University of Michigan Chemistry N E W S L E T T E R

Letter from the Chair I am pleased to send greetings and to fullerene, was a very engaging keynote Contents highlight the activities of the Chemistry speaker for this event. Before his talk, the Department this past year. The Depart- Department was awarded a 2006 Citation Letter from the Chair ...... 1 ment is continuing to make enormous for Chemical Breakthroughs from the Di- New Faculty ...... 3 strides towards accomplishing its goal of vision of the History of Chemistry of the becoming one of the top Chemistry De- American Chemical Society in recognition Faculty News...... 4 partments in the nation. The most recent of work by Moses Gomberg. Additionally, I 150th Birthday ...... 4 US News and World Report ranking of have enjoyed meeting departmental alumni Graduate Program News Chemistry Departments listed Michigan and alumnae as well as prospective faculty as 16th in the nation; the analytical cluster candidates at the University of Michigan Graduate Awards ...... 7 was ranked 9th, biochemistry 13th, organic reception that is held at every American Graduate Degrees...... 10 th th 13 , and inorganic 15 . These are the Chemical Society National meeting. Please GS Council News ...... 12 highest rankings for these clusters in many plan on attending this reception at the next years. We anticipate that our standing in ACS meeting. Undergraduate Program News the community will continue to rise, in REU Program ...... 12 Over the past year the department has view of the tremendous success that we recruited Dr. Anne McNeil, an outstand- Undergraduate Awards ...... 14 have had in recruiting outstanding faculty ing assistant professor, and Dr. Charles members and graduate students to the pro- Undergraduate Degrees ...... 15 Brooks, Parke-Davis/Warner-Lambert gram. You will see accolades to the faculty Gifts ...... 16 Professor. Dr. Anne McNeil received her and students throughout this newsletter. Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry Alumni News ...... 17 Additionally, the ongoing support of the and Chemical Biology at Cornell Uni- Chemistry Department by the alumni and In Memoriam ...... 18 versity working with Professor David B. alumnae provides a tremendous boost to Collum where she received both a Teaching President’s Challenge ...... 19 our efforts to enhance our research and Excellence Award and the Tunis Wentik Faculty Listing ...... 22 teaching missions. award. She was a postdoctoral fellow in Alumni Reply The Chemistry Department is interested the laboratory of Professor Timothy M. Form ...... inside back cover in continuing to strengthen contacts with Swager in the Chemistry Department at alumni and alumnae. To this end, we or- the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ganized an alumni event this past spring ogy where she was awarded the L’Oreal to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the USA Fellowship for Women in Science. establishment of a Chemistry laboratory Dr. McNeil’s training is at the interface of 2007 at the University of Michigan. Professor physical organic and materials chemistry. Harold Kroto, awarded the 1996 Nobel In her postdoctoral research she developed Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of novel conjugated polymers with arene The Regents of the University of Michigan: Julia Donovan Darlow, Laurence B. Deitch, Olivia P. Maynard, Rebecca McGowan, Andrea Fischer Newman, Andrew C. Richner, S. Martin Taylor, Katherine E. White, Mary Sue Coleman, ex President’s Challenge for Graduate Fellowship Support offi cio. Mary Sue Coleman, president. see pg 19 The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affi rmative action employer.

2007 U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY sandwich structures that have promise as faculty at Carnegie Mellon University and is having a large scientifi c impact. potential fl uorescent sensors and in other in 1985 where he rose through the ranks Professor Sension is also a dedicated optoelectronic applications. At the Uni- to become professor in 1994. That same educator who has distinguished herself versity of Michigan she plans to continue year, he moved his research group to the by her curricular work and her work on a studying organic materials, including a famous Scripps Research Institute in La textbook for the computational chemistry novel gel amplifi cation mechanism with Jolla, California. Professor Brooks has lab course. Finally, Professor Sension potential applications in sensing, devel- made outstanding contributions to the has contributed enormous service to the oping new catalysts for effi cient polymer development of a most commonly used Chemistry Department, the University synthesis, and a nanoparticle based organic simulation program, CHARMM. He has of Michigan and the Chemical Physics solar cell. Her proposed research has ap- over 290 publications and is also co-author community nationally, including serv- plications that interface with the Michigan with M. Karplus and B. M. Pettitt of the ing on the Division of Chemical Physics Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute which well-known book Proteins: A Theoretical Executive Committee of the American contributed funds to help recruit Dr. Mc- Perspective on Dynamics, Structure and Physical Society, organizing symposia for Neil to the University of Michigan. Dr. Thermodynamics. Over his distinguished the International Laser Science confer- McNeil is an important addition to the career, he has received numerous awards, ence and the American Physical Society Department’s research effort in materials including being elected Fellow of the and serving as an Associate Editor of the and organic chemistry. American Association for the Advance- Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science and ment of Science, receipt of the 1997 Com- a Member of the Advisory Board of the We are very pleased to announce that puterworld Smithsonian Institute Award, Journal of Physical Chemistry. Professor Charles Brooks has decided and being appointed Senior Fellow at the to move to the University of Michigan The Department’s educational activities San Diego Supercomputer Center, also in starting January 1, 2008, as the Parke- continue to thrive. Overall, the numbers of 1997. He is the North American Editor for Davis/Warner-Lambert Professor of majors in chemistry and biochemistry is the Journal of Computational Chemistry, Chemistry and Professor of Biophysics. holding strong, as evidenced elsewhere in is a member of numerous editorial boards Professor Brooks is one of the world’s this newsletter, by degrees awarded. The and serves as Director of the Center for leaders in computational molecular bio- College has recently approved our request the Development of Multi-Scale Model- physics and is a pioneer in the area of to institute fi ve minors to accompany our ing Tools for Structural Biology, an NIH computational studies of protein folding concentration programs in chemistry and National Research Resource which will and dynamics. Professor Brooks received biochemistry, specifi cally in the areas of be moving with him to the University his doctoral degree in Physical Chemistry chemistry, biochemistry, chemical phys- of Michigan. Recruitment of Professor from Purdue University. From there, he ics, chemical measurement science and Brooks to Michigan is a big step forward in did postdoctoral work with Professor polymer chemistry. The minors are not our ongoing efforts to build a world-class Martin Karplus at Harvard, focusing on open to students already concentrating in theoretical chemistry group. theoretical and computational biophysics. chemistry or biochemistry. This responds Following that, he joined the chemistry In the past year two faculty members to a growing interest among undergradu- from the Chemistry Department have been ates to pursue cross-disciplinary and promoted from Associate Professor with interdisciplinary areas. Professor Neil Department of Chemistry tenure to Professor with tenure: E. Neil G. Marsh has developed a new, one-semester Marsh and Roseanne Sension. Professor biochemistry laboratory course that we Newsletter Marsh has gained both national and interna- hope to integrate fully into the department is published once a year by the Department tional recognition in the area of mechanistic within the year. of Chemistry at the University of Michigan, enzymology as well as branching out into Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055 Interest in international experiences is a new research area, protein design, which increasing, and science students want to is an important, emerging discipline of be a part of this. The response to our pilot Chemical Biology. He is an outstanding program for undergraduate research ex- and creative researcher, a dedicated mentor change with Peking University (PKU) has and teacher and an important contributor been extremely good, and we are seeking Printed on Recycled Paper to the excellence of the Chemistry Depart- funding to increase the size of the group ment. Professor Marsh served as co-Chair of students that can be supported. Because of the Bioorganic Gordon Conference and there are chemistry courses at PKU that Chair: Carol A. Fierke was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society are taught completely in English, Profes- Editor: Robert Kuczkowski, Tim Wade of Chemistry. Publication: Agnes Soderbeck sors Penner-Hahn and Coppola have also Alumni News: Robert Kuczkowski Professor Sension is recognized as a established a study abroad program for world leader in the fi eld of ultrafast spec- UM students at PKU that will begin next troscopy. She is internationally known year. They are exploring other exciting Web Address: for her brilliant, fundamental studies on options for co-teaching courses between chemical reactions. Furthermore, her our two institutions. http://www.umich.edu/~michchem work on the coherent control of chemical It is gratifying that our graduates contin- E-mail: [email protected] reactions by laser pulses is exceptional ue to be widely sought by professional and

2 2007 graduate schools, and industry, and that ago the Michigan alumni and alumnae of funds, scholarships and endowments are the student affi liate chapter of the ACS Parry’s group created an endowment fund enumerated elsewhere in this newslet- has been cited for honorable mention. to support the inorganic, organometallic ter. I am especially grateful this year to At the graduate level, the Future Faculty and materials research programs. This alumnus, Robert Gregg, for establishing program, under the leadership of Brian endowment continues to grow and the the Robert A. Gregg Professorship (see Coppola, is robust. It has been recently interest income provides summer support article). On behalf of the students and strengthened by another renewal of fund- for graduate students. faculty who benefi t from your support, I ing from the Department of Education’s thank you sincerely. I hope that you will Both the educational and research GAANN program (Graduate Assistance visit the Department anytime you are in missions of the Chemistry Department in Areas of National Needs). In order town. I look forward to meeting alumni/ are thriving and the future looks very to take the success of this program in alumnae visitors. bright, in spite of budget diffi culties at the Chemistry Department and move it the state level and decreased funding at to other sciences, as well as developing Best wishes, the federal level. We are very grateful future K-12 teachers, UM has received for your contributions and support of our Carol Ann Fierke, Chair a generous donation from Rob Horwitz endeavors to educate the next genera- Jerome and Isabella Karle Professor of to help establish a joint Institute between tion of scientists and leaders. The loyal Chemistry and Professor of Biological LSA and the School of Education with the donors to the Department’s various gift Chemistry acronym “The IDEA Institute”. Professor Coppola and his Education colleague, Professor Joe Krajcik, have been named as the fi rst co-directors. Please see articles elsewhere in the newsletter for further Spotlight: Profi les of New Faculty information on our students and related activities. We highlight faculty members who have joined the Department since the last newsletter. Over the past year we have been Their appointment speaks well for our future. saddened by the death of two previous faculty members. Professor Seyhan Ege, Anne J. McNeil Professor Emerita (see article), passed Assistant Professor of Chemistry away this fall. Professor Ege received her Ph.D., Cornell University Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University Post Doctoral, MIT of Michigan in 1956. She later returned to the University of Michigan, becom- Interest in organic materials has grown exponentially in ing the fi rst tenured woman and the fi rst recent decades in both industry and academia. One key woman full professor on the faculty of advantage organic materials have over their inorganic the Chemistry Department. Professor Ege counterparts is that chemists can utilize the expansive was a distinguished educator, promoting toolbox of organic synthesis to tailor the materials’ innovative approaches to the teaching of physical and electronic properties at the molecular level. chemistry including implementation of My research focuses on creating new functional organic Anne J. McNeil the Chemistry Department’s undergradu- materials and exploring the fundamental mechanisms ate curriculum reform and authoring a involved in their synthesis, assembly, and operation. Members of my research group textbook, "Organic Chemistry: Structure design and synthesize new organic/organometallic molecules and polymers for each and Reactivity”. After retirement, Dr. Ege targeted application. We gain insight into these systems by performing detailed mecha- continued to interact with Departmental nistic and structure-property studies using standard spectroscopic and characterization faculty and students. In her memory, the techniques. Department has established a permanent Functional Supramolecular Assemblies endowment to support the Seyhan N. Ege Junior Faculty Development Award. Everything from biological macromolecules to small molecules obtained through organic synthesis can assemble into supramolecular species under certain conditions. Professor Robert Walter Parry, former Our group is interested in designing ways to trigger, control, and monitor the assembly Professor of Chemistry, passed away in process. We will exploit these supramolecular assemblies for chemical and biological late 2006 (see article). Professor Parry sensing, catalysis, and the synthesis of shape-persistent materials. was a faculty member and leader in the Chemistry Department at the University Polymer Synthesis and Catalysis of Michigan from 1946 – 1969 before Polymer synthesis lags behind conventional organic synthesis in both substrate scope moving to the University of Utah. Pro- and effi ciency. In addition, many polymerization mechanisms are poorly understood. fessor Parry had broad research interests Our research goals are to design new living polymerization catalysts with enhanced and was a distinguished national leader reaction effi ciencies and wider substrate scope, with a focus on environmentally derived of inorganic chemistry, serving as Presi- polymers, conjugated polymers, and other commercially important polymers. Our ap- dent of ACS in 1982. A number of years proach relies on detailed mechanistic studies to achieve these goals.

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 3 Faculty News Chemistry at Osaka University, Osaka Japan. He recently edited 2 monographs: NMR Spectroscopy of Biological Solids (Ed. A. Hashim Al-Hashimi has been awarded a 2006 National Sci- Ramamoorthy; Taylor & Francis, 2006) and Thermotropic Liquid ence Foundation Career Award. Crystals Recent Advances (Ed. A. Ramamoorthy; Springer- Verlag, 2007). Kate Carroll has recently coauthored an invited review article in a special edition of Infectious Disorders-Drug Targets (7, Melanie Sanford has been named a 2007 DuPont Young 140-158, 2007) discussing research on tuberculosis remediation Professor. The DuPont Young Professors Program is designed to entitled “Drug targets in mycobacterial sulfur metabolism”. provide unrestricted assistance to promising young faculty. She has also been named a 2008 ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar. The Jim Coward has been elected (one of three) to the Medicinal awards are sponsored by the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Fund and Chemistry Hall of Fame. The Medicinal Chemistry Division of administered by the American Chemical Society to recognize and the ACS selects a group of people based on their contributions encourage excellence in organic chemistry. to teaching, research, and service in the area of medicinal chem- istry. Jim's citation for the award can be seen at http://www. Roseanne Sension is a member of the advisory board of the acsmedchem.org/. Click on the Hall of Fame link. Journal of Physical Chemistry A,B,C, and serves on the executive committee of the American Physical Society Division of Laser Barry Dunietz has been awarded a Certifi cate of Apprecia- Science (DLS). tion from the 2007 James T. Neubacher Award Committee for his activities in raising consciousness on campus about disability John Wolfe has received a GlaxoSmithKline Scholar Award issues. for 2008-2009 recognizing excellence in synthetic chemistry. Carol Fierke has been elected a Fellow of the American Nils Walter was chair of a symposium last May on single mol- Association for the Advancement of Science for distinguished ecule advances. The meeting report has been published—“Under contributions to bio-inorganic chemistry, particularly the mecha- the Microscope: Single Molecule Symposium at the University nisms of zinc metalloenzymes and the ribozyme ribonuclease P, of Michigan 2006”. Biopolymers, 85, 106-114 (2007). Nils and the development and use of biosensors. She is the Chair of is interested in hearing from alumni who may be interested in the Division of Biological Chemistry of the American Chemi- learning more about a modern, open access Center of Single cal Society. Molecule Analysis (CoSiMA) to be run out of Chemistry; see http://singlemolecule.lsa.umich.edu He is an associate editor of Gary Glick is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biopolymers the journal Biopolymers. devoted to publishing original research papers and review articles in the general area of macromolecular structure and function, as well as biologically relevant model systems. Ted Goodson has been appointed a Senior Editor of the Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Raoul Kopelman presented an Eminent Scholar Talk (a College of Science sponsored colloquium) at the University of Arizona in February. He has recently coauthored two in- 150 Years of Chemistry at Michigan vited review articles: “Brain Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy with Nano-platforms”, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 58, “In respect to buildings the 1556 (2006); “Photonic Explorers Based on Multifunctional true principle is to build as Nano-platforms for Biosensing and Photodynamic Therapy”, little as possible… It will Applied Optics, 46(10), 1924 (2007). He serves on the edito- be necessary to erect a rial board of the new journal Nanomedicine. At the Pittcon chemical laboratory for the 2007 meeting, Raoul organized a symposium on “State-of- analytical course… Such a the-Art Cellular Targeting and Cellular Drug Discovery”. building will cost from two Kopelman reported in August to the National Academy of Sciences to three thousand dollars.” on “Speculations on nanotech based diagnostics for agriculture Thus Edward D. Campbell in Sub-Saharan Africa”. The presentation is still available online describes the early begin- at http://dels.nas.edu/banr/emerging_technologies. shtml. nings of chemistry instruc- tion at Michigan in History Anna Mapp has received the 2007 Novartis Young Investi- of the Chemical Labora- gator Award. This was awarded for her innovative research in tory of the University mechanistic studies of transcriptional regulation leading to the of Michigan, 1856-1916 development of small molecules that control that process. with these remarks from A. Ramamoorthy is a member of the Executive Committee President Henry P. Tappan and the External Users Committee for the National High Mag- in a report to the Board netic Field Laboratory (NHMFL at Tallahassee, FL), funded by of Regents in December, NSF. Last winter he was Distinguished Visiting Professor of 1855. In May 1856, the Regents approved $2,500

4 2007 to erect the building. Thus was authorized construction of the fi rst chemical labora- tory at a state university. The Department marked this beginning with an anniversary celebration May 10-12, 2007. Highlights included a symposium on “Challenges in Contemporary Chemistry and Medicine”, a celebratory Sesquicentennial Lecture by Nobel Laureate Sir Harold Kroto, and workshops on recent research and teaching initiatives led by departmental faculty and Prof. Bassam Shakashiri of the University of Wisconsin. Carolyn Bertozzi (Univ. Cal., Berkeley) led off the symposium. Her talk was titled “Chemistry in Living Systems”. This was followed by Laura Kiessling (Wisconsin) who discussed “Illuminating Bacterial Cell Wall Biosynthesis Using Chemical Biol- ogy”. The afternoon talks were presented by Barbara Imperiali (MIT) on “Chemical Tools for the Study of Complex Biological Systems” and Steven Benner (Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution) on “Redesigning Nucleic Acids, Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology and the Personalization of Human Health Care”. After a short break, congratulatory remarks were given by Dean of Literature, Sci- ence and the Arts, Terrence McDonald. He recalled some history of the department Harry Kroto including the vision of President Tappan who he credited with being instrumental in directing the University of Michigan to its role as a leading research university with initiatives such as the chemistry building. Next, Paul Jones, (Editor, Bulletin of the History of Chemistry) presented to the Dean and Department Chair Carol Fierke a Cita- tion for Chemical Breakthroughs plaque from the Division of the History of Chemistry, ACS, commemorating the paper by Moses Gomberg, “An Instance of Trivalent Carbon: Triphenylmethyl”, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 22, 757-771 (1900). The afternoon’s activities concluded with a compelling presentation by Nobelist Sir Harold Kroto (Florida State U.) on “Science, Society and Sustainability”. This fast paced power point presentation was a broad overview of some of Prof. Kroto’s research, touching on scientifi c ethics, social and scientifi c history, and his outreach initiatives that engage the public and especially youngsters in understanding science. In the evening, a birthday banquet celebration was attended by some 50 students, faculty, staff and alumni. Prof. Emeritus Bob Kuczkowski gave a short presentation on the history of chemistry laboratory construction at Michigan. Paul Jones spoke of the history and genealogy of the chemistry faculty. Barbara Imperiali and Steven Benner The next day a series of workshops were organized and led by Prof. Brian Coppola. They highlighted recent education and research initiatives in the department. At a box lunch gathering, an informal discussion was led by Prof. Bassam Shakashiri (Univ. of Wisconsin) who directed the attendees in examination of one’s teaching philosophy and goals. It engendered a stimulating exchange. Support for the guest lecturers was provided by a generous grant from Pfi zer whose staff also served on the symposium planning committee with Chemistry faculty Neil Marsh, Nils Walter, Brian Coppola and Bob Kuczkowski. Colorful, sesquicentennial banners announcing “150 Years of Chemistry at Michigan” with a picture of the fi rst laboratory graced poles along North University Ave. and State St. throughout the spring and summer (see previous page). It is interesting to note that the actual appropriations for the fi rst building before it was occupied came to $4,509.85 exclusive of equipment and furnishings. The number of student tables was 26. The building was enlarged 7 times until the increase in 1901 brought Alumni, Alumnae attendees, left to right: Scott Osborne, Seyhan Ege, Robert Dam- the number of tables to 362, and it was replaced by the rauer, Anne Andrews, Richard Loeppky, Suzanne Fleming, Kurt Hillig, Beth Hillig, 1909 North University building still in use. William Hillig, Shu-Sing Chang, Clifford Buffet, Kathy Hillig, Raymond Mattson, Annabel Muenter.

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 5 Laboratory after the 1866 addition, showing west and north sides.

Chemistry Genealogy (Paul Jones and Robert Taylor); Bachmann and Gomberg, labora- tory circa 1900, Fajans, 1909 building sketch, Willard, Parry, Elving

The laboratory building as it appeared in 1907 showing west and south sides.

Photos courtesy of Bentley Historical Library, Chemistry Department and “History of the Chemical Laboratory ...1856-1916”.

1909 and 1947 laboratories with old gym at east end; ca. 1975.

1909, 1947 and 1989 laboratories; Photo, R. Kuczkowski, 2007 1989 Dow Laboratory atrium

6 2007 Jack Novodoff Retires ulty arrivals, teaching and instrumentation facilities continued throughout the years. The Department celebrated the contribu- Jack became a resource known across tions and retirement of Laboratory and the nation as other institutions sought his Facilities Director, Dr. Jack Novodoff on advice and expertise in lab design and the afternoon of June 27, 2007 in the atrium safety issues. Over the years Jack served of the Chemistry building. The event was under 6 chairs with his characteristic good attended by a large gathering of family, humor and sincere concern for good ser- faculty, students and staff from across vice to the community. He managed the campus. Prof. Emeritus Paul Rasmussen technical shops and teaching laboratory presented gifts and reminisces on behalf staff, various budgets and interfaced with of the department. the college and maintenance units as ap- propriate. Jack’s door was always open Jack received his PhD from City Col- to everyone. His outside hours have been lege of New York in 1971. He joined the dition, the Willard H. Dow laboratory. This occupied with generous volunteer work department in the summer of 1985 after a “bricks and mortar” experience was just in various community organizations. He national search brought him from Stockton the beginning of a long involvement with can still be seen in the gym and racket ball State College (now Richard Stockton Col- building design work and contractors. The court. We wish him a happy retirement lege of New Jersey). Among his fi rst tasks renovation of the 1909 and 1947 buildings absent of heating and plumbing problems, was to serve as a departmental liaison, with followed after the occupation of the Dow checking blueprints, and meeting dead- Prof. Rasmussen, to the university plant lab in 1989 as well as completion of labs lines as he catches up with a backlog of department and the outside architects in on the fourth fl oor of the Dow lab in 1992. home projects and travel. the design of the chemistry laboratory ad- Numerous laboratory upgrades for new fac-

Graduate Program News Graduate Student Awards 2006 & 2007

Departmental Awards American Chemical Society Outstanding Graduate and nature of research. These awards are provided from the Wirt Student Award for Research and Teaching and Mary Cornwell Prize. This award is given by the Huron Valley Section of the American Kami Hull - (Sanford) Chemical Society. It is intended to recognize achievement in Chinmay Majmudar - (Mapp) teaching and research by a Graduate Student. Adam Grzesiak - (Matzger) Florence Fenwick Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award Robert & Carolyn Buzzard Graduate Chemistry Presented to Graduate students who taught undergraduate courses Student Leadership Award in Chemistry during the 2006-07 academic year. Winners are The Leadership Award is given to a graduate student who has chosen by their contribution to innovation in the lab or classroom, shown the skills of a leader. The person takes an active role in teaching evaluations, and faculty recommendations. These awards the Department - assisting with graduate recruitment; working are provided from the Florence Fenwick Memorial Fund. with faculty and staff to provide a better environment for gradu- Miguel Pereira - (Walter) ate students; also serves as a morale and welfare support person. This award is provided by Bob and Carolyn Buzzard. Milton Tamres Outstanding Teaching Award Amy Payeur - (Kennedy) This award was instituted to honor one of our emeritus faculty, Professor Milton Tamres. The award recognizes outstanding Wirt & Mary Cornwell Outstanding Graduate Student cumulative teaching service. Research Award John Henssler - (Matzger) Presented to Graduate students based on research advisor recom- mendation, publications, posters, meetings presented, uniqueness

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 7 Departmental Fellowships Eastman Chemical Company Focus School Fellowship Julie Adamson - (Hakansson) George Ashworth Analytical Chemistry Fellowship The George Ashworth Endowment provides a graduate student fellowship to continue research in analytical chemistry. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship award provides for a Summer half-term stipend. Brannon Gary - (Johnson) Jingjie Mo - (Hakansson) Thomas Sundberg - (Glick)

Robert W. Parry Award Natural Sciences & Research Council of Canada Fellowship The Robert W. Parry Awards are made possible through the en- dowment from generous donations of alumni, friends, industrial Jennifer Cunliffe - (Kennedy) donors and the students of Professor Parry. The fellowship is awarded to a graduate student who has shown excellence in Rackham Merit Fellowships research in inorganic chemistry. This award provides for a Tara Conser - (Coward) Summer half-term stipend award. Tamiika Hurst - (Fierke) Andrea Geyer - (Johnson) Michael Orozco (Sension) Jinhui Chen - (Ashe) Lidaris SanMiguel - (Matzger) Salena Whitfi eld - (Sanford) Peter A. S. Smith Fellowship Francisco Vazquez - (Geva) The Peter A. S. Smith Fellowship was endowed in 1995. The fellowship is awarded to a graduate student doing research in Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship synthetic organic or inorganic chemistry. This award provides for a Summer half-term stipend. Xiaoyun Chen - (Chen) Lopa Desai - (Sanford) Marisa MacNaughtan - (Johnson) John Hoerter - (Walter) Lopa Desai - (Sanford) Randy Lambertus - (Zellers & Sacks) Margaret and Herman Sokol Graduate Fellowship in Chemistry Rackham Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Margaret Sokol, who passed away in 2006, along with her late Julie Adamson - (Hakansson) husband, Herman, who graduated from U-M in 1940, established Tasneem Patwa - (Lubman) this fellowship for graduate students in chemistry in 1983. This award is given to students who have shown excellence in research Rackham Science Awards and provides for a Spring/Summer stipend. Mrs. Sokol through her estate has also honored the Chemistry Department with a Max Bailor (Al-Hashimi) very generous endowment for fellowship support. Anette Casiano (Al-Hashimi) Wei Tang - (Kopelman) Nicholas Ball - (Sanford) Sara Buhrlage - (Mapp) Vilmali Lopez-Mejias - (Matzger) Eric Rodriguez - (Marsh)

Non-Departmental Fellowships Royal Thai Government Fellowship Chetwana Rungwanitcha - (Kennedy) American Chemical Society Fellowship (ACS) Nick Cellar - (Kennedy) Sloan Fellowship Kami Hull - (Sanford) Joshua Ney - (Wolfe) Michael Orozco - (Sension) Lidaris SanMiguel - (Matzger) Francisco Vazquez - (Geva) Bristol-Myers Squibb Graduate Fellowship Lopa Desai - (Sanford) University of Michigan Substance Abuse and Dipannita Kalyani - (Sanford) Research Center Fellowship Kristin Schultz - (Kennedy)

8 2007 Training Grants Kandarpa Cousineau - (Banaszak Holl) Amy Danowitz - (Mapp) Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) Gayle Gawlik - (Mapp) Claire Chisolm - (Kennedy) Alan Kiste - (Coppola) Kathryn Dooley - (Morris) Anne Labut - (Karbstein) Kristin Smith - (Fierke) Joy Racowski - (Sanford) Kara Stowers - (Sanford) Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program (CBI) Anne Vazquez - (Chen) Training Grant provided by National Institutes of General Medical Sciences for research at the interface of chemistry and biology. Microfl uidics in Biomedical Sciences Training Includes units of Chemistry, Biological Chemistry in the Medical Program (MBSTP) School and Medicinal Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy. Anna Clark - (Kennedy) Sara Buhrlage - (Mapp) Matthew Leathen - (Mapp) Dustin Patterson - (Marsh) Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) Curtis Schneider - (Pecoraro) Catherine Musselman - (Al-Hashimi) Abigail Wolfe - (Pecoraro) Jesse Ward - (Penner-Hahn)

Graduate Assistants in the Area of National Need Pharmacological Sciences & Biorelated Chemistry (GAANN) Training Program (PSTP) Enhance teaching and research capacities of chemists to meet Amberlyn Wands - (Mapp) the needs of emerging industries vital to our technological com- petitiveness and to supply our colleges with faculty to meet the 21st Century teaching and research missions. Andrew Boughton - (Andricioaei & Chen)

Ashworth Fellowship: Jingjie Mo, Smith, Rackham, Parry Fellowships: Lopa ACS Fellowship: Joshua Ney, Kristina Hakansson, Desai, John Hoerter, Jinhui Chen, John Wolfe

Rackham PreDoc: David Lubman Eastman Fellowship: Julie Adamson, Rackham Science Award: Vilmali Lopez-Majias, Nick and Tasneem Patwa Kristina Hakansson Ball, Anette Casiano, Max Bailor

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 9 Rackham Merit Fellowship: Salena Whitfi eld, Mi- chael Orozco, Tara Conser, Frank Vazquez, Lidaris SanMiguel Ice Cream Social following awards ceremony

Graduate Degrees - Masters & Ph.D

Doctorates for August, December, 2006 and Ferguson, Marcelle Anna Mapp May 2007 [3,3]-Rearrangements of Phosphonium Ylides and Dipole-In- duced Dipole Interactions for Molecular Recognition in DNA Bobeck, Drew Edwin Vedejs Fuller, Amelia Anne Anna Mapp Enantiocontrolled Synthesis of Aziridinomitosenes Small Molecule Building Blocks for Proteomimetics and Syn- Bobeck, Melissa Gary Glick thesis ofAcetylcholinesterase Inhibitors. Binding Site Structure and Conformational Dynamics in the Gantt, Stephanie Louise Carol Fierke Sequence-Specifi c Recognition of ssDNA by an Autoantibody Human Histone Deacetylase 8: Metal Dependence and Cata- Callender, Andrew F Michael Morris & Mark Meyerhoff lytic Mechanism. Dynamic Raman Spectroscopy of Mineralized Tissue. Gdula, Robyn Lorraine Marc Johnson Cellar, Nicholas Robert Kennedy Design and Synthesis of Highly-Active Group 6 Metal Cata- Integration of Analytical Functions onto a Microfl uidic lysts for use in Triple-Bond Metathesis. Platform to Create a Separations-Based Sensor for In Vivo Ghosh, Debdip Vincent Pecoraro Neurotransmitter Monitoring Thermodynamic and Kinetic Investigation of Heavy Metal Cha, Wansik, Wansick Mark Meyerhoff Binding to De Novo Designed Alpha-Helical Peptides. Catalytic Generation of Nitric Oxide from S-Nitrosothiols Haldar, Suranjana James Penner-Hahn Using Organoselenium Species and Development of Ampero- Determination of In Vivo Metal Loading, Distribution, Storage metric S-Nitrosothiol Sensors and Environment in Biological Systems: Use of X-ray Syn- Clarke, Matthew Lawrence Zhan Chen chrotron Light Source Interactions of Polymers and Proteins at Interfaces Studied by Hessler, Jessica Anna Mark Banaszak Holl Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy. Investigation of the Effects of Nanoparticles and Apoptosis-In- Cunliffe, Jennifer Muir Robert Kennedy ducing Drugs on Cells. Development of Capillary Electrophoresis Techniques for Johnson, William Clyde Zhan Chen Detecting Signal Transduction Events: Applications to Drug Molecular Level Understanding of Polymer Surfaces and their Screening. Interactions with Other Molecules Studied by Sum Frequency Gen- Dick, Allison Melanie Sanford & John Wolfe eration Vibrational Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy. Palladium(IV) in Directed C-H Bond Oxidations: Synthetic Kelly, Rebekah Carol Fierke & James Penner Hahn and Mechanistic Investigations Structural, Spectroscopic, and Mechanistic Studies of Zinc Edwards, James L Robert Kennedy Alkyl Transfer Enzymes Development of Metabolomic Technologies for Identifi cation Kreunin, Paweena David Lubman and Quantitation of Intracellular Metabolites. Development of Proteomic Profi ling Methods for Analysis of Human Cancer Proteomes

10 2007 Lai, William W Paul Rasmussen Shou, Minshan Robert Kennedy Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Mobility Measure- In Vivo Monitoring of Neurotransmitter Release by Microdi- ment of Electron Accepting Pyrazine Derivatives. alysis and On-line CE-LIF. Lambertus, Gordon Randall Edward Zellers Steinecker, William Henry Edward Zellers Development, Evaluation, and Application of Silicon/Glass Gold-Thiolate Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticles as Sorptive Microfabricated Gas Chromatography Columns. Interfaces for Microsensor Arrays. Loch, Cheryl Lynn Zhan Chen Wei, Hui Robert Kennedy Developing a Molecular-Level Understanding of Adhesion Us- Exploring Neuropeptides in the Brain Using Capillary Liquid ing Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy. Chromatography- Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Ludwig, Bonnie Jean Anthony Francis A Self-Assembled System of Nanoscopic Switches:Gold-Hy- Yip, Grover Ngai-Bun Erik Zuiderweg dridosilsesquioxane-Gold Devices. Improving Experimentation and Interpretation in Solution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigations. Navrotskaya, Irina Eitan Geva Quantum Mechanical Rate Processes in the Condensed Phase Yoo, Chul Seung David Lubman Development of On-line Capillary Electrophoresis and Mono- Plass, Katherine Elaine Adam Matzger lithic Capillary HPLC Interfaced with Mass Spectrometry for Structure, Symmetry, and Stability of Two-Dimensional Crystals. Analysis of Human Cancer Proteomes. Qi, Jun William Roush Zhang, Hairong Mark Meyerhoff Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of Quartromicin D3. Gold/Conducting Polymer Coating for Solid Phase Immunoas- Rhodes, Maria M Nils Walter says Formation of and Structural Communication through an Inter- Zhang, Xinnan Adam Matzger domain Cavity in the Catalytic Core of the Hairpin Ribozyme. Fused-Ring Poly- and Oligothiophenes: Designed Electronic Rowe, Michael P Edward Zellers Materials. Synthesis and Characterization of Monolayer-Protected Gold Zhou, Mi Ronald Woodard Nanoparticles and Their Organoplatinum Composites as Vapor- Evolution of DAHP Synthase: From Archaea to Eubacteria Sensitive Mictrosensor Interface Materials. Zhou, Zhengrong Mark Meyerhoff Sefcikova, Jana Nils Walter Development of Novel Nitric Oxide Releasing Materials and Conformational Dynamics in Folding and Function of the Polymeric Coatings for Blood Contacting Biomedical Applica- Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozyme. tions.

Masters - August, December, 2006 and May Lai, William W P. Rasmussen & A. Francis 2007 Less, Gregory B. Paul Rasmussen Li, Qiang Robert Kennedy Avery, Christopher Zhan Chen Ludwig, Bonnie Jean Anthony Francis Burke, Emily Wenonah James Coward Ni, Qihui Robert Kennedy Canapp, Jody John Wolfe Peng, Tengteng Katrin Karbstein Casiano, Anette Hashim Al-Hashimi Rarig, Robert-Andre Franklin Edwin Vedejs Clark, Anna Robert Kennedy Schneider, Curtis J Vincent Pecoraro Conser, Tara James Coward Shen, Dongxuan Mark Meyerhoff Deeter, Susan Edwin Vedejs Sun, Xiaoyan Hashim Al-Hashimi Deprez, Nicholas Melanie Sanford Wagner, Meghan Marc Johnson Dethoff, Elizabeth Hashim Al-Hashimi Wands, Amberlyn Anna Mapp Fix, Cory Mark Meyerhoff Whitfi eld, Salena Melanie Sanford Fritz, Jonathan John Wolfe Wiedner,Eric Scott Marc Johnson Fuller, Erin Laura Anna Mapp Wu, Biyun Mark Meyerhoff Guo, Meng Theodore Goodson Yan, Qinyi Mark Meyerhoff Henssler, John Timothy Adam Matzger Yi, Li Ronald Woodard Hersberger, Katherine David Lubman Yoo, Chul Seung Kristina Hakansson Huh, Chan-Woo William Roush Zalas, Wojciech Zhan Chen Kalli, Anastasia Kristina Hakansson Zimmerman, Laura Mark Meyerhoff Koutmos, Markos Dimitri Coucouvanis

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 11 Graduate Student Council News a staff appreciation day to honor our great staff for all of their hard work. We also sponsored a student trip to a Tigers game The Graduate Student Council (GSC) organizes several events this summer and coupled the baseball game with a canned-food for the chemistry department throughout the year to support the drive; 330 cans of food were donated to the Food Gatherers. A student body and reach out to the community. The second annual fundraiser was held for the American Red Cross to aid tornado department wide “penny war” was held to provide an avenue victims in Georgia. The GSC bought several pizzas and asked for students to get involved in department fundraising at a level the department to come eat pizza and donate what they could; they could afford. In the penny war each student class, the staff, $500 was raised and donated. We continued our big sib/little sib postdocs and the faculty competed against each other to see who program this year in which senior students are paired up with in- could collect the most pennies. Additionally by putting non-penny coming students to provide support during their transition to Ann currency into another team’s jug one could bring their score down. Arbor and graduate school, and during new student orientation This year the incoming Class of 2003 was the winner. We also organized lunches between the big and little sibs. And of course, held a bowling social at Colonial Lanes and had a fall social with this fall we held our annual barbecue to start off the semester and apples, cider and donuts. welcome the new students into the department. In the winter we sponsored a trip to see the Michigan ice hockey This year the GSC Offi cers and Representatives were Andrew team play Michigan State at Joe Lewis Arena. We coupled this Higgs, Claire Chisolm, Chris Avery, Gayle Gawlik, Jody Canapp, event with a canned food drive and donated 180 cans of food to Matthew Leathen, Amy Payeur, Tom Lyons, Ryan Baxter, Natalie Food Gatherers. Walker, Carlos Baiz, Leila Foroughi, Nicolette Guthrie, Tom In the spring we held an ice cream social in conjunction with Horvath, Brannon Gary, Kandarpa Cousineau, Joy Racowski the student awards ceremony, and during the summer organized and Meagan Wagner.

Undergraduate Program News

REU (Research Experiences for The summer of 2007 was particularly exciting for our pilot summer Undergraduates) Site – Summer 2007 undergraduate research exchange between our department and that of Peking University (PKU), the premiere research institution For the 19th summer in a row, the department hosted an NSF- in China, located in Beijing. funded REU Site, where 10 students from around the country Since 2001, the department has been carrying out on-site were selected, from over 200 applicants, for a 10-week program English language interviews with prospective graduate students of undergraduate research and related weekly activities. in China, visiting Beijing and Shanghai every year, and generally The 2007 group of students, their home institutions, and their adding a third city where other universities are located, such as research advisors: Nanjing, Hefei, and Xi’an. During the course of these visits, some of the faculty have developed some strong relationships Noelle Endy Muhlenberg C Prof. Kennedy Ryan Pakula Harvey Mudd Prof. Johnson with their Chinese counterparts. Brittane Parker U Oklahoma Prof. Sherman In 2005, Professors Coppola and Penner-Hahn, in particular, Patrick Shaffer Binghamton U Prof. Al-Hashimi began to have productive conversations with some of the faculty Anthony Brewer Mount Union C Prof. Mapp at PKU about possible collaborations on undergraduate educa- Antonio Rivera UPR Rio Piedras Prof. Fierke tion. The fruits from these conversations are now being seen. In James Grinias Eastern Michigan U Prof. Hakansson summer 2007, 3 UM undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry Laura Strittmatter Yale U Prof. Sherman students, as a pilot project, spent 10 weeks in Beijing. During Kelsey Hughes Alma C Prof. Woodard the fi rst 2 weeks, accompanied by both Professors Coppola and Rebecca Leone U Montana Prof. Karbstein Penner-Hahn, the students participated in a “boot camp” ori- entation program. The orientation program included language In addition to the NSF funding, we were fortunate to receive instructions, classes and tours on history and culture, and practical funding from the Intel Foundation in order to expand the REU to instruction on getting around, eating, and generally navigating specifi cally attract students in Intel’s areas of scientifi c interest. such a large, urban environment. The UM students were Justin This funding added two fellowship positions: Lomont, Tiffany Chen, and Brian O’Keefe. After the orienta- Sophia Elie UM Engineering Prof. Matzger tion, the students joined their research groups for 8 weeks before returning to the US. Jesse Sinanan Delaware Tech CC Prof. Walter

12 2007 At the same time, 4 students from PKU spent 8-weeks in Ann are learning to work and communicate with people in our Arbor. They were Wang Wei (Penner-Hahn), Feng Xiaowen (Pec- labs, seeing how science is done in this country. We hope oraro), Zhou Xiaoxue (Andricioaei), and Shen Yiran (Kennedy). that our experiences in these labs can help us better com- Because the PKU semester did not end until the end of June, all municate with a diverse team, and to do better chemistry 7 students were together for about a month in Beijing, and then back at home.- Mr. Brian O’Keefe, 06/16/07, after 2 weeks again at the end of the summer in Ann Arbor. One of the things in the pilot program that made this program possible is the Joint Institute between UM and PKU, which is directed by UM Professor James Lee. By every measure, the pilot project was a major success. All of the on-the-ground logistics were handled by the Institute’s Support for 2007 was provided by supplemental funding from staff, whom we hired. At the 2-week mark, when the entire group the NSF, the College of LSA, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus was together, and, coincidentally, LSA Dean Terry McDonald Foundation, and the Department of Chemistry. In September, was part of a contingent of visitors to China from UM, we held the department submitted as proposal to create an International a reception that featured the program and its students. In some REU Site at PKU that would bring in other students from the US short remarks, Brian O’Keefe made a few poignant points about as well as UM students. their experience, including this one: For additional details, including student blogs and pictures, Here in China, it is impossible not to learn about the cul- please see the program web site for 2007, at www.umich. tural differences as an active participant in this society. We edu/~michchem/UMPKU

UM Chemistry and International Education Early this year, Professor Coppola was named as a Fulbright Senior Specialist. In his fi rst consulting trip under the Fulbright As with the exchange program with PKU, Professor Coppola has program, he spent two weeks in Indonesia during early July. During been increasing his activities with international education. the fi rst week, the country was holding its fi rst-ever country-wide In December 2007, the Vice Dean in the PKU Chemistry meeting of chemistry chairs at Bandung University. Coppola gave Department, Professor Li Zi-Chen, invited Professor Coppola both the opening and closing plenaries at this meeting. During to assemble and lead a 4-person team to go to PKU as external the second week, he consulted with 4 different universities in reviewers for the chemistry laboratory program at PKU. Such Indonesia that were interested in curriculum reform ideas. an external review by foreigners was an unprecedented event in Professor Coppola was also an invited plenary speaker at the the sciences, particularly for undergraduate education. The team 2nd University Fundamental Courses Forum on Chemistry and members were UM Professors Coppola and Mark Banaszak Holl, Chemical Engineering, which was held in Wuhan, China, on who were accompanied by Professors Angelica Stacy (Berkeley) November 10-11. and Jeanne Pemberton (Arizona).

Student Affi liate Chapter of the American Chemical Society Receives Awards for 2006- 2007 Activities

The American Chemical Society – Student Affi liates chapter at the University of Michigan is a student-run subset of the profes- sional chemistry guild ACS. They sponsor various activities, including informal dinners with faculty members and visits from guest lecturers. This past year, the chapter received an Honor- able Mention Award along with a Green Chemistry Award from the parent society for their activities. Important events cited in their annual report included Kids Fair, Sciencepalooza, their presentations for National Chemistry Week, and their efforts to raise Green Chemistry Awareness on campus. President Rebecca Siegel and Vice President Jason Wong will represent the section at the spring national ACS meeting in New Orleans when the chapter will be recognized. Dr. Paul Jones is the faculty advisor to the section. More information about the chapter and its activities can be found at its website; http://www. Left to Right: Paul Jones, Andrew Koltonow, Stephen Martin, Matt Kole, Mallory Johnson, Rebecca Siegel, Jason Wong and Adhi Kris- umich.edu/~acssa. nadi Paisoseputra

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 13 Undergraduate Awards

August, December, 2006 and May 2007 AIC/Alumni Chemistry Award Keary Engle (Matzger) CRC Outstanding Freshman Achievement Award James Ignatz-Hoover

Alpha Chi Sigma Outstanding 1st Year Student Award Summer Research Awards Christine Morrison (Matzger) Dow Chemical Company Alumni 1st Year Achievement Awards Christine Morrison (Matzger) Alex Turin, Shiwei Zhou, Jon Mahlow, Charles Schuler IV, Patricia Szmal, Stephen Martin, Matthew Gray Gomberg Scholarship Jihye Ha (Koreeda), Katie Lutker (Matzger) Alumni Outstanding Awards 2nd Year Student Jeff Simon (Montgomery) Eli Lilly Research Fellowship 3rd Year Student Rebecca Kow (Palfey) Jeffrey Simon (Montgomery) Senior Student Lara Czabaniuk (Koreeda) James E. Harris Scholarship Honors College Vanko Award Alan Commet (Yocum), Carrie Zechmeister (Koreeda) Chelsea Durgan (Ballou) Florence Fenwick Memorial Florence Fenwick Memorial Scholars Rebecca Kow (Palfey), Yuki Murata (Lehnert) Malani Gupta (Kwok), Joseph Nakleh (Koreeda), Tim Tseng (Johnson), Alan Commet (Yocum) Walter R. Yates Joel Skaistis (Kubarych), Jennifer Raymond (Karbstein), National Starch Scholarships Franco Fabilli (Goodson) Sarah Carman (Ballou), Jihye Ha (Koreeda), Justin Lomont (Coppola) Smeaton Nicholas Preketes (Geva) Lubrizol Scholarship Jennifer Raymond (Karbstein) Pfi zer Mark Haines (Koreeda) Helen Schwartz Schaefer Scholarship Angie Buttigieg David W. Stewart Memorial Angela Sandelin (Vedejs) American Chemical Society Analytical Chemistry Award Nicholas Preketes (Geva) PPG Scholarship Joseph Nakleh (Koreeda) Huron Valley Section-Outstanding Senior Leadership Award Margaret & Herman Sokol Endowment Walter Haberaecker (Koreeda) Tim Tseng (Johnson), Paul Cipriani (Sherman)

Seyhan N. Ege-WISE Award Alumni Award Kathryn MacKool (Koreeda) Michael Roberto (Morris), Rahul Ganatra (Meyerhoff)

Merck Index Award to Outstanding Seniors Intel Summer Fellowship Paul Baciu (Ming Lei), Daniel Bertoni (Ballou), Sophia Elie (Matzger) Joel Skaistis (Kubarych)

AIC/Alumni Biochemistry Award Osman Yilmaz (Yocum)

14 2007 Outstanding 2nd Year: Jeff Simon; Outstanding 3rd Year: Rebecca Kow:

First Year Awards: Alex Turin, Jonathan Mahlow, Shiwei Zhou, Steve Mar- tin, Patricia Szmal, Matthew Gray, Christine Morrison (Masato Koreeda)

Bachelors Degrees August, December, 2006 and May, 2007

Chemistry Chan, Antonia Yunn Barton, Thomas John Chen, Susie Xi Coelho, Adele Vanessa Dood Jr, Robert Lee Florence Fenwick Memorial Scholars (l to r): Tim Tseng, Alan Czabaniuk, Lara Christine Durgan, Chelsea Justine Commet, Joseph Nakleh, and Melani Gupta. Davis, Jonathan Aaron Ebadi-Tehrani, Mehran Engle, Keary M Michael Haberaecker, Walter William Edwards, Holly Jin Horning, Peter Benjamin Falcone, Christina Marie Kobolak, Cynthia Ann Fay, Kevin Scott Lai, Caroline Laurice Fisher, Jacquelyn Marie Limchoa, Eileen Marie Flynn, Matthew James Lesch, Justin E Odeleye, Melanie Eniola Limchoa, Jenny Lynn Froning, Caroline Elizabeth Li, Xin Ota, Shodai Marsh, Christopher Lee Gerber, Jennifer Lynn Lin, Dennis Pearson Fuhrhop, Kristin Mathews, Anne Therese Gilbert, Elise Michele Love, Tasha Marie Marie O’Neill, Kelley Marie Glass, Lisa Nagelberg MacKool, Kathryn Marie Peng, Peter Y Tai, Daniel Chung-Ho Guinn, Tia Melan Mackovjak, John J Qin, Kai VanStaveren, Marie Natalie Gupta, Malani Marie Marchant, Jeffrey David Retland, Nicole Lynn Yau, Sung-Hei Harzdorf, Nicole Lynn Marsh, Christopher Lee Shah,Hriday M Hayter, Timothy John Miller, David Dwight Song, Qi Xiu Tan, Ashley Elaine Biochemistry Hu, Eric Murai, Koichi Kheir, Noor Raef Nelson, Lisa Terese Taylor, Mark Robert Anderson, Meredith Renee Kobolak, Cynthia Ann Neo, Li-Lin Emilia Vihtelic, Celia Marie Bertoni, Daniel Robert Kurnit, Katherine Cecilia Neogi, Rahul Kumar Yilmaz, Osman Hayri Brunk, Elizabeth Claire Langan, Nicholas Robert Nisbet, Scott Kenneth Zeitlin, Allen Rubin Carlson, Whitney Elizabeth Lee, Gloria Nolan, Daniel Patrick Zheng, Alice Xiaowei

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 15 Annabel and John Muenter Eric M.and Wendy L. Monberg Gifts James Pivnichny and Joan D. Richard Scott Myers Vanpelt Edward D. North Contributions from private and corporate donors received from Pfi zer Foundation* D. Eugene Overton July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007 Ellen R. and Richard G. Racusin Berj K. Parseghian (* Indicates corporate matching funds.) Walter E.F. Rupprecht Pfi zer Foundation* Klaus and Joel L. Schmiegel Proctor & Gamble Fund* Ronald E. Seamans Steven C. Rifkin Robert M. Sowers Thomas Michael Rosseel Alumni Discretionary Fund R.D. Hutchens James and Tonia Thirtle Helen S. Schaefer John F. Bruesch Steven R. Jordan John K. Tomlinson David G. Shappirio Cargill Foundation* Te Piao King Kelly B. and Linda L.H. Triplett Gary L. Smith Eunice Fraser Conners Richard N. Loeppky Evelyn Tyner Claude and Louise Spencer Trust Sue and John Delos Atone L. Lott Edward P. and Leigh B. Lois S. Swick Dow Chemical Company Founda- Randolph K. Otto Washabaugh Edwin Vedejs tion* William A. Pavelich Veronica H. Wiley Paul Denzle Walker Richard and Judith Doyle Pfi zer Foundation* Susan and Joel Wolfe James K. Watkins Vincent P. and Roxanne M. Edwin and Roberta Przybylowicz Dean Zehnder Drnevich Erich and Suzanne E. Schulz Chemistry Dept. Library David W. Ebdon, PhD Elfreda Shepard Richard J. Bard Willard Memorial Lecture Fund Helen and P.L. Fan Jack Sweet Stephen L. Gaudioso GE Foundation* Howard L. Garrett Mary M. Wood Xerox Corporation USA* Graham D. Stewart Bruce and Laura Goethe Paul Zittel Richard B. Northrop Mary Ellen Heyde and Gordon 3M Foundation* Parrington Chemistry Strategic Fund George C. and Dorothy M. Towe Dr. Kurt W. Hillig II August J. Altese Chemistry Special Scholarships James and Patricia Huntzicker Jim B. Ames James E. Harris Scholarship Manfred Egerer and Elizabeth Nora and James Bahr Fund in Chemistry James and Irene S. Jackson Hugel Joseph G. and Ilene Block Marian E. Harris Norman P. Jensen BASF Corporation* Robert L. and Sylvia J. Jones Aureola L. Boyd Estate Phyllis E. Karseboom Jeanne A. Bucsela Kuczkowski Faculty Award Chemistry Dept Fund Robert A. Landowne Kathryn L. Burda Carol A. Fierke George B. Lowrie Irving and Frances Adler Diane H. Burley Donald F. Meyer J.M. Goldberg & B.J. Burroughs Thomas A. Caughey Milton Tamres Teaching Award Ruth and Walter Opdyke David W. Badger Elna M. Clevenger Majorie and Donald J. Carter Wayne and Carol Pletcher BASF Corporation* Dan L. Curtis Morley and Maureen Russell Timothy G. Bee Patricia J. Dahlstrom Dr. John V. Scibelli Boeing Company* Colleen DeKay Peter A.S. Smith Fellowship Kristi D. and Hilary E. Snell BP Foundation, Inc.* Dow Chemical Company Founda- David W. Emerson Graham D. Stewart Dan G. Chapel tion* Roy D. Pointer, PhD Lazarus D. Thomas Renee I. Cribbins Larry E. Fink Dow Chemical Company Founda- Bruce Triplett Shirley and Bernam Fraley Richard D. Sacks Memorial tion* Robert C. Tripp Phyllis Hope Garland Student Travel Fund Kenneth Egger and Anna Claus- Howard H. Un Mark T. Goulet Reid Family Fund Egger Robert Wilson and Patricia Tony O. Greco GlaxoSmithKline Foundation* Howard S. and Lori M. Friedman Geraghty Dean Lester Griffi th Eric T. Johnson William Koon Chong Wong Trust Ralph E. Friedrich J. Walter Hellman Stewart E. Gloyer David P. Hesson Robert & Carolyn Buzzard Steven Goates and Juliana Boerio- Intel Trust Account* Bachmann Memorial Lecture Grad Chem Student Leadership Goates Priscilla H. Johnson Robert A. Gregg Philip L. Gravel Robert D. Johnson Robert and Carolyn Buzzard Janet C. Haartz Norman H. Knight Chair’s Discretionary Fund David J. Hart Richard Hugh Kolloff Robert Parry Scholarship Fund Amgen Foundation* Steven P. Henry Paul Martin Kovach Earl R. Alton John E. and Barbara C. Bauman Roland F. Hirsch David L. Lee Thomas C. Bissot James L. and Donna A. Brew- Walter M. Holloway Ginny Shen Lin Howard M. Dess baker Jeffrey D. Hsi Timothy E. Machonkin Suzanne Marie Fleming Yuhpyng L. Chen Thomas M. Jackson John Mahaney Charles W. Heitsch S. Thomas and Joan C. Cleveland Harold L. Kohn Myrtle S. McLain Edward K. Mellon Alice Corey Eli Lilly & Company Foundation* Bret T. Mercer Karen W. Morse Robert Damrauer Randel Q. and Ann C. Little Dawn A. Merritt Robert T. and Bonnie P. Paine Dow Chemical Company Founda- James D. McLean Jack Leo Meyer W.G. Sayre tion* Merck Company Foundation* Deanna J. Mitchell Duward Shriver Thomas J. Giordano Timothy F. Merkel Jerry Mohrig Joan and R. Arden Slotter Thomas and Carol Houser

16 2007 Alumni News Dr. Gregg lives in Connecticut where he has been active in con- servation issues and local government matters. He has been an E-Mail your news: [email protected] offi cer of the Woodbridge Land Trust for more than thirty years Update your contact information: http://www.umich.edu/ and initiated referenda leading to the Town several times voting ~michchem/alumni/ a multimillion dollar bond issue to buy open space for holding in that condition forever and he assisted in purchasing the land. If errors or misstatements are noted in any of the following items, the Editors of the Newsletter would appreciate such being called Unauthorized encroachment or use of someone else’s property for to their attention. Mistakes can and do, inadvertently, creep in. a period of time gives the encroacher a legal claim on the property Corrections can easily be inserted in the next edition. by claiming a right of adverse possession. Gregg wrote, shepherded through the legislature, a statute signed by the governor into law. exempting non-profi t organization land from such claims in the Robert A. Gregg (PhD State of Connecticut, 1943, Bachmann) has es- American chestnut trees, sometimes called the Redwoods of the tablished the Robert A. East, were the dominant tree in eastern forests until wiped out by Gregg Professorship in the chestnut blight from Asia in the early 1900’s. Using pollen from Department of Chemistry. a blight resistant Chinese chestnut on the fl owers of surviving This gift endows a full pro- American chestnuts and repeating this process with selection for fessorship in the department. blight resistance with several successive generations of progeny, It is the department’s third a blight resistant tree that is essentially an all American chestnut endowed named professor- should be produced. Gregg established an orchard in Woodbridge ship. An endowed chair where this process is being started in Connecticut. He is on honors and supports one the board of the Connecticut chapter of the American Chestnut of the department’s most Foundation. distinguished faculty mem- Committee Chairperson David Smudin Gregg writes “For recreation I attend Scottish Country Dance bers complementing her/his of the New Haven Section of the ACS classes and balls and have published a book of Scottish country national reputation in teach- presenting the Maurice R. Chamber- dances that I devised.” The Department salutes this versatile ing and research. land Award to Dr. Robert A. Gregg (on the right). alumnus. It is grateful for his generous gift in celebration and Dr. Gregg was born in support of the Department’s continued excellence and strength. Dundee, Michigan and matriculated as an undergraduate at Adrian Such professorships are the hallmark of a distinguished history College. His Michigan thesis work under Werner Bachmann underpinning the program and honoring its faculty and alumni. described the synthesis of analogs of the sex hormone equilenin. Gregg departed Michigan in November, 1942 to work for U.S. Rubber-Uniroyal for almost 42 years. He had a diverse experi- Carolyn E (Owen) Anderson tant professor of chemistry at ence ranging from fundamental research on the mechanism of (BSC 1998; Phd 2003,UC Ir- the University of California, free radical polymerization to development work on new products vine) spent several years as a Irvine. and processes. His inventions included polyurethane elastic fi ber Dreyfus Foundation post-doc at (spandex); a stable fl exible vapor barrier for rubber fuel tanks for Peter J. Bonk (BS 1975; Pomona College in Claremont, airplanes; an adhesive system for steel belted tires; and, various PhD 1985, Wisconsin) is CA. In 2006, she moved to Cal- foam rubber and plastic products. He designed and built a pilot Assistant Director, Research vin College in Grand Rapids, plant for melt spinning fi bers, among dozens of other projects. and Development at Rhodes MI where she is an assistant As he describes his career “One had to like diversity with some Technologies, an innovative professor of chemistry. adversity thrown in.” He even served a stint as personnel man- pharmaceuticals developer, in ager where he was told to fi re several distinguished consultants Karen Emerson Axelrod Coventry, RI which specializes including two who later received Nobel prizes. (BS 1989; M. Ed 1995, John in the manufacture of pain Carroll Univ.) is a high school medications. Pete has been at The New Haven Section of the American Chemical Society awarded chemistry teacher at University Rhodes for the past 5 years. Gregg in 2003, the Maurice R. Chamberland Award for enhanc- School in Cleveland, OH. She ing societal well being through the application of chemistry for James L. Brewbaker (BS writes that she is happily mar- his work in improvement of automobile tires and contributions 1958; PhD 1968, Mich. St.) has ried and mother of a one-year toward the development of cellular plastics. retired from Dow Chemical old son. and the Michigan Molecular On the personal side, he married Jean Westerman in 1951 in the John E. Bauman (PhD 1962, Institute. Methodist Church on State Street. Regrettably, Prof. Bachmann Atkinson) is professor emeritus died the week before the wedding. Nevertheless his wife Mary Carolyn and Bob Buzzard of chemistry at the University attended the ceremony. Over the years, Dr. Gregg has been a (Muhlenberg College 1961- of Missouri, Columbia. frequent attendee of the annual Bachmann Lecture which con- 62) support the Robert & tinues to be one of the nation’s prized awards for organic and Suzanne A. Blum (BS, Honors Carolyn Buzzard Graduate bioorganic chemists. 2000, Vedejs, Coppola; PhD Chemistry Student Leadership 2004 UC Berkeley) is assis- Award given annually to a

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 17 graduate student for leadership and service United Technology Corp. in Dayton OH. for 2007 for his contributions to synthetic to the department. They have promoted a He is program manager of a contract organic chemistry. partnership between Muhlenberg College awarded by the Air Force Research Labo- Shahid Murtuza (BS 1994, Rasmussen; and the Department over the past ten years ratory involving 17 minority academic PhD 1999, Penn State) is a product develop- that brings a Muhlenberg undergraduate institutions. ment chemist at Momentive Performance to Michigan in the summer for a ten week Catheryn L. Jackson (BS, 1980; PhD Materials in Waterford, NY (formerly GE research experience (REU). Each fall they 1988, Conn.) moved from the National Silicones) and is “looking forward to our try to visit the department and root for their Institute of Standards and Technology future as a new company”. adopted football team. after 10 years to a senior scientist position Peter O. Sandusky (PhD 1985, Yocum) John W. Cahn (BS 1949; PhD Berkeley, at Rohm and Haas, following a fi ve year is a senior research scientist at the USDA/ 1952) is senior fellow emeritus from NIST “sabbatical” to be a stay-at-home mom for FDA funded National Center for Natural after 30 years. He is semi retired in Seattle two preschoolers. Products Research attached to the Univer- with affi liate professor appointments in Juan Jaen (PhD 1984, Marino) is Sr. sity of Mississippi School of Pharmacy in physics and materials science at the Uni- Vice President for Drug Discovery at University, MS. He had previously been at versity of Washington. ChemoCentryx in Mountain View, CA. Tulane University in New Orleans, where Shu-Sing Chang (PhD 1962, Westrum) is ChemoCentryx is a private biotech com- he sat out Katrina in Jefferson Parish west retired as research chemist for the National pany engaged in the discovery of drugs that of the city. Institute of Science and Technology. He block immune cells from being recruited th Martha Bennett Stiles (Peggy Wells) (BS has been involved in planning the 50 an- to sites of infl ammation. 1954). Peggy’s fi rst book, “One Among niversary reunion of his chemistry class Josyln Kravitz (PhD 2005, Carlson, Pec- the Indians”-- about a real boy who was from the National Taiwan University. oraro) will be an American Association a hostage to Powhatan for two years -- is Frank M. Curran (BS 1977; PhD 1983, for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) back in print this year for Jamestown’s Mich. St.) works at the NASA Glenn fellow in the Science and Technology 400th anniversary. Research Center in Cleveland, OH. He Program in the Offi ce of the Director of Renee (Krzeminski) Susko M.D. (BS- received the 2006 James H. Wyld Memo- NIH, Ruth Kirschstein. Dearborn 1991) is a family medicine rial Award from the American Institute of Richard N. Loeppky (PhD 1963, Smith) physician at Bridgeview Medical Clinic, Aeronautics and Astronautics. This award is Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus serv- Harrison Township, MI. She married Don is given annually for outstanding achieve- ing over 40 years at the Department of Susko in November 2006. ment in the development or application of Chemistry at the University of Missouri rocket propulsion systems. Sanyo Tsai (BS 2005, Coward) is a medical (Columbia) where he was Hermann G. student at the Louisiana State University Theodore S. Dibble ( PhD 1992, Bartell) Schlundt Distinguished Professor. His School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA has been promoted to Professor of Chem- research area has been in nitrosamine where he is secretary of the class of 2009 istry at SUNY College of Environmental carcinogenesis and involves what is now and president of the Asian Pacifi c American Science and Forestry, Syracuse NY. He called chemical biology. He has moved Medical Student Association. studies radical reactions important in at- to Seattle where he has a courtesy ap- mospheric chemistry and the secondary pointment in Medicinal Chemistry at the Charles S. Weinart (BS 1995, Ashe; PhD chemistry in polluted airstreams treated University of Washington. 2000, Northwestern) is assistant professor by electron beams. of chemistry at Oklahoma State University, James A. Marshall (PhD 1960, Ireland), Stillwater, OK. Robert Damrauer (BS, 1963; PhD 1966, Thomas Jefferson Professor of Chemistry MIT) has recently been appointed Interim at the University of Virginia, has received Robb Wilson (PhD 1998, Kuczkowski) Associate Vice Chancellor for Research a 2007 Arthur C. Cope Scholar award. The is a lecturer in the chemistry department and Graduate Studies at the University of Royal Society of Chemistry has awarded at the University of Texas (Austin), his Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences him a Centennial Lectureship and Medal baccalaureate alma mater. Center in addition to his appointment as Professor of Chemistry. Keenan Edward Dungey (PhD 1998, Curtis) was promoted to associate pro- In Memoriam fessor with tenure at the University of Illinois, Springfi eld. In 2005, he received We are saddened to announce the deaths of the following faculty, alumni, alumnae and a University of Illinois University Scholar friends of the Department. Award. Francis J. Berlandi (PhD, 1964, HB Mark) Janice Hickey Carlson (MS 1966, Elving) John A. Gladsyz (BS 1971) has been ap- died on Aug 13, 2006. He had served as died on April 19, 2006. She worked at Up- pointed as Professor, Dow Chair in Chemi- president of Touchstone Environmental john Co (Kalamazoo, MI) before marrying cal Invention at Texas A&M University. Consultants of Winchester, MA. He leaves Norman A. Carlson (PhD 1967, Lawton) R. Douglas Hutchens (BS 1968; PhD his wife Cheryl, son Aram and daughter and moving to Wilmington where both 1972, Pittsburgh) is a senior scientist at Eva. worked for DuPont. She joined the staff

18 2007 of Winterthur Museum in 1974 as Museum widely. Jan is survived by her husband, two James W. Hovick (PhD 1995, Bartell) Chemist. Jan worked in the Winterthur’s sons and other close family members. passed away on Oct. 12, 2007. He was an Scientifi c Research and Analysis Labora- Edward Leon (MS 1950; PhD 1956, extremely popular and well-loved Lecturer tory for nearly 30 years, retiring in 2003 as Smith) passed away on Dec. 22, 2006 in in chemistry at the University of North Senior Scientist and head of the laboratory. Arlington Heights, IL. He spent many Carolina at Charlotte. He was honored She was a pioneer in the use of non-destruc- years in chemical research for Occidental by being named in the inaugural class of tive analytical techniques in characterizing Petroleum and Borg-Warner Chemicals. Carnegie Scholars in 1998. Jim was an avid art objects. She served as adjunct faculty in He is survived by his wife Mary Ellen UM sports fan who enjoyed photography the Winterthur/U. of Delaware Program in Cooper Leon (MA in English, UM, 1952) and, especially, spending time with his Art Conservation, authored or co-authored and three children. children, Alex and Sara. 30 technical publications, and lectured

President’s Challenge for Fund shall be made in accordance with the University’s then existing endowment distribution policy. If the University’s Graduate Fellowship Support endowment minimum is not met for the Department’s graduate fellowship fund, all gifts to the fund will be used President Mary Sue Coleman has on an expendable basis for graduate support. created a new gift challenge program The Challenge will run from September 1, 2007, and to enhance support for graduate continue until $40 million is committed in gifts or the students as a concluding phase of Michigan Difference Campaign ends on December 31, the current Michigan Difference 2008, whichever comes fi rst. Donors can extend their Campaign. Every $2 contributed for gifts over a period of 5 years, and it will all be matched as graduate support will be matched by long as the pledge with fi rst payment is received within the $1 from the President’s Challenge designated time frame of the Challenge. For this challenge, Fund. This will apply to gifts to corporate matches for an employee’s gift are eligible for existing named endowments (such as a match if the money comes in within the designated time the Parry or Smith funds) and gifts frame of the Challenge ($40M raised or Dec. 31, 2008). that the donor requests be directed Hence donors are encouraged to make their gifts as soon to the Department’s graduate student as possible. Please also note the advice on the deadline for fellowship fund. In order to establish tax deductions for charitable gifts in this tax year on the a new named endowment for graduate student support a mini- gift fund card on the last page of this newsletter. For more mum gift or pledge of $50K is needed. You may designate information contact Bob Kuczkowski (kuczkows@umich. your gift either as endowed or expendable; undesignated gifts edu) or Tim Wade ([email protected]) in the Chemistry are considered expendable under University guidelines. If Department. your gift is designated for endowment, distributions from the

U-M DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 19 Robert W. Parry two terms as an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American 1917 – 2006 Chemical Society. He served as an ACS Councilor for more than forty years and he was on the Executive Robert W. Parry, past Professor of Chemistry Committee of the Inorganic Divi- passed away on Dec. 1, 2006 following a sion and its Chair (’65). He served stroke that occurred Nov. 23. Although he on the ACS Board of Directors departed from the UM faculty in 1969, he (’73-’83) and was ACS President maintained a keen affection for the Depart- (’82). He was executive secretary, ment, the University and Ann Arbor. chair and councilor for the Chem- istry Section of AAAS (’80-’95) Parry obtained a BS degree from Utah and Chair and a member of the Agriculture College (now Utah State Univ.) Board of Trustees of the Gordon in 1940, a MS from Cornell (1942) and PhD Research Conferences (’65-’72). in 1946 from Illinois under John C. Bailar. In recognition of his service and He explored combustion catalysts in support numerous accomplishments Parry of WWII activities at UI (’42-’45). Parry received awards including the fi rst began his independent career in 1946 at ACS Award for Distinguished Michigan where he served on the faculty Service in Inorganic Chemistry until 1969. The latter portion of his career (’65), the ACS Award in Chemical was spent at the University of Utah where Education (’77), an Alexander von he was a Distinguished Professor (’69- Humboldt Senior U.S. Scientist ’97) and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Award (’80,’83), the ACS Priest- (’97-’06). ley Medal (’93) and the Harry and His research interests were broad and Carol Mosher Award (’06). numerous. Although often classifi ed as a These are some of the profes- “main-group” element chemist, or as a boron or phosphorus sional highlights of an extraordinary gentleman. They provide an or fl uorine chemist, Parry had broader, more encompassing indication of his dedication and leadership for chemistry in the research interests including aspects of coordination chemistry, US. He had the highest personal standards and integrity. He was organometallic chemistry and structural chemistry. Even these generous and fair to a fault. He was steady in professional peace categories were probably too confi ning as Parry really was a and in combat, yet always provocative and receptive to new ideas. trans-disciplinary scientist. He harbored special interest in the He possessed a “light-up-the-room” personality and those that utilization of isoelectronic principles and periodic trends for knew him will never forget his signature laugh and smile. the organization of chemical reactions and structures. He also had intense enthusiasm for the impacts of molecular dipole and Parry was also a dedicated, loving family man. He is survived by solvation effects on acid/base reactivity and he especially en- his gracious wife of 61 years, Marjorie, two very successful sons, joyed confl icts between structure and theory that arose from his Bryce and Mark, who have inherited many of their father’s signa- group’s research efforts. These studies led to over 150 research ture traits, their spouses and fi ve grandchildren: Russell, Marelle, publications from the Parry group that included more than sixty Lauren, Kristie and graduate and postdoctoral students. Robert. Parry was not only a leader in inorganic chemistry research, but The Robert W. he was also an enthusiastic teacher of undergraduate and graduate Parry Award Fund students and a passionate contributor to educational reform. He has been established loved General Chemistry!! He instructed many thousand fresh- by his students to men at UM, he served as the Ad Hoc Director of the General support fellowships Chemistry Program (’58-’69), and he was the fi rst Chairman of for students in the the integrated Honors Program in Science. He was a member of inorganic, organome- the CHEM STUDY writing team and senior author of one of the tallic and materials CHEM STUDY textbook revisions. He received the ACS Award research programs. in Chemical Education (’77) and the Manufacturing Chemist’s Contributions may Award of Excellence in the Teaching of College Chemistry (’72). be designated on the Most importantly, he provided a wonderful educational experi- gift form on the inside ence for new undergraduates at the University. cover page. Parry served the chemical profession and the inorganic chemistry community with great dedication. As examples, he was the founding Editor of Inorganic Chemistry and he served Photo by Terry D. Newfarmer

20 2007 Seyhan Nurettin Eğe Program at the University of Michigan. Annually, the WISE Program provides an undergraduate award to 1931 – 2007 an outstanding woman or underrepresented minority student in her name. For her scholarship, innovation in teaching and tireless effort on behalf of women Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Profes- students, she was the 2003 recipient of the Sarah sor Emerita of Chemistry, Age 76, of Goddard Power Award from the Academic Women's Ann Arbor passed away at her home on Caucus of the University of Michigan. During her September 13, 2007. Born in Ankara, long career, she has been a committed and inspiring Turkey, on January 11, 1931, Seyhan mentor to students and younger colleagues. Those Eğe spent her early childhood in New whose lives she touched were enriched by her energy, York where her father, Ragip Nurettin enthusiasm, wide and varied interests. Eğe, represented the Turkish Republic A long time member of the Anthroposophic com- as Cultural Attache to the United States munity of Ann Arbor, Professor Eğe was very active of America. After returning to Istanbul in the development of the Rudolf Steiner House and upon the advent of WW II, Seyhan at- the Rudolf Steiner Schools. Following her 2001 re- tended the American College for Girls, tirement from teaching at the university, she devoted graduating with honors. In 1950 she her pedagogic talents to teaching chemistry at the came to the United States and attended Rudolf Steiner Smith College, receiving a Masters High School. Degree in Chemistry in 1952 and sub- Professor Eğe is sequently she received her PhD in organic chemistry from the survived by her University of Michigan with Peter A. S. Smith in 1956. After sister and broth- teaching briefl y at her Alma Mater in Istanbul and subsequently er-in-law, Gunes at Mount Holyoke College, Dr. Eğe returned to the University Eğe M.D. and of Michigan in 1965, and became the fi rst woman tenured and Turgut A. Akter the fi rst woman full professor on the faculty of the Chemistry of Toronto, her Department. Her research interests involved the photochemistry many relatives of heterocyclic compounds and reactive intermediates in photo- in Turkey, her chemical reactions. She retired from the faculty in 2001. colleagues and Professor Eğe was a distinguished educator, promoting inno- students, and a vative approaches to the teaching of chemistry. She authored a wide circle of textbook, "Organic Chemistry: Structure and Reactivity" which devoted friends. has appeared in fi ve editions, between 1984-2004, and has been In her honor, the University of Michigan Department of Chem- translated into Spanish, Italian and Chinese. She was widely istry has established a fund to create the Seyhan N. Eğe Junior acknowledged as contributing to the modernization of the way Faculty Development Award, which will be used to recognize organic chemistry is taught, particularly for: the use of acid-base junior faculty members for their teaching accomplishments. chemistry as an early introduction to structure-reactivity relation- Contributions may be designated on the gift form on the inside ships, the emphasis on mechanism as a conceptual organizer, and cover page. the rigorous use of the primary literature in writing an introduc- tory textbook. She served the Chemistry Department in many capacities, as a dedicated teacher and as its fi rst Associate Chair for Curriculum and Faculty Affairs. Between 1989-91, she led the implementation of the Chemistry Department’s undergradu- ate curriculum reform, which eliminated General Chemistry for large numbers of incoming students and started them off in the Organic course, and reduced the General course to one semester for the rest of the entering students. Nationally, she co-authored the 1994 NSF Report “Innovation and Change in the Chemistry Curriculum” (NSF 94-19), and was the General Chair of the 16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education (Ann Arbor, 2000). Professor Eğe received the Amoco, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and the Chemical Manufacturers Association Excellence in College Chemistry Teaching Awards and was named Arthur F. Thurnau Professor in 1990. A strong advocate for women, she was one of the founders of WISE, the Women in Science and Engineering

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Analytical Chemistry. James E. Penner-Hahn, Professor of Chemistry; Re- Arthur J. Ashe III, Professor of Chemistry; Profes- Marc J. A. Johnson, Assistant Professor. Inorganic search Scientist, Biophysics Research Division; sor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering. Synthesis Associate Dean, LSA. Biophysical Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry. and Inorganic Spectroscopy. Katrin Karbstein, Assistant Professor. Chemical Mark M. Banaszak Holl, Professor of Chemistry; Biology, Biochemistry A. Ramamoorthy, Associate Professor of Chem- Professor, Macromolecular Science & Engineer- istry; Associate Research Scientist, Biophysics Robert T. Kennedy, Hobart H. Willard Collegiate ing. Synthetic and Mechanistic Solution, Surface, Research Division. Structural Studies of Biologi- Professor of Chemistry; Professor, Pharmacology. and Solid State Chemistry. cal Molecules. Analytical Chemistry. John R. Barker, Professor of Atmospheric, Oce- Melanie Sanford, Associate Professsor, Organome- Nancy K. Kerner, Lecturer IV. Chemical Education, anic and Space Sciences; Professor, Chemistry, tallic Chemistry. Learning and Instructional Methods. Chemical Kinetics, Atmospheric Chemistry. Roseanne J. Sension, Professor of Chemistry; As- Raoul Kopelman, Richard Smalley University Heather A. Carlson, Associate Professor of Me- sociate Professor, Physics. Physical Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry; Professor, Biomedical dicinal Chemistry; Professor, Chemistry, Com- Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy. putational Chemistry, Drug Design, Theoretical Engineering; Professor, Physics. Analytical/ Physical/Biophysical Chemistry. Robert R. Sharp, Professor. Multidimensional and Biophysics Multiquantum NMR of Paramagnetic Systems. Kate S. Carroll, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Masato Koreeda, Professor of Chemistry; Professor, Medicinal Chemistry. Synthesis of Natural Prod- David H. Sherman, John G. 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Nicolai Lehnert, Dow Corning Assistant Professor. Nils G. Walter, Associate Professor of Chemistry; As- Bioinorganic Chemistry, Physical Inorganic sociate Research Scientist, Biophysics Research Mary Sue Coleman, UM President and Professor Division. Chemical Biology. of Chemistry Chemistry David M. Lubman, Professor of Surgery; Profes- John P. Wolfe, Assistant Professor. Organometallic Brian P. Coppola, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry. Chemistry; Associate Chair for Undergraduate sor, Chemistry. Biological Mass Spectrometry, Chemistry. Organic Chemistry. Science Learning Spectroscopy and Instrumentation. Ronald W. Woodard, Professor and Chair of Medici- and Instructional Methods. Anna K. Mapp, Associate Professor of Chemis- nal Chemistry; Professor, Chemistry. Medicinal Chemistry. Dimitri Coucouvanis, Lawrence S. Bartell Collegiate try; Professor, Medicinal Chemistry. Organic Professor of Chemistry. Synthesis, Structures Chemistry, Chemical Biology, New Synthetic Charles F. Yocum, Alfred S. Sussman University Pro- and Reactivities of Metal Clusters and Supra- Methods. fessor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental molecules. E. Neil G. Marsh, Professor of Chemistry; Associate Biology; Professor, Chemistry, Biological Chem- Professor, Chemical Biology. Enzymes, Structure, istry of Photo Synthesis. Metallobiochemistry, James K. Coward, Professor of Medicinal Chemis- Protein Biochemistry, Electron Transfer try; Professor, Chemistry. Bioorganic Chemistry Mechanism and Specifi city; Protein Engineering and Medicinal Chemistry. and Molecular Recognition. Edward T. Zellers, Professor of Environmental and Rowena G. Matthews, G. Robert Greenberg Uni- Industrial Health; Professor, Chemistry Environ- Barry Dunietz, Assistant Professor. Theoretical and mental-Analytical Chemistry. Computational Chemistry versity Professor of Biological Chemistry; Senior Research Scientist, Life Sciences Institute; Profes- Erik R. P. Zuiderweg, Research Scientist, Biophys- Carol A. Fierke, Chair. Jerome and Isabella Karle sor, Chemistry. Biological Chemistry. ics Research Division; Professor, Biological Collegiate Professor of Chemistry; Professor, Adam J. Matzger, Associate Professor of Chemistry; Chemistry; Professor, Chemistry. NMR Studies Biological Chemistry. Chemical Biology, Bioin- of Biomacromolecular Conformation and Dynam- organic Chemistry. Associate Professor, Macromolecular Science & Engineering. Organic, Polymers/Organic ics in Solution. Anthony H. Francis, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Materials. of Chemistry; Associate Dean, LS&A. Magnetic Resonance, Vibrational and Electronic Spectros- Anne J. McNeil, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Professors Emeriti: Lawrence S. Bartell, S.M. copy of Materials. Polymer and Organic/Materials Chemistry, Blinder, M. David Curtis, Thomas M. Dunn, B.J. Eitan Geva, Associate Professor. Theoretical and Mark E. Meyerhoff, Philip J. Elving Collegiate Pro- Evans, Adon A. Gordus, Henry C. 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