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1945
B.S. Donald J. Simkin (Chem) See 1949 M.S.
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1949
B.S. J. D. Seader (ChemE) See 1950 M.S.
ChemE
M.S. In October 2004, Donald J. Simkin
(ChemE), still very active since his retirement
from Boeing, traveled to Eastern Germany,
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic. He was pleasantly surprised to find
that his fellow travelers from Australia and
New Zealand, besides many Eastern
Europeans he met, were aware of Cal and the
chemistry department’s high standing. Also in
2004, his biography was added to Who’s Who in
Science and Engineering.
1950
M.S. J. D. Seader (ChemE) of the University of
Utah, was co-recipient of the 2004 Warren K.
Lewis Award of the American Institute of
Chemical Engineers (AIChE), given for contributions
to chemical engineering education. A
symposium was also held at the AIChE Annual
Meeting in Austin in honor of his selection for
the 2004 CACHE Award for Excellence in
Computing in Chemical Engineering
Education. Dr. Seader was a student during
the early years of the development of the chemical
engineering department at Berkeley and
has very fond memories of the “stimulating
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by Dorothy Isaacson Read
atmosphere and excellent education he received
from Professors Bromley, Hanson, Tobias,
Vermeulen, and Wilke.”
1951
Attended The Northeastern Section of the
American Chemical Society announced in
October 2004 that Donald O. Rickter (Chem)
received the 2004 Henry A. Hill Award for “distinguished
service to the Section and the profession
of chemistry.” Dr. Rickter earned his
A.B. and M.S. degrees from UC Davis and his
Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Michigan
State University in 1964. Prior to working as a
research scientist and information manager at
Polaroid, he served in the U.S. Navy and taught
high school and college chemistry in California.
Dr. Rickter served on the ACS Presidential Task
Force for K-12 Education in 2001. He is now an
independent information consultant.
1958
B.S. T. Z. Chu (Chem) was presented with the
distinguished Award for the Promotion of
International Education, conferred annually by
the European Council of International Schools
for “exemplary voluntary contributions to
enhance the scope and quality of international
education worldwide.” Chu’s own experience
with international education dates back to his
childhood, when he was a student at the
Woodstock School, Mussoorie, Uttaranchal,
India, from which he graduated in 1952.
Woodstock, in the Indian Himalayas, is one of
the oldest and most highly esteemed international
K-12 schools in South Asia, with a
150-year history and alumni active in almost
every part of the globe. Since his retirement in
1997 from Hoefer Pharmacia Biotech, he has
dedicated much of his time and personal
resources to the pursuit of excellence in international
education. Among other key involvements,
he has made invaluable contributions
in matters such as effective school governance,
sustainable development, science education,
and education for ethical leadership. He has
been a major donor, fundraiser, board member,
and is now President of Kodaikanal-
Woodstock International, a non-profit organization
that supports the two oldest
International Schools in India. Chu is also a
former trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation,
a former Advisory Board member for Berkeley’s
College of Chemistry, and a major donor to the
college.
M.S. James K. Koehler (Chem), who completed
a Ph.D. in Biophysics at UC Berkeley in
1961, retired in 1997 after 35 years teaching and
doing research in cell biology at the University
Clint (Ph.D. ’69, Chem) and Sharon Snyder join
Irene and Kiyoshi (Ph.D. ’68, Chem) Katsumoto
at the recent Dean’s Dinner.
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