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1964 D. Stanley Tarbell, Chair 1966 Po r t i c o of Ru s h Rh e e s Li b r a r y I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s • Credited with determining the structure of fumagillin, an antibiotic used in treating amoebic dysentery and other parasitic diseases • Contributions to physical organic chemistry included elucidation of addition reactions to olefins, determination of intermediates in the Claisen rearrangement of allyl aryl ethers, and quantitative comparison of the behavior of organo sulfur versus organo oxygen compounds. He discovered new categories of organic compounds, including mixed carboxylic-carbonic anhydrides, and delineated their chemistry. Contributed substantially to the methodology of organic synthesis. • Held the Charles F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry from 1961-1981 • By 1964, had supervised the study of 67 students who completed their Ph.D.s in Chemistry, as well as some 40 post-doctoral fellows • Member of the National Academy of Sciences • Served on the National Council of the ACS • Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship twice 16
1964 D. Stanley Tarbell 1966 Ro b e r t Kreilick, Ea r l y 60s Joh n Mu e n t e r, 1970 I m p o r t a n t Ac c o m p l i s h m e n t s a n d Ha p p e n i n g s (c o n t .) Do w n t o w n Ro c h e s t e r, 1960s • Established a long-range planning committee, headed by William Saunders, to chart the future of the Department; recommended that the Department move in a biological direction; enabled Chemistry to be primed and ready to apply for and receive the NSF Center for Excellence Grant • During his tenure, the Department received an NSF Center for Excellence Grant. The grant included funds for new faculty and equipment, as well as partial support for a new building, later called Hutchison Hall. A substantial bequest from Charles Force Hutchison, class of 1898, provided the bulk of the funding. • Recruited Henry Sobell in biological chemistry • Era was a growth period for science all over the country; also very optimistic period for the University • Many Rochester Ph.D. graduates from this era later became professors at major universities and performed major research, including William Pirkle, Robert Guthrie, Charles Parmenter, Steven Weinreb, William Ware, Richard Partch, and Donald Arnold. Others became renowned in industry, such as Edward Grabowski and John Zabriskie. • Began plan for the construction of Hutchison Hall 17
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