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1964 D. Stanley Tarbell 1966 Kei j i Mo r o k u m a Et h e l L. Fr e n c h , 1962, 1st Fe m a l e Ph.D. ‘36 M. Ga t e s, J. Zabriskie, R. Au t r e y, Mid-1960s D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d Hen r y So b e l l Robert Theodore Anselmi 1965 Gates William Lawrence Armstrong 1966 Autrey Susan Starr Black 1966 Duncan Edward Michael Boghosian 1966 Saunders David Philip Brust 1965 Tarbell David Alan Buckley 1965 Tarbell George Francis Cohoe 1965 Walters Hugh Alan Ewart 1966 Blann Richard Perlee Geer 1965 Kampmeier Edward Joseph John Grabowski 1966 Autrey Jean-Pierre Hazan 1965 Blann Ronald Lawrence Heidke 1965 Saunders Elaine Helen Hoffmeister 1966 Tarbell David Arthur Klein 1966 Gates Victor Allen Landeryou 1965 Autrey Ronald Allyn Lovett 1966 Buff John Reindel Owen 1965 Saunders James Edward Smith 1965 Buff Frederick Christopher Tahk 1965 Autrey Steven M. Weinreb 1966 Gates John Lansing Zabriskie 1965 Gates 18
1966 William H. Saunders, Chair 1970 Rus 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 • Due to turnover in the department and subsequent hiring of key faculty, the Chemistry Department was elevated to a research facility of national repute • Leading researcher in physical organic chemistry; in particular, isotope effects to elucidate the mechanistic details of chemical reactions • Wrote follow-up request for the NSF Center of Excellence grant awarded under Tarbell • Richard Schlessinger became a distinguished contributor to the field of synthetic organic chemistry • In 1968, Marshall Gates was named the Charles F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry, a chair he held until 1981 • Henry Sobell made important contributions to the then new field of structural biology • Elliott W. Montroll (joint appointment with Physics in 1966) elected to the National Academy of Science in 1969 • Recruited Jacob Bigeleisen in isotope chemistry, a National Academy of Science Fellow (elected 1966); John Huizenga from Argonne National Lab, a nuclear chemist and subsequently a National Academy of Science Fellow (elected 1976), recommended by Marshall Blann • Recruited Andrew Kende, in synthetic organic synthesis, who graduated approximately 50 Ph.D.s of the current 800+ total, recommended by Marshall Gates; hired Thomas Krugh in biophysical chemistry and Keiji Morokuma in theoretical chemistry 19
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