Chemistry at Rochester - Chemistry - University of Rochester

1983
John R. Huizenga, Chair
1988
Fr a t e r n i t y Qu a d wi t h Wi l s o n Co m m o n s
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
• In 1982-1983, the National Academy of Sciences evaluated and released a series of reports about
graduate education. The reports noted that the Chemistry Department was the most improved University
department since 1970, that the ranking of Chemistry’s effectiveness was in the 86th percentile, and the
ranking of Chemistry’s faculty was in the 82nd percentile of all research doctoral programs in the United
States.
• By reorganizing teaching space, lab research space increased by 30%, and Departmental service and
instrumentation space by over 20%
• New equipment and instrumentation included a 500-MHz and two 300-MHz NMR spectrometers, a GC
mass spectrometer, a Mattson Sirius 100 Fourier Transform IR spectrometer, an x-ray diffractometer,
VAX computers, a single-photon counting system, large 4-liquid scintillator for neutron multiplicity
measurements, and extensive laser equipment
• Launched the departmental initiative to apply for one of the first National Science Foundation sponsored
Science and Technology Centers, the Center for Photoinduced Charge Transfer. Responsible for laying the
foundation for the successful application, site visit, negotiations between the University and the NSF, and
establishment of the Center.
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