Finally I am delighted to report that I completed my second (and final) year as Chair of the Faculty Senate and University Assembly in August I was replaced by my department colleague Keith Stine who has been a senator for several years and hit the ground running. Lawrence Endowed Scholarship in Chemistry and we are similarly delighted to announce the establishment of the Eugene and Joyce Corey Scholarship Fund, initiated by alumnus Vincent Chang MS 1979 and we look forward to reaching the target which will allow the Scholarship to be fully endowed. Lawrence BA 1982, PhD 1989, has generously provided funds to establish the Stephen S. Gary was also appointed to the Chancellor s Council which now has three chemistry alumni in its membership (Gary Jacob, Harry Orf BS 1970 and Michael Finkes BS 1973, MS 1978). He is the second alumnus within the space of two years to receive this honor. Jacob BS 1969 received an honorary degree at the May 2014 Commencement Ceremony. Also receiving recognition for 25 years of service to UMSL were Professors Jim O Brien, Nigam Rath and Christopher D. Similarly, several other alumni received recognition from the University in Barbara Brown BA 1984 and Bill Shiang, BS 1983, PhD 1988 received Distinguished Alumni Awards at the Founder s Dinner held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Clayton in September. Also, on the campus, colleague Janet Braddock-Wilking BA 1985 was named Inventor of the Year. Colleagues George Gokel and Zhi Xu were named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors and Zhi Xu was selected as Inventor of the Year by Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Demchenko s current and former students attended the Symposium and the Banquet. Among the symposium speakers was Steve Kolodziej BA 1988, PhD 1993 and Professor Keith Stine. The Award Symposium was held on Saturday October 18th in the department and was followed in the evening by the Award Banquet. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society. Alexei Demchenko was appointed Curators' Professor in August Alexei was also the recipient of the 2014 St. 15 years after the retirement of Bob Murray we have again a Curators Professor in the department. We expect to teach in the new labs in early Several of our faculty colleagues have been honored this past CONTENTS: Alumni Information Graduates, Student Organizations The Faculty Lectureships, Scholarships and Awards Editor s column, Department History Contributors and annual update year. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the excavation appears to be complete and approximately half of basement level concrete has been poured. Unfortunately, a series of days lost to bad weather and construction problems caused by hidden utilities have delayed the completion date by 3-4 months. Spilling Editor: Lawrence Barton Last year I was happy to report that work had begun on the new Science Learning Building. 1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Fall 2014 Volume 32 UMSL CHEMIST Chairman s Message - Christopher D.
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