of stipends of teaching assistants. n July 1, Professor Gary Schuster As he points out, "the level of stipends 0 will return from a sabbatical leave affects the quality of the graduate students at the IBM Almaden Research Labs in San Faulkner Appointed attracted and because those students are Jose, California, to take up the challenges Dean of LAS essential to both research and teaching, of leading the U. of I. chemistry depart they affect the quality and reputation of the university itself." ment. He feels honored to have been fter having tried out the deanship for selected by his colleagues but recognizes A a couple of months as acting dean, To those who have heard him define the that he will have a full agenda when he Larry Faulkner has agreed to remain per challenges ahead, it is already dear that assumes his new post. manently. At the School of Chemical Sci our loss in chemistry is a gain for the Maintaining excellence will be the ences we miss him because he was an greater university. We wish him well and challenge facing our chemistry depart outstanding head of chemistry and will hope that he will be able to solve the pro ment. Dealing with recent changes in be a hard act to follow. blems that he has articulated so dearly. KEEP IN TOUCH ' Return to: Ellen Handler, Editor lf you know someone SCS Alumni Newsletter • who would like the 103 Noyes Laboratory newsletter and is not 505 S. Mathews receiving it, please Urbana, IL 61801 send address. Name ______Degree& Date ------Major------ Home Address: ------Business/Univ: ------ State & Zip: ------Your Title: ------ ) Check if home address is new Address ------ ) Check if business address is new State & Zip------ Your news (Please include newspaper clippi.rigs, photos, extra sheets, etc. s ...... L------~ provides $100,000 annually in research Medical Technology Leadership Award, Faculty Honors support for a period of five years. given by the Diagnostic Imaging and Therapy Systems Division of the National Steven C. Zimmerman, Professor of Electrical Manufacturers Association. Chemistry, received a Camille and Henry Professor Lauterbur also received an Kenneth L. Rinehart. Professor o£ Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award for 1989. Chemistry, has been named a U. of I. honorary Doctor of Science Degree from He was also awarded a Lilly grant by Eli th'e State University of New York. University Scholar, the highest award Lilly and Company. given by the University. Richard C. Alkire, Professor and Head James W. Westwater, Professor of of the Chemical Engineering Department, Stanley G. Smith, Professor of Chemical Engineering, won the 1989 Heat was selected the 1990 William N. Lacey Chemistry, has been named an LAS Transfer and Energy Conversion Division Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, by the Jubilee Professor in recognition of his Award of the American Institute of California Institute of Technology. outstanding achievement in under Chemical Engineers. graduate education and in research and Loretta L. Jones, Associate Director of Andtzej Wiekowski, Professor of scholarship. Professor Smith also Chemistry, was invited by the National presented the Annual Dean Lecture at the the General Chemistry Program, was elected a Fellow of the American Science Council of the ROC to present a 31st International Conference of the lecture series at the Institute of Nuclear Association for the Development of Association for the Advancement of Science. Engineering of National Tsinghua Computer-based Instructional Sys University. tems(ADGS). Selection as the Dean John R. Shapley and Scott E. Denmark, Lecturer is one of the highest honors Professors of Chemistry, both received a Harry G. Drickamer, Professor of bestowed by ADCIS. Humboldt Research Award for Senior Chemical Engineering, won an award in U.S. Scientists. the Sustained Outstanding Research in Andl'ew J. Gellman, Professor of Materials Chemistry category in the Chemistry, won a Fellowship in Science Paul C. Lauterbur, Professor of Department of Energy's 1989 Materials and Engineering from the David and Chemistry and Medical Information Sciences Research Competition. Lucile Packard Foundation. The award Science has received the 1990 NEMA Professor Phipps completed his under at Eli Lilly and Co. and former president In Memoriam graduate work at the University of Texas of the Indiana Academy of Science. at Austin and received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in David Elliott Chubin, B. 5. '85 (Chemis Professor Phipps Dies 1921. In 1929 Dr. Phipps won a try) died in the Seychelles Archipelago in summer, 1989. at 94 Guggenheim Fellowship and worked for a year in Hamburg, Germany, with Profes Dr. Betty Chiang (Chuang), M.S. '67 rofessor sorOttoStern. In 1944-45hecontributed (Chemistry) died on October 18, 1989 in P Thomas E. \ to the war effort by working on the Man Los Gatos, California. Phipps, who was a hattan Project at the University of member of the Chicago. Leallyn B. Clapp, Ph.D. '41 (Chemistry chemistry depart with Bailar) died on November 28, 1988. ment from 1921 William J. Bailey, Ph.D.'46 (Chemistry He was Professor of Chemistry at Brown until his retirement with Marvel) died on December 17, 1989. University where he was known as an in 1964, died on He was known as a polymer chemist and outstanding teacher. In 1973 he was March 12,1990. He awarded the Manufacturing Chemists Thomas Phipps is credited with important discoveries in was known as a the areas of expanding polymers and Award in Chemical Education and in 1974 meticulous experimentalist, "the last of biodegradable plastics. he received the ACS award in Chemical the glass blowing physical chemists," Education. He received honorary doctoral according to his son. Among his many awards were the Out degrees from Rhode Island College and standing Achievement Award from the from Eastern lllinois University. His most important scientific contribu University of Minnesota in 1976 and in tion was the discovery of periodic devia 1977 the ACSAward in Polymer Chemis Gerald J. Cox, Ph.D. '25 (Chemistry tions from the Schottky Line which de try. In 1985 he won the ACS Polymer Divi with Rose) was a fellow of the Mellon scribes thermionic emissions and had sion's Distinguished Polymer Scientist Institute from 1929-1941 and later profes been assumed to be linear. The observed Award and in 1986 he received the ACS sor of dental research at the University of deviations have been interpreted as a Award in Applied Polymer Science. He Pittsburgh. He was the recipient of the H. quantum mechanical effect but the also received the Chemical Society of Trendley Dean Award of the International phenomenon has eluded satisfactory Washington's Hillebrand Prize in 1984 and Association of Dental Research in 1977. theoretical explanation to the present the ACS Division of Professional Rela time. In the 1920s Professor Phipps and tions' Henry Hill Award in 1988. Douglas V. Frost, A.B. '33 (Chemistry) his graduate students were the first to died on August 8, 1989. He is credited measure nuclear magnetic moments of Otto K. Behrens, Ph. D. '35 (Chemistry with developing the vitamin role of niacin hydrogen and oxygen by Stem-Gerlach with Rose) died on December 19, 1989. He and the first intravenous fibrin hydrosy techniques. was former associate director of research late, vitamin K source for poultry. ------~...... 9 . Van Russell Gertner, Ph.D. '48{Chemis The Classes try with Fuson) died on November 26, 1989. He had previously retired from Mon Alum News '30 C. Roland Eddy, Ph.D. '38 santo. {Chemistry with Rodebusch) received a certificate from the Philadelphia ACS sec Charles Bolles Gak, B.S. '28 (Chemical Symposium Honors tion to recognize his 50 years of service to Engineering) died on September 18, 1989. the society. Dr. Eddy had taught at the U. He had been with the Standard Oil Com Sinfelt of I. for three years early in his career. pany in Chicago. A week long symposium was held at Gary W. Griffin, Ph.D. '57 (Chemistry the University of Utah on "Advances in '40 AlbertS. Humphrey, B.S. '46 with Fuson} died on October 8, 1989. At Catalytic Chemistry IV" in honor of John (Chemical Engineering), chairman of Bus the time of his death, he was Boyd Profes H. Sinfelt, Ph.D. '54 (Chemical Engineer iness Planning and Development in Lon sor of Chemistry, University of New ing with Drickamer). Dr. Sinfelt is senior don, England, was elected director of Orleans. His major research interests scientific advisor at EXXON Research and finance for Long Life Herb Products, Inc. included chemiluminescence, singlet Engineering Company. He received the of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, and director oxygen chemistry, and chemical carcino National Medal of Science in 1980 and an of Visual Enterprises Ltd. of London, En genesis but were centered around honorary doctorate from the University of gland. carbenes, cubanes, and small-ring Illinois in 1981. He is a member of the Eugene L. Ringwald, B.S. '41 (Chemis chemistry explored photochemically. He National Academy of Science, the AAAS, try) conhibuted a section to the 3rd edition was codesigner of the Rayonet Chamber and the National Academy of Engin of the Polymer Handbook, edited by U. Bran Reactor, among the most widely used eering. drup & E.H. lmmergut, Wiley & Sons, light sources presently available. 1989. Since he retired from the Monsanto Robert M. Hill, Ph.D. '24 {Biochemistry Alums Win National Company he has been a consultant on with Lewis) spent most of his professional ACS Awards man-made fibers. career at the University of Colorado School Dr. John E. Franz, B.S. '51 (Chemistry) Odette L. Shotwell, Ph.D. '48 (Chemis of Medicine until his retirement in 1963. who is a Monsanto Distinguished Science try with Frank) has retired from the Ag Dr. George Lesher, B.S. 'SO(Chemistry) Fellow, has won the 1990 ACS Perkin ricultural Research Service. She is best died in a canoeing accident. He had Medal. The medal is given for "outstand known for her research on aflatoxin and worked for 38 years for Sterling Research ingconhibutions to research and develop other fungal toxins in crops. In 1980 she Group and in 1982 was selected the first ment of applied chemistry." Dr. Franz led a research team that won the Distin fellow of the Sterling-Wrnthrop Research discovered glyphosate, a broad-spectrum guished Service Award, the USDA's high Institute. herbicide that is highly effective against est employee award. both annual and perennial weeds but es Sidney Melamed, Ph.D. '44{Chemistry sentially nontoxic to mammals, birds, Carl Weatherbee, M.S. '46 (Chemistry) with Fuson) died on December 9, 1987. fish, insects, and most other bacteria. was honored by Millikin University by naming after him the computercenterin Carol Schuetz Promislow, B.S. '52 GaryM. Hieftje, Ph.D. '69(Chemi~try Scovill Science Hall. He was regarded as (Chemistry) died on December 21, 1988. with Malmstadt) won the 1989 Award in an outstanding teacher and retired from She had been a biochemist with Queens Spectrochemical Analysis from the Millikin after 30 years of service. University in Ontario, Canada, and with Analytical Chemistry Division of the ACS. Mercy Hospital. Professor Hieftje, Distinguished Professor '50 Peter Arvedson, B.S. '59 of Chemistry at Indiana University, is pres William H. Rieger, Ph.D. '41 (Chemis (Chemistry) is currently interim pastor at ident-elect of the Society for Applied Spec Grace Episcopal Church in Lockport, New try with Marvel) worked for 39 years at troscopy. Reilly Industries, Inc., retiring in 1980 as York. Prior to his current appointment, he was rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal director of research. He was an expert on Evan C. Homing, Ph.D. '40(Chemistry Church in Madison, Wisconsin. the chemistry of pyridine compounds and with Fuson) will share the 1990 Frank H. catalytic hydrogenation. Field and JoeL. Franklin Award for Out RobertL. Bohon, Ph.D. '50(Chemistry standing Achievement in Mass Spec with Rodebush) retired as technical direc Charles V. Smith, M.S. '34 (Chemistry) trometry with his wife, Marjorie G. Hom died on October 5, 1988. tor of the 3M Corporate Analytical and ing. Dr. Homing is professor of Chemistry Properties Research Lab. John H. Wolfe, Ph.D. '60 (Chemistry at Baylor College of Medicine and adjunct with Hummel) died on February 27, 1989. professor of biochemistry at Rice Univer Edgar S. Peck, M.S. '58 (Chemistry) has He was one of the pioneers of solar wind sity. He is also director of Baylor's Institute been appointed Assistant Resource Man research and was part of the "first wave" for Lipid Research. ager for Defense Systems at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. of scientists in what many now see as the J. Michael White, Ph.D. '66 (Chemistry golden age of space research. He was with Kuppermann and Yankwich) has John P. Schaefer, Ph.D. '58 (Chemistry awarded the NASA medal for scientific won the 1989 ACS Award in Colloid or with Corey) has become chairman ofTuc achievement in 1971 and in 1974 received Surface Chemistry. Dr. White is the Nor son Electric Power Co. following a series the Space Science Award of the American man Hackerman Professor of Chemistry of events that were featured in several Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. at the University of Texas at Austin. For financial news stories. the past 20 years "he has played a major role in the development of modem surface science and has pioneered its application to a host of surface chemical problems." . 10 ------L------James Wmefordner, Ph.D. '58 (Chemis T. Gordon ScoH, Ph.D. '69 (Chemistry '80 Michael K. Antenore, B.S. '83 try with Mal.mstadt) won the Applied with Leonard) has recently been ap (Chemistry} has been promoted to area Spectroscopy Medal from the New York pointed as head of the chemistry program sales manager for Southern California by Section of the Eastern Analytical Sym at Union College of Kentucky. the NALCO Chemical Company. posium. He is professor of chemistry at the University of Florida. In addition to /-,:0/' Mark A. Ackerman, B.S. '78 Linda Cioffi, Ph.D. '87 (Biochemistry getting his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degree (Chemical Engineering) has been pro with Conrad) has accepted a position as from the U. of 1., he also completed a year moted to manufacturing manager of research scientist in the molecular biology of postdoctoral research at this university. telene with BFGoodrich Company. division of DNX in Athens, Ohio. John Finn, Ph.D. '82 (Chemistry with '60 Gifford H. Cox, Ph.D. '65 Professor Panos A.rgyrakis, M.S. '74 Pirkle} has received the Scientific Achieve (Chemistry with Snyder) has accepted (Chemistry) has been promoted to as ment Award from American Cyanamid appointment as a visiting assistant profes sociate professor in the physics depart Company's Agricultural Research Divi sor at the Department of Medicinal ment of the University ofThessaloniki in sion. Dr. Finn has used a mechanism Greece. He received his Ph.D from the U. Chemistry at Purdue University. based approach to discover a new series of Michigan and is spending his current of imidazolinone herbicides with short James. E. Dunn, M.S.'61 (Chemistry} sabbatical year with IBM (scientific en term residual characteristics. has been made director of the Innovation gineering computations) in Kingston, and Development Center of Halstead In New York. Greg George, B.S. '82 (Chemistry) has dustries in Greensboro, North Carolina. joined Annour Phannaceutical Company Halstead is a manufacturer of plastics, Bradley Glorvigen, Ph.D. '74 (Chemis in Kankakee, Dlinois, as a protein chemist rubber and copper products. try with Curtin) is completing his third in the synthetic peptide division. year as chairman of the chemistry depart Douglas H. Dybvig, Ph. D. '61 (Chemis ment of the College of St. Thomas in St. Donald E. Govoni, B.S. '87 (Chemistry) try with Cwtin) is director of the graphic Paul, Minnesota. received an Outstanding Chemistry Teach research laboratory and of the I & IT ing Assistant Award from the University Japan sector laboratory of 3M in St. Paul. Dr. Thomas Ingolia, B.S. '74 {Chemis of Wisconsin at Madison. He has recently returned from an try) has been appointed manager of phar overseas assigrunent as managing director maceutical strategic planning for Eli Lilly Dr. Ellen Heininger, M.S. '84 (Chemis Minnesota 3M Research Ltd., in Harlow, & Company. try) is doing postdoctoral research in molecular biology of insect host plant re England. Patricia A. Michael, B.S. '75(Chemical sistance at Penn State University. She com Engineering) is a medical applications Wayne Franzen, B.S. '66 {Chemistry) pleted a Ph. D. in entomology at UIUC in has been appointed regional manager analyst at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, North '89 and says, "Miss Urbana already." with Gba-Geigy. Carolina. ScoH G. Hoffert, B.S. '88 (Chemistry) Mark Mugerditchian, B.S. '79 (Chemi Charles A. Garber, B.S. '63 (Chemical has accepted a new position with Rollins cal Engineering} has accepted a position Engineering) is president of Structure Environmental Services Inc. as technical Probe, Inc. in WestChester, Pennsylvania. as Director of Project and Process Ent sales representative for the midwest re His finn is an independent testing and gineering at LyphoMed in Melrose Park, gion. He lives in Carol Stream, Dlinois. illinois. analytical laboratory, specializing in elec He writes, "I would like to say 'Hello' to tron microscopy and surface analysis. He Keith E. Reese, B.S. '79 (Chemical En all my AXE friends. Hi, you weenies." has been selected to serve as national tour gineering) has been named manufactur speaker for the ACS in 1990. Jonathan D. Lee, B.S. '87 (Chemistry) ing manager of the first sub-micron has been appointed lab supervisor of the Ronald Lambert, Ph.D. '67 (Chemistry semiconductor process facility of the Intel AIDS Clinic at the University of California with Leonard) has become Vice President Corporation in Albuquerque, New in San Francisco. of Engineering RID for the AMPEX Corpo Mexico. R. ScoH Meece, B.S. '83 (Chemical ration in Opelika, Alabama. Sheldon A. Schaffer, Ph.D. '70 Engineering) has accepted a position as (Chemistry with Leonard) has become Craig Plassmeyer, B.S. '67 (Chemistry) patent development engineer at Phillips has accepted the position as director of Vice President of Pharmaceutical Develop Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, audit, security and compliance for a $25 ment for CHOLESTECH in Hayward, Okahoma. After graduating from the U. California. billion bank in southern California. Mr. of I. he completed an M.S. in chemical Plass meyer received his MBA in'69 from Gyanendra Singh, M.S. '70 (Chemical engineering at Wayne State University the U. of I. and his CPA in 1981. Engineering) has been appointed man and is currently working on a Jaw degree. Michael R. Rosenthal, Ph.D. (Chemis agerof management systems, Japan Divi Kenneth P. Moder, Ph.D. '81 (Chemis try with Drago) has moved to Southwest sion of the Proctor & Gamble Company. try with Leonard) was promoted to re ern University at Georgetown, Texas, as Steven L. Suib, Ph.D. '79 (Chemistry search scientist at the Eli Lilly and Com provost and dean of the faculty. Prior to with Stucky) was promoted to full profes pany Tippecanoe Labs. his current position he had been vice pres sor in the department of chemistry at the Brenda R. Shaw, Ph.D. '83 (Chemistry ident for academic affairs at St. Mary's University of Connecticut. College of Maryland. with Haight) was promoted to associate professor in the chemistry department of the University of Connecticut. Tuition------·in CoUege Cla3aes-- Free. The contract for constructing the first Chemical Laboratory Building, drawn up,ln 1877 for the Illinois Industrial University. The "Plans and Specifications" were drawn up by Professor Richer, who later became dean of engineering. At top left Is the university's first building, the "Elephant" which housed the classrooms, dormitories, chapel and club rooms of over a hundred students. (See page 3) SCS Alumni Newsletter School of Chemical Sciences NON-PROFIT ORG. University of lllinois at Urbana-Champaign U.S. POSTAGE 106 Noyes Laboratory PAID 505 South Mathews Ave. Permit No. 75 Urbana, lllinois 61801 Champaign, IL 61820 Address Correction Requested