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1908 Victor J. Chambers 1938 An d e r s o n Ha l l, c i r c a 1900 Vi c t o r Ch a m b e r s , 1930s Ear l y 20t h Ce n t u r y La b o r a t o r y Ra l p h W. He l m k a m p D o c t o r a l De g r e e s Aw a r d e d Bernhard Ernst Landow 1932 Line Linus Montague Webb 1932 Chambers Casselman B. Hess 1934 Chambers Robert E. DeRight 1935 Wiig William Orlin Kenyon 1935 Chambers Chester M. White 1935 Sunier Paul W. Aradine 1936 Line Clark Hall Dale 1936 Helmkamp Ethel Louetta French 1936 Chambers Willard A. Payne 1936 Chambers Victor Stanley Chambers 1938 Chambers Ellsworth McSweeney 1938 Chambers Charles Eugene Sunderlin 1938 Chambers Th e Fi r s t Do c t o r a t e s The first chemistry doctoral degrees, also representing the first Ph.D.s granted from the College, were conferred in June 1932 to Linus M. Webb and Bernard E. Landow. Furthermore, the first female doctoral graduate at the College, Ethel L. French (Ph.D. ‘36), was also from Chemistry. 8
1938 W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Chair 1955 Ri v e r Ca m p u s fr o m th e Ge n e s e e 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 • From the 1940’s through the mid-50’s, propelled the Chemistry Department from a liberal arts chemistry program into a nationally recognized modern research department • Raised the visibility of the University to that of an institution with a national reputation in chemical education • Considered the father of modern gas-phase photochemistry; world leader in the field of photochemistry • Recruited Marshall D. Gates, Jr., first to work on the Journal of the American Chemical Society for which Noyes was editor-in-chief, and later as instructor and professor. • In 1950, Marshall D. Gates, Jr. created the first laboratory preparation of morphine, a landmark achievement in chemical synthesis. This discovery, helped raise the Department of Chemistry and the University’s reputation to national and international prominence. • Together, Virgil Boekelheide and Marshall Gates in synthetic organic chemistry, and D. Stanley Tarbell who bridged both mechanism and synthesis, built a major research operation in organic chemistry • Similarly, W. Albert Noyes, A. B. F. Duncan, Winston Walters, and Edwin Wiig established a major research operation in physical chemistry • Hired William H. Saunders in physical organic chemistry 9
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