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hiring campaign. At this moment we have 41 tenuredand tenure-track faculty members with 21 Full, 8 Associateand 12 Assistant Professors. With the average age of 41,several of us bemoan the fact that we are now in the olderhalf (or even smaller fraction) of the faculty. It means,however, that the level of energy and enthusiasm is almostas hard to contain as the growing size of many researchgroups. The growth in grant income reflects this changeand the number of postdoctoral associates has doubledover the last few years. In the Fall of 2001 our incomingclass of 49 graduate students included several with majorfellowships. The total number of graduate students inthe department remains steady at approximately 230. Thenumber of undergraduate chemistry majors, however, hasincreased dramatically during the ‘90’s. We now graduatean average of 80 majors every year.

It has been toomany years since we haveassembled a newsletterfor the Department ofChemistry. One of thegreat outcomes of thealumni breakfastmeetings we host at thenational ACS meetings

has been the realization that you are interested in keepingin touch with us. This has provided us with the motivationneeded to prepare this letter. Even with a total of 24pages, we could not hope to cover all of the changes inthe last eight years, so this letter will include a mix ofrecent (within the last year) events and trends.

Throughout the 1990’s a large number of facultydepartures have meant we have been on an almost nonstop

Great Lakes Regional MeetingThe Department of Chemistry in

conjunction with the Minnesota Section ofthe American Chemical Society will host the34th Great Lakes Regional ACS meeting onJune 2 – 4, 2002 at the Radisson MetrodomeHotel, which is located in Stadium Villageadjacent to the Twin Cities campus. Theprogram has been planned, and you canexpect to see details in an upcoming issueof C&ENews. You can also findinformation at the meeting website locatedat http://www.chem.umn.edu/glrm. The meeting themeis “Chemistry at the Interface” and symposia will highlightthe central role played by chemistry in biology, materials

and environmental studies. Inaddition to a large poster sessionand reception to be held in thenew Gateway building, generalsessions in analytical, organic,inorganic and physicalchemistry and in chemicaleducation will be an excellentvenue for researchers to presenttheir latest results. The programincludes a special symposiumhighlighting undergraduate

research. It is a wonderful time of the year to visit theTwin Cities and we hope to see many alumni and friendsat this meeting.

ChemNewsSpring 2002

GREETINGS FROM THE CHAIRWayne L. Gladfelter, Chair

www.chem.umn.edu

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY•

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U of MN Chemistry Alumni & Friends Breakfast Meetingat the 223rd ACS National Meeting April 7-11, 2002 Orlando, FL

The next Alumni & Friends Breakfast Meeting is scheduled for 7:30 on Tuesday April 9th atthe 223rd ACS Meeting in Orlando, FL. PLEASE BE SURE TO REGISTER FOR EVENT#110 WHEN YOU FILL OUT THE ACS REGISTRATION FORM.

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One of the exciting new grants that startedthis year is directed by Jeff Roberts. The NSFResearch Science and Education Center(RSEC) will provide $2,000,000 over four yearsto help the Department of Chemistry promoteresearch at primarily undergraduateinstitutions. The funds will be used to pay forvisitors to conduct research in partnership withfaculty members at the U of M and many otherrelated activities. During the summer of 2002we will renovate our main seminar room (Smith331) and equip it with the technology necessaryto produce live webcasts. This will allowselected seminars to be presented to a widecommunity of students and faculty at ourpartner institutions.

A measure of the respect that thecommunity has for our faculty is the numberof editorial offices now housed in Chemistry.Don Truhlar is an Associate Editor for J. Am.Chem. Soc., Larry Que is the Editor-in-Chiefof J. Biological Inorganic Chemistry and ChrisCramer is Editor-in-Chief of TheoreticalAccounts. In January of 2001, Tim Lodge wasappointed as the Editor-in-Chief ofMacromolecules. This flagship publication inthe field of polymer science prints

approximately 10,000 journal pages each year.Over the past two years we have been

planning the construction of a new 7,000square feet instrumentation facility that wouldhouse the solution and solid state NMR andmass spectrometry facilities and the singlecrystal X-ray crystallography lab. This $1.8million renovation project is being funded bydonations from alumni and friends. Especiallynoteworthy is the commitment of $1 millionfrom Dr. Claire Le Claire, who received his PhDin 1938 from our department working withProf. Fred Koelsch. We are also grateful to theDow Chemical Foundation for a grant of$300,000. The facility will be located in thebasement level between Smith and KolthoffHalls. Much of the space is currently occupiedby the glass shop that will move to a newlocation in Smith Hall.

If you are planning to attend a nationalACS meeting in Orlando or Boston in 2002,remember that we will have an alumni breakfaston Tuesday morning and we would be happyto see you. We hope you enjoy reading thisnewsletter, and, as always, we would be happyto hear from you.

Contents PageChair's Letter ..............1-2GLRM ............................1ACS Breakfast Meeting ....1New Chairs ...................3New & Retired Faculty ...4-5In Memoriam .................5Research Highlights .....6-7Alumni Honors ..............8-9Staff & Student Awards ..10-11Faculty Awards .............12Donors ...................13-15Alumni News ............16-20Degrees Granted .......22-23Emeriti Professors ..........24

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ChemNewsWinter 2002

Newsletter CommitteePaul Allison

Philippe BuhlmannWayne GladfelterWayland Noland

Kathy RossStephanie Stathopoulos

Donald Truhlar

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Investing in theFuture of Chemistry

Paul Allison, DevelopmentOfficer for Chemistry

Chemistry alumni give back to their almamater for several reasons. Many alumni wishto provide opportunities to new students as away of recognizing the financial assistancethey received. Alumni often see the Universityof Minnesota as a vehicle to accomplishpersonal goals, perpetuating their own valuesand beliefs, and preparing new graduates to

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experience. But the crowning jewel of thatprocess was the four years I spent earning aPh.D. in Organic Chemistry at the Universityof Minnesota."

Len received a B.S. degree in 1961 from IndianaUniversity and received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Minnesota in 1967 under the lateBill Parham. After a very successful career withPfizer, Central Research in Groton, CT Len movedto Pfizer Headquarters in New York where he retiredDirector of Regulatory Affairs for the ConsumerHealthcare Group. His wife, Judy, also had a verysuccessful career in Public Relations at Pfizertraveling several times around the globe. Today bothLen and Judy are enjoying their retirement withtheir beloved cat, Abigail, as all three travel theEastern Seaboard, both by land and sea. Our thanksand best wishes go to Len as a loyal alumnus of ourdepartment and to his lovely wife, Judy.

New Chairs In Chemistry

Judy and Leonard Czuba Julianne and Stephen Prager

the University of Brussels in 1958-59 (withNobel Laureate, Ilya Prigogine) and again wasa Guggenheim Fellow and Fulbright Lecturerin 1966-67 at the University of Erlangen,Germany, when he was a visiting professor(with Ludwig Waldmann). His research wasin the area of the physical chemistry ofmacromolecules, particularly in the applicationof mathematics to rheology. Steve retired in1990 but has continued , as a lecturer, to teachphysical chemistry and polymer courses fromtime to time.

Julie Prager had an outstanding career atthe 3M Company in St. Paul, beginning in1952, first as a synthetic polymer chemist, thenas a fluoroxy chemist. Later she moved intoinformation science and research coordination.When she retired in 1989 after 37 years at 3M,she had become Executive Director ofCorporate Technical Planning and

Coordination. Julie was also veryactive for many years in the MNSection of the ACS and in 1986,she received the sectionsMinnesota Award.

Steve and Julie have made avery generous commitment to thefuture of the ChemistryDepartment. Prior to the

commitment to support the PragerChair, in July 1999, they established theChemistry Faculty Support Fund. For this,we are also very grateful.

The Leonard J. Czuba Chair inChemistry

In May 1999, the Chemistry Departmentwas named as the sole beneficiary of theLeonard J. and Judith A. Czuba CharitableRemainder Trust. Funds from the trust willestablish the Leonard J. Czuba Chair inChemistry. The priority of the Czuba Chairwill be to support the hiring of a highlytalented new Chemistry Faculty or to honora distinguished and deserving member of theChemistry Faculty. Len and Judy were invitedto be speakers at the January 2001 Naples,FL Presidents Club Event and shared thefollowing personal thoughts to an admiringaudience of over 300 University of MinnesotaDonors.

"Thank you very much. I'm deeplyhonored to be a member of the Builders'Society and to receive thisbeautiful sculpture in recognitionof my gift. You've asked that Ishare my reasons for the gift. Verysimply, it's my way of recognizingthe much greater gift that Ireceived from the University some35 years ago--a superb graduateeducation in Organic Chemistry.What better way to acknowledge such agift than by helping the University to continueto provide the same opportunity to futuregenerations of aspiring chemists.

Coming from a relatively modestbackground, I never gave much thought tophilanthropy. Like most people, I wasconcentrating on raising a family anddeveloping a career. As it turned out, I workedin drug and food product research for 31 yearswith just one company, Pfizer Inc. My careerwith this wonderful company was veryrewarding--personally, professionally, andfinancially. I've said many times over the yearsthat I owe everything I have to Pfizer,including my lovely bride, Judy.

So when it became time to retire and enjoyall this good fortune, it was crystal clear tome that I was obligated to share it. I couldnever have been so successful without beingthe product of an excellent education. I wasone of those kids that always loved going toschool (and I still do), and my entireeducational process was a wonderful

The Prager Chair inMacromolecular Science

In November 1999, Stephen and JulianneH. Prager declared their intent to establish afund to be known as the Prager Chair inMacromolecular Science in the Institute ofTechnology. The purpose of the fund is topromote faculty excellence in macromolecularscience within the Chemistry Department.

Steve (B.S., 1947) and Julie Prager (B.S.,1946) are both graduates of Brown Universityin Providence, R.I. and both received theirPh.D.'s at Cornell University, Steve in PhysicalChemistry (1951, with Frank Long) and Juliein Organic Chemistry (1953, with A.T.Blomquist). Steve spent a postdoctoral year asa Jewett Fellow at the University of Utah (1951-52 with Henry Eyring) and then joined thefaculty at the University of Minnesota in 1952,becoming a full professor in 1962. He was aGuggenheim Fellow and Fulbright Scholar at

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New FacultyA warm welcome is extended to Lee Penn

and Andrew Taton, our new faculty members.

Lee Pennjoined our faculty as anAssistant Professor inJuly of 2001. Lee didher undergraduate workat Beloit College inBeloit, Wisconsin,where she received her B.S. in chemistry in1992. She went on to graduate school in theMaterials Science Program at the Universityof Wisconsin - Madison where she worked withProfessor Jill Banfield and was funded by aNational Physical Science Foundation graduatefellowship. She completed her Ph.D. in thesummer of 1998. She was then a postdoctoralassociate in the area of environmentalgeochemistry at the Johns Hopkins University,where she worked with Professors DavidVeblen and Alan Stone for about two and ahalf years. Lee’s research focus involves bothnaturally-occurring and syntheticnanocrystalline materials. She uses couplinghigh-resolution microscopy techniques withanalytical and wet chemical methods in orderto develop a fundamental understanding of thelink between microstructure and chemicalbehavior. Lee loves to bike and do a wide rangeof other outdoor activities and has beenteaching herself to play acoustic guitar. Lee’soffice is 225 Smith Hall, 626-4680; her lab is9 Smith Hall; 626-9710.

A n d r e wTaton also joined

our faculty as anAssistant Professor inJuly of 2001. Andycompleted hisundergraduate thesis inphysical organic chemistry at Yale Universityunder the direction of Professor KennethWiberg in 1992. He then moved to HarvardUniversity to continue his studies in physicalorganic chemistry under Professor Peter Chen.His work took him to the EidgenössischeTechnische Hochschule Zürich (ETH) inSwitzerland from 1994 to 1998, where his

work on “bottleable carbenes” leaned towardsthe organic side of physical organic chemistry.(He also learned to appreciate the finer pointsof fondue.) After briefly returning to Harvardto complete his Ph.D., he worked withProfessors Chad Mirkin and Robert Letsingeras a postdoctoral associate at NorthwesternUniversity. Andy's research at Northwesternfocused on developing new bioanalyticaltechnologies using inorganic nanoparticles asbiomolecular markers. Andy's current researchprogram addresses the interface betweenbioorganic and nanomaterials chemistry andseeks to engineer hybrid materials for nanoscalearchitectures and bioanalysis. Though new toMinnesota culture, Andy enjoys wild rice soupand walleye with his wife Kristin, a seniorchemist at SurModics, Inc. and St. Paul native.Andy’s office is 455 Kolthoff, 626-4681; hislab is 456 Kolthoff; 625-9815.

Retirement in 2001Wilmer G.

Miller retired in

June of 2001. He wasborn in Mt. Orab, Ohioon August 28, 1932.He graduated from Mt.Orab High School in1950. He enrolled at Capital University,Columbus, OH, and received a B.S. degree in1954 with majors in chemistry andmathematics. Wilmer received the AmericanInstitute of Chemists Outstanding SeniorAward. He entered graduate school in 1954at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.Working under Professor Robert Alberty, hereceived his Ph.D. in physical chemistry in1958. His research was in biophysicalchemistry, resulting in seven published papers.He spent the next year at Harvard Universityas a U.S. Public Health Service PostdoctoralFellow with Professor George B. Kistiakowsky,initiating studies on biodegradation ofsynthetic proteins. He continued these studiesthe next year as a postdoctoral associate whileat the University of Minnesota, overseeing theresearch group of Professor Rufus Lumry, whowas on sabbatical.

Wilmer started as Assistant Professor in1960 at the University of Iowa, teaching

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face world challenges. Other alumni havespecial memories from their time as studentsand they would like to pass along thatopportunity to future scholars. Alumni supportin Chemistry is an investment in the futuresuccess of students, faculty, research andindustry.

The University of Minnesota embarked ona $1.3 billion campaign on July 1,1997,“Campaign Minnesota”. President MarkYudof has remarked that “We have entered theera of ideas. Brainpower –Minnesota’sintellectual capital- is our most critical resource.The University of Minnesota is our best hopefor providing all citizens with access toexceptional higher education.” CampaignMinnesota has three specific focus areas:• Recruit, develop, and retain top faculty• Attract students with promise and help

them succeed• Invest in Minnesota’s future through

strategic initiativesYou can support general or specific

programs in the Chemistry Department. Giftsare most often accepted in the form of cash (i.e.checks or securities), deferred gifts (i.e.charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities), orbequests (wills, IRAs). Currently, the Universityof Minnesota and the Graduate School havemade it possible for donors to receive a matchwhen they establish a new Endowed GradateFellowship and meet minimum fundingrequirements. Fellowships are an increasinglyimportant asset in attracting the brightestgraduate students.

It is an exciting time to be at the Universityof Minnesota and I am proud to have theopportunity to represent the ChemistryDepartment. I would like to thank alumniacross the country and the outstanding facultyand staff who have provided me support andmake chemistry a rewarding experience. I lookforward to meeting more alumni over the nextyear and encourage you to contact me regardingyour individual or corporate support ofChemistry. You can send an email to me atallison@itdean.umn.edu or call me at 1-612-

625-6035.

Transition State

Lieutenant. He received his B.S. in chemistryfrom Iowa State College in August 1946 andmatriculated into the graduate school at theUniversity of Chicago in the fall under theQuartermaster Corps program. He received hisM.S. and Ph.D. degrees, respectively, in 1950and 1951 under the direction of ProfessorHenry Taube, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry,1983. From 1950 to 1951 he was an instructorin chemistry at the University of Nebraska. In1951 he joined the General Electric Companyas a research chemist at the HanfordLaboratories in Richland, Washington. For thetwenty years that he was at the HanfordLaboratories, he specialized in inorganicchemistry of fission products, mainlyruthenium, and the actinide elements, butespecially plutonium and uranium. He wasselected as a speaker at the 2nd InternationalConference On the Peaceful Uses of AtomicEnergy in Geneva, 1958 where he gave a paperon the extraction of plutonium from aqueoussolution. In 1971, Archie Wilson wasappointed Professor of Chemistry in theDepartment of Chemistry at the University ofMinnesota. He served as Associate Chairmanof the Department from 1971 until 1978. Heretired as Professor Emeritus in 1989.

Archie Wilson authored or co-authored57 technical communications in the X-raydetermination of solid structures, rutheniumchemistry, plutonium processing, solventextraction of the actinide elements, computertechniques for indexing X-ray powder patternsand chemical education. He held four patentsin the processing of nuclear fuels.

Archie Wilson was a member of the boardof trustees of Central Washington State Collegefrom 1959 to 1969. He was a member of theAmerican Chemical Society, Sigma Xi,National Science Teachers Association and aFellow of the American Association for theAdvancement of Science.

Archie Wilson died June 6, 2000 frompulmonary hypertension caused by sarcoidosisof the lungs. Archie Wilson is survived by hiswife, three children, two grandchildren, twobrothers and many nieces and nephews.

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physical chemistry and polymer science. In1964 he was awarded a GuggenheimFellowship and spent the year with ProfessorPaul Flory at Stanford University carrying outexperimental and theoretical work on thephysical chemistry of biopolymers. In 1966he became Associate Professor. He joined thefaculty of the University of Minnesota asAssociate Professor of Chemistry in 1967 andwas promoted to Professor in 1970. In 1972he spent six months on sabbatical at TheInstitut Louis Pasteur, Strassbourg, France,with Professor J. M. Lehn, followed by sixmonths as a USA/USSR Exchange Scientist atthe Academy of Sciences of the USSR inMoscow with Professor O. B. Ptitsyn. In 1982he was a visiting professor in the Departmentof Physics at Universidad AutonomaMetropolitana, Mexico, and in 1990 he wason sabbatical at the Department of Physics,Massey University, New Zealand, withProfessor Paul Callaghan.

Wilmer taught freshman chemistry, andundergraduate and graduate physical chemistryand polymer chemistry. His research has dealtwith a variety of areas such as polymer physicalchemistry, surfactants for oil recovery, liquidcrystals, and fossil amber. This has resulted ina number of publications. He was the advisorto a number of undergraduates, graduatestudents, and postdoctorals. At various timeshe served as director of graduate studies, vicechair, industrial consultant, assistant journaleditor, grant committee member.

We wish Wilmer a long and productiveretirement as he spends time on chemistry inthe department, and also many years ofhappiness with his wife Elli at their home onthe North Shore of Lake Superior, raisingreindeer and honing his woodworking skills.

In MemoriamEdward J.Meehan

1912 – 2000B. S. 1933 and Ph.D.1936, both at theUniversity ofCalifornia at BerkeleyOf this Faculty 1939 - 1982

Ed Meehan, professor of analyticalchemistry, helped develop synthetic rubber forthe United States during World War II. Hewas born in Oakland, California. He met hiswife, Katherine, while she was a student in oneof his classes. Their daughter, Katherine Carpelof Golden Valley, said they started dating onlyafter the class ended. They were married in themid-1940’s and raised three children in theirFalcon Heights home. His colleague and friendBryce Crawford (Regents’ Professor Emeritus)describes Meehan as quick-witted and anexcellent lecturer. "He was one of the bestcharacters in the old chemistry department,"Crawford said. Meehan was a deeply religious,quiet and refined man who enjoyed learning,said daughter Carpel, and was "extremely kind,gentle, and patient." In addition to his serviceto the University as chemistry professor for over40 years, Meehan worked as consultant toPhillips Petroleum Company, Gulf Oil, andHoneywell’s aerospace division. He died onApril 28, 2000. Besides his daughter, he issurvived by two sons, Edward Meehan, Jr. ofFalcon Heights, and James Meehan, ofBurnsville; six grandsons; and a sister, MaryBrealin of San Pablo, California. His wife of54 years preceded him in death.

ArchieSpencerWilson

1921-2000B.S. 1946 Iowa StateCollegeM.S. 1950 & Ph.D. 1951 University ofChicagoOf this Faculty 1971 - 1989

Archie S. Wilson was born in Tekoa,Washington on January 19, 1921. He grew upin Portland, Oregon and graduated from U.S.Grant High School in 1939. He enrolled inIowa State College in 1939 and continued hisschooling until January 1943, at which timehe joined the Manhattan Project at Iowa StateCollege. For the next 3 1/2 years he was aresearch associate in X-ray diffraction studiesof solid structures with the late ProfessorRobert E. Rundle. In 1946 he was selected toparticipate in a special graduate studiesprogram of the U.S. Army QuartermasterCorps and was commissioned a 2nd

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These are just a few of the highlights of the research conducted in the department within the last year. For more on the research developments seethe departmental website: http://www.chem.umn.edu/netstep/

Research Highlights

The cis-dihydroxylation of olefins is usually carried out by toxic heavy metalreagents. Inspired by the fact that cis-dihydroxylation is carried out in natureby nonheme iron enzymes, Miquel Costas, Adrianne Tipton, Du-Hwan Jo,Kui Chen, and Professor Lawrence Que reported the first example of a syntheticiron catalyst for asymmetric cis-dihydroxylation of olefins. Using hydrogenperoxide as oxidant, an enantiomeric excess of as high as 88% can be obtainedwith trans-2-heptene (see figure). This iron complex could thus be consideredthe first example of a “greener” or more environmentally friendly version of anolefin cis-dihydroxylation catalyst.

The specific means by which the activation barrier of enzymatic reactions is reduced remainsvigorously debated. Two ways to lower the effective threshold energy for reaction are release ofquantum mechanical zero point energy and quantum mechanical tunneling. Cristobal Alhambra,Maria Luz Sánchez, José Corchado, and Professors Jiali Gao and Don Truhlar have developeda computational scheme for estimating such quantum effects in enzyme reactions. The methodwas applied to methylamine dehydrogenase, which converts primary amines into aldehydes;the chemical step involves proton transfer from an iminoquinone moiety on the cofactor to anAsp residue of the enzyme (see figure). Quantum effects were found to lower the free energy ofactivation by 5.7 kcal/mol. By also considering deuteron transfer, they validated the calculationby computing a kinetic isotope effect that agrees with experiment. They found that about 99%of the reaction occurs by tunneling, which provides the most striking evidence yet for thecontribution of tunneling processes in enzymatic reactions at physiological temperatures.

The phase behavior of simple polymers can be quite remarkable. A question ofscientific and technological importance is whether chain architecture is sufficientto induce phase separation. Ying-Ying Chen and Professors Frank Bates andTimothy Lodge demonstrated that highly branched and linear polymers of thesame repeat unit can phase separate. Because the identical monomer structuresresult in a zero heat of mixing, the phase transition is driven by entropy. A linearpolymer has a loose, random walk conformation, whereas a branched one hasless conformational freedom. When the two are exchanged, neither can easily fillthe space vacated by the other, thereby incurring an entropic penalty. Theseresearchers have synthesized model comb and linear polymers of poly(ethylene-r-ethylethylene) and studied their phase behavior by small-angle neutronscattering. They find that as the molecular weight is increased, a 50:50 linear:combblend changes from miscible to immiscible, in good agreement with theory.

In work carried out by Eugenijus Urnezius, William Brennessel, and ProfessorsChristopher Cramer and John Ellis, the first all inorganic metallocene (seefigure) has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, NMR,and quantum mechanical electronic structure calculations. The carbon-freemetallocene was prepared by room temperature solution reaction ofhexacarbonyltitanate with white phosphorus. Structural characterization bysingle-crystal x-ray diffraction confirmed the presence of two eclipsed andplanar P

5 rings bound in η5 fashion to central titanium.

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The accurate translation of the genetic code is critical to the survival of all livingorganisms. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases are enzymes that help to ensure the accuracyof translation by catalyzing the specific attachment of a particular amino acid to itscognate transfer RNA (tRNA). The amino acid is first activated with ATP to form anenzyme-bound aminoacyl-adenylate (arrow 1 in the figure). Then, the amino acid istransferred to the tRNA (arrow 2). Penny J. Beuning and Associate Professor KarinMusier-Forsyth discovered that E. coli ProRS can deacylate a mischarged tRNA specificfor proline. That is, this enzyme has amino acid editing or proofreading activity,ensuring that the wrong amino acid is not incorporated into a growing polypeptidechain in protein synthesis. More specifically, ProRS can hydrolyze a misactivatedalanine-adenylate (arrow 3 in Figure), as well as the mischarged Ala-tRNAPro (arrow4). Moreover, Beuning, Musier-Forsyth, and graduate student Fai Chu Wong, haveidentified specific amino acid residues in ProRS that are responsible for thisproofreading function.

Mesoporous materials with pore sizes on the nanometer length scale are highly regarded fora range of applications from size/shape-selective catalysts to inner-layer dielectrics formicroelectronics. Andy Zalusky, Roberto Olayo, Chuck Taylor, and Assistant ProfessorMarc Hillmyer have prepared a mesoporous organic monolith through the combination ofblock copolymer self-assembly, with the long-range order resulting from shear alignment,and facile chemical degradation. The use of ordered block copolymers as templates for theformation of porous materials involves the selective removal of the minority componentleaving a matrix filled with nanoscopic voids. Hillmyer and coworkers prepared an orienteddiblock copolymer containing nanoscopic cylinders of degradable polymer (polylactide)embedded in an inert, thermoplastic matrix (polystyrene) and used this material as a precursorto a mesoporous polystyrene monolith by removal of the polylactide. Scanning electronmicrographs (see figure) show hexagonally close packed 22 nm diameter channels.

Scanning electron micrograph of the nanoporouspolystyrene monolith containing hexagonally close-packed, oriented, and continuous 22 nm diameterchannels with a packing density of 1011 channels/

cm2 (the scale bar is 50 nm).

Hui Xiong, Craig Berry, C. Rameshkumar, and Assistant ProfessorRichard Hsung reported the first epoxidation reactions of 1-amidoallenes. The epoxidation protocol is highly chemoselective foroxidation of allenamides in the presence of comparably electron-richdienes, and it provides a general entry to chiral nitrogen-substitutedoxyallyl cation equivalents. Subsequent [4 + 3] cycloaddition reactionsof these amide-substituted epoxyallenes or the corresponding nitrogen-substituted oxyallyls with dienes are highly diastereoselective. Thisstereoselective methodology constitutes a synthetically useful sequentialepoxidation-oxyallyl cycloaddition manifold (see figure).

Three-dimensionally ordered macroporous (3DOM) ceramic materials showstrong, predictable, and tailorable color changes based on the refractive indices(RI) of the void-filling material. The voids are uniform in size, close-packed, andinterconnected through smaller windows (appearing as black ellipses in themicrograph of the figure). Chris Blanford, Rick Schroden, Mohammed Al-Daous,and Associate Professor Andreas Stein noticed distinct color changes when3DOM samples of silica, alumina, or zirconia were immersed in solvents ofdifferent RI. The wavelength could be adjusted by changing the pore dimensionsand the composition of the walls. The compositional diversity, relativelyinexpensive starting materials, and high surface area of these materials suggest thatthey would make a good in situ RI sensor for flow applications.

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2001 University of Minnesota Outstanding Achievement AwThe Outstanding Achievement Award is conferred on graduates or former students of the University who have attained unusual distinction in

their chosen fields, professions, or public service, and who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and leadership on a community, state,national, or international level.

Eric HellerB.S. 1968Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, Harvard University

Eric Heller received his B.S. from the University of Minnesota in 1968 (Phi Beta Kappa, MagnaCum Laude) and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1973. He carried out postdoctoral work at theUniversity of Chicago and joined the faculty at UCLA immediately thereafter (1975), where herose to full professor in 1981. In 1982 he moved to Los Alamos National Laboratory, and in 1984he moved to the University of Washington. In 1993 he was recruited to Harvard to head thenational Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics. Professor Heller is one of themost outstanding theoretical chemical physicists in the world. His unique insights into time-dependent quantum mechanics and semiclassical theory have changed the way everybody in thefield thinks. He has been honored with several awards including the Glen T. Seaborg Award andfellowship in the American Physical Society, American Academy of Arts, and American Associationfor the Advancement of Science.

Scholar of extraordinaryinsight, who developed newways of thinking about the

physical processes takingplace in chemical reactions.Influential theorist, whosework in spectroscopy and

molecular dynamics, causeda paradigm shift in

chemical physics from the energy domain to thetime domain, and who developed powerful

computational methods for quantum mechanics.Leading scientist whose profound contributions

are matched only by his ability to make histheories available to experimentalists and

understandable to students.

Carl KrespanPh.D. 1952Research Associate and Research Fellow, Central Research andDevelopment, E.I. du Pont de Nemours (retired)

Carl Krespan received his PhD from the Department of Chemistry in 1952 under the tutelageof Professor C. Frederick Koelsch. From the University of Minnesota he moved to the CentralResearch and Development Labs at DuPont where he stayed for over forty years until his retirement.Much of his work centered on fluorocarbon and fluoropolymer chemistry. At the core of interestin this field is the strength and stability of the bond between carbon and fluorine. This is one ofthe reasons why Teflon™, the most widely recognized fluoropolymer, remains so important. Thephysical properties of Teflon, however, render it unusable for many applications where the C-Fbond stability would be invaluable. Thus, a need existed to synthesize new materials with C-Fbonds. Carl was responsible for developing new chemistry that led to several fluorinated polymersthat had properties suitable for many new applications. During his career, he published 75 articlesin journals or books and was an inventor on over 95 patents. Two notable awards recognized hisexpertise. Within DuPont he received the Pedersen Award in 1995. This award, named in honorof the DuPont chemist Charles J. Pedersen who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, is thehighest honor that DuPont bestows upon its scientists and engineers. The second award was anational award from the American Chemical Society (ACS) for Creative Work in FluorineChemistry. Carl's contribution to the field of fluorine chemistry also helped to elect him (notonce, but twice) to the Chairmanship of the ACS Division of Fluorine Chemistry. For his manycontributions to the Division, he received the Outstanding Performance award.

Creative scientist andinventor, whose

fundamental research workin fluorocarbon and

fluoropolymer chemistryand his talent for tacklingpractical problems led the

way to innovativecommercial products.Conscientious and creative problem solver,

whose research in hydrofluorocarbons is yieldingpromise for CFC replacements that will protect

the environment.Respected mentor, honored alike by his

colleagues and his profession.

Other RecentOAA Recipients

2000 Newman BortnickBA 1941, Ph.D. 1944 Richard T. ArnoldRetired from Rohm and Haas Company

1999 John BaldwinPh.D. 1960 Lee I. SmithPharmacopeia Inc.

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wards

James PrestegardB.S. 1966

Professor of Chemistry & Eminent Scholar University of GeorgiaNative of Minnesota, James Prestegard received his B.S. from the University of Minnesota in

Chemistry in 1966. He went on to the California Institute of Technology and received his Ph.D.in 1971. James began teaching at Yale in 1970 and was there until he took his current position asProfessor and Eminent Scholar at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and the Departmentsof Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, at the University of Georgia in 1998. Hereceived this honor for his work to advance the science of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)spectroscopy. He is known for fundamental work in the use of NMR to determine the structureand function of biomolecules, especially those that work in membranes.

Reuben RiekeB.S. 1961

Regents Professor of Chemistry, University of NebraskaReuben D. Rieke, received his B. Chem. degree with distinction from the University of

Minnesota in June of 1961 and did his undergraduate research with Dr. Wayland Noland. Hecompleted his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in January 1966 with Dr. HowardZimmerman. After a postdoc at UCLA with the late Saul Winstein, he began his academicprofessional career and is currently a Regents Professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. In1991 he founded Rieke Metals, Inc., making Rieke metals reagents commercially available andaiding the practice of chemistry enormously. Reuben has been very active in giving invitedprofessional lectures and in presenting papers at scientific meetings, and has the impressive totalof 204 publication and 15 U.S. patents. In his 44 years in chemistry he has received numerousawards and honors.

Internationally renownedleader in the application ofphysical organic principlesto synthetic organometallic

chemistry. Innovativescientist whose discovery

and development ofactivated metals has

changed the way compoundsare synthesized and has advanced methods fordeveloping many pharmaceutical compounds.

Articulate educator and spokesperson for the fieldof organic chemistry.

Richard SundbergPh.D. 1962

Professor of Chemistry, University of VirginiaRichard (Dick) Sundberg received his B. S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Iowa

in 1959. By August of 1962 he completed his Ph.D. with Dr. Wayland Noland at the Universityof Minnesota. Since this time he has become a world leader in indole chemistry as exemplified inhis extensive research publications in the field, and publication of the definitive monographs inthe field, "The Chemistry of Indoles" (1970) and "Indoles" (1996). After serving two years in theU.S. Army Chemical Corps, he began his academic career in 1964 at the University of Virginia,Charlottesville, where he has been ever since. The textbooks which he co-authored "AdvancedOrganic Chemistry, Part A and B"; now in their fourth edition, have been the classics in the fieldsince 1983, and are used in graduate organic chemistry courses almost everywhere.

World leader in indolechemistry, whose

contributions to heterocyclicchemistry have found wide

applications in organicsynthesis and medicinal

chemistry.Consummate scholar andacademic chemist, who is

coauthor of the preeminent graduate text inorganic chemistry, which is the standard in

universities worldwide.Excellent teacher and mentor, productive

researcher, and successful administrator, who hashad an immeasurable impact on the field of

organic chemistry.

2001 University of Minnesota Honorary DoctorateAwarded to individuals who have achieved eminence in cultural affairs, public service, or a field of knowledge and scholarship.

1998 David GoldenPh.D. 1961 Bryce L. CrawfordSRI International

1996 Bob GowerPh.D. 1963 Edward LeeteLyondell Petrochemical Company

Because your fundamentalwork in NMR in

biomolecules has made youan international leader inthe field; because you have

pioneered new andinnovative NMR methodsfor obtaining a molecular

understanding of thestructure, dynamics, and function of biologicalmolecules and systems; because, over the course

of three decades, you have made majorcontributions to biochemical NMR, especially inthe study of the membrane-associated moleculesof proteins and carbohydrates; because you have

enabled structural determinations of largerbiomolecules than previously possible; because

you are a true teacher-scholar, whose mentorshipof numerous graduate and post-doctoral students

has enabled them to become scientificallyproductive and to open new fields of science.

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Department AwardsStaff

Without the support of a dedicated team of staff, the department could not function. Their duties were honored by the 2000 civil serviceoutstanding service awards. Recipients were Sheryl Frankel (Principal Secretary), Bruce Moe (Manager, Computer and Electronic Services),Sean Murray (Assistant Scientist, Mass Spectrometry Lab), Joel Overlander (Accounting Supervisor), and Susan Wrayge (Principal Secretary).The 2001 recipients were Michael Casey (Principal Information Technology Professional, Computer and Electronic Services), and StephenPhilson (Senior Scientist, NMR Lab).

Postdoctoral AssociatesKelly Higgins (Roberts) is the recipient of a Dreyfus Environmental Science Fellowship and James Xidos (Truhlar) is a Washington AvenueBridge fellow in computational neuroscience. Jeffrey Potoff (Siepmann) as well as Titus Albu and Hisao Nakamura (Truhlar) were recipientsof Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Research Scholar Awards.

Graduate StudentsBecky Eggimann, Benjamin Ellingson, Kimberly Kurtz, and Kathleen Schreck receive departmental fellowship awards while NicholasErgang, Aimee Erickson, John Lewin, Emily Luttman, Nathan Schultz, Adam Schellinger, Karla Wagenschultz and Amanda Wensman areKolthoff fellows, and Anne Boreen, Angela DeGreef, Paul Nelson and Victor Sussman are supported by fellowships from the GraduateSchool. Also supported by departmental grants are graduate students Hui Xiong (Hsung) and Andrew Zalusky (Hillmyer).

The Department of Energy awarded Collin Wick (Siepmann) a Computational Science Graduate Fellowship and John Stubbs (Siepmann)received a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) fellowship. Amy Dounay (Forsyth) is supported by an Organic Chemistry Divisionfellowship of the American Chemical Society. Anne Reynolds (Tolman) and Nermeen Aboelella (Tolman) continue to receive fellowshipsfrom the National Science Foundation. Junliang Hao (Forsyth) and Gregory Dutton (Zhu) were awarded Graduate School DissertationFellowships. Jana Khandogin (York) and Rebecca Michelsen (Roberts) received Louise T. Dosdall awards and the recipients of the JohnOverend Awards for Graduate Research in Physical Chemistry were Bin Chen (Siepmann) in 2000 and Ahren Jasper (Truhlar) in 2001.Jason Thompson (Truhlar and Cramer) was awarded the Dirac Award for Outstanding Graduate Research in Theoretical Chemistry at theMidwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference.

Chris Kinsinger received a Departmental Teaching Internship Award. Mary Engler and Justin Lytle were the recipients of the Robert L.Ferm Memorial Outstanding TA Award. One of Mary’s students wrote “Mary was the best TA I’ve had, not only in chemistry but in all mylabs at the U.” One of Justin’s students wrote “Justin has a gift for teaching, and a level of dedication that far surpassed my expectations.”

Nineteen graduate students received in 2001 BP Amoco and Chemistry Department travel grants, allowing them to attend various nationalconferences. Devi Kesavan, Evelyn Mayaan, Dongfeng Qi, Amy Saenger, Michael McLaughlin, Amy Dounay, Sherri Hunt, Teresa Lamm,Rebecca Michelsen, Heather Sklenicka, Bin Chen, Rick Schroeden, Hui Xiong, and Craig Zificsak attended meetings of the AmericanChemical Society. The other recipients of travel grants were Natalia Carulla and Simon Shannon (17th American Peptide Symposium),David Burleson (Gordon Conference), Minh Hong (Cold Spring Harbor Conference), and Evan Kaneski (National Organic ChemistrySymposium).

Civil Service award recipients, (back row) SeanMurray, Sheryl Frankel, Bruce Moe, (front row)

Stephen Philson, Susan Wrayge and Michael Casey

Teaching award recipients, Justin Lytle,Mary Engler and Chris Kinsinger

Graduate student award recipients, AnneReynolds, Collin Wick, Rebecca Michelsen,

Nermeen Aboelella and Gregory Dutton.

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Senior AwardsPeteris Auzins Memorial Scholarships awarded to advanced undergraduates who have demonstrated outstanding achievement inundergraduate research in addition to overall scholastic excellence: Adam Froemming, Loren Swenson, and Julia Weinkauf.David A. and Merece H. Johnson Scholarships awarded to advanced undergraduates who have demonstrated outstandingachievement in undergraduate research in addition to overall scholastic excellence: David Flannigan and Angie Gergen. TheKenneth E. and Marion S. Owens Scholarship In Chemistry awarded to an advanced undergraduate who has demonstratedoutstanding achievement in undergraduate research in addition to overall scholastic excellence: Marc Osborne.

Junior AwardsThe Robert C. Brasted Memorial Fellowship a fellowship as well as a part-time apprenticeship in the Department’s GeneralChemistry Program awarded to an outstanding chemistry major who has expressed an interest in a teaching career in chemistry:Seth Nelsen. The Lloyd W. Goerke Scholarships awarded to a chemistry major who has shown outstanding academic achievementand who has financial need: Cuong Pham. M. Cannon Sneed Scholarships awarded to chemistry majors who demonstrate greatpromise for future achievement: Jamie Gergen and Andrew Presley. George T. Walker Scholarship awarded to a chemistry majorwho has shown outstanding academic achievement and who has financial need: Philip Imholte.

Sophomore AwardsThomas DuBruil Memorial Awards awarded to sophomores who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in undergraduateresearch in chemistry: Sarah Geers and Michael Puskarich.

Freshman AwardsThe Sally Herz Memorial Scholarships for Entering Freshman Chemistry Majors. Awarded to entering freshman declared asChemistry majors who show great potential: Amos Anderson, Kim Ha, Michael Missaghi and Emily Que.

J. Lewis Maynard Memorial Prize in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. This award is given for outstanding scholastic achievement in advancedinorganic chemistry: Emily Luttman.

CRC Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award sponsored by the CRC Press, Inc. This award consists of the latest CRC Handbook of Chemistryand Physics and is given to a freshman chemistry major for outstanding scholastic achievement in freshman chemistry: David Adrian.

Merck Index Award sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc. This award consists of the latest edition of the Merck Index and is given to a sophomorechemistry major for outstanding scholastic achievement in organic chemistry: John McKeen and Ryan Waletzko.

Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry sponsored by the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society. This awardconsists of a year’s subscription to the journal, Analytical Chemistry and is given for outstanding scholastic achievement in analytical chemistry:Bob Poe.

George T. Walker Prize in Chemistry, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society: Angie Gergen.Robert C. Brasted Outstanding Undergraduate TA Awards. This award was established in 2001 in honor of Robert C. Brasted, Professor at the

University of Minnesota from 1947 to 1986 and former Director of General Chemistry for more than 25 years. Dr. Brasted’s strong commitmentto teaching and education earned him fifteen teaching awards including: the American Chemical Society Award in Education, The ChemicalManufacturers Award, The James Flack Norris Award of the Boston ACS Section, the John Kuebler Award of Alpha Chi Sigma and the MosherAward of the California Section. He was the only person to receive all five of these awards. The Brasted Outstanding Undergraduate TA Awardsrecognize outstanding contributions to teaching by undergraduate assistants: Angie Gergen and Julia Weinkauf.

Seniors Maisy Liao, Angie Gergen, Marc Osborne, andjuniors Jamie Gergen and Cuong Pham

at the Recognition Reception May 4, 2001.

A portion of the graduating class of 2001 at theRecognition Reception prior to IT Commencement.

Undergraduate Fellowships and Prizes

Senior Adam Froemming with researchadvisor Tom Hoye.

Faculty AwardsWe are very pleased that several of our

faculty have won prestigious awards recently.Mark Hillmyer and Richard Hsung were

named McKnight-Land Grant Professors.Hillmyer received this distinction for hispromise as a young researcher in the area ofpolymer chemistry, and Hsung for his dynamicresearch program in the field of organicsynthesis.

Bill Tolman and Tim Lodge were chosenas Distinguished McKnight UniversityProfessors. Tolman was chosen for excellencein research and contributions to teaching/advising and to the wider community. Lodgeattained this distinction for beinginternationally recognized as a leader inhis field and for a remarkable record ofservice to the Department and University.

Larry Miller received the titleInstitute of Technology DistinguishedProfessor, which recognizes exceptionalcontributions in teaching and research andcommitment to the Institute. Miller wasrecognized for his unique style of teaching,creative research, and service and joinsWayne Gladfelter, Louis Pignolet, andDon Truhlar, giving the department fourholders of this honorary title.

Gary Gray has been named the Mr.and Mrs. George W. TaylorDistinguished Teaching Professor for hisdedication and outstanding contributionsto the entire range of college educationthrough teaching, advising, or programdevelopment.

Don Truhlar has been appointed thefirst holder of the Lloyd H. ReyersonChair of Chemistry. This chair is namedafter Lloyd H. Reyerson, who was adistinguished member of the department’sfaculty from 1919 to 1961.

David Blank and Richard Hsung wereawarded Camille & Henry DreyfusFoundation Distinguished New FacultyAwards. Blank received the award for thepromise of his research and teaching on projectsthat cross traditional area boundaries. RichardHsung also received another young scientistaward, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ResearchFellowship. These awards were given torecognize his outstanding teaching and hisestablishment of a dynamic research programin organic synthesis.

Karin Musier-Forsyth and DoreenLeopold received the George W. Taylor/ITAlumni Society Distinguished Research,Service, and Teaching Awards, respectively.Musier-Forsyth received this award for heroutstanding research in RNA-proteininteractions at the molecular level. Pignoletreceived this award based on his service withinthe University and outreach and communityservice. The award was conferred upon Leopoldfor her teaching at the University of Minnesota.Previous departmental recipients of these threeawards include Chris Cramer, Gary Gray, KenLeopold, Kent Mann, Bill Tolman, and DonTruhlar.

considerable amount of sushi.Chris Cramer received a Guggenheim

Fellowship for a sabbatical in Barcelona, Spainto further his research interests in the structureand reactivity of chemical and biologicalsystems.

Peter Carr received the Eastern AnalyticalSymposium Award for OutstandingAchievements in Separation Science forcontributions to understanding the mechanismof retention in chromatography in general andof retention in reversed phase liquidchromatography.

Bill Tolman received the Buck-WhitneyAward sponsored by the American Chemical

Society Eastern New York Section torecognize excellent original contributionsto pure and applied chemsitry. Tolmanreceived this award for his work in NOmetabolism, electron transfer, oxygenactivation, and catalysts for the synthesisof biodegradable polymers.Jiali Gao was given the Dirac Medal ofthe World Association of TheoreticallyOriented Chemists for his researchdeveloping computational methods thatcombine quantum mechanics with forcefields for the study of chemical reactionsin solution and in enzymes and themolecular mechanism of enzyme catalysis.The award is given annually to a scientistunder age 40.Don Truhlar received the AmericanChemical Society Award for Computersin Chemical and Pharmaceutical Researchfor his pioneering work combiningtheoretical and computational chemistryto further our fundamental understandingof chemical reactivity and molecularinteractions through visionaryaccomplishments in the areas of potential

energy functions, accurate quantum dynamics,variational transition state theory, and the useof electronic structure theory for calculationsof reaction rates and solvation effects.

Karin Musier-Forsyth received the PfizerAward in Enzyme Chemistry, sponsored by theAmerican Chemical Society Division ofBiological Chemistry. Professor Musier-Forsythreceived this award based on her work in themulti-disciplinary field of nanotechnology andher ground breaking research in RNA-proteininteractions.

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Larry Que received the University’sDistinguished Teaching Award for hisoutstanding contributions to the education ofgraduate and postgraduate students at theUniversity, his mentoring within the contextof a forefront research program, and hisleadership of interdisciplinary,interdepartmental organizations that provide aunique learning environment.

Craig Forsyth visited Japan under theJapan Society for the Promotion of Science.While there, he gave 13 lectures at locationsfrom Sapporo to Kyoto, and he ate a

Richard Hsung Bill Tolman Tim Lodge

Larry Miller Gary Gray Don Truhlar David Blank

Karin Musier-Forsyth Lou Pignolet Doreen Leopold Larry Que

Craig Forsyth Chris Cramer Pete Carr Jiali Gao

Marc Hillmyer

Industrial support to education is a boon to both academia and industry. The strength of this partnership is the key to thefuture of chemistry in this country, for top universities provide the high caliber individuals who will tomorrow lead the very companies whohave invested in them today. Special projects, including matches for equipment grants, the departmental portion of set-up packages for newfaculty, and summer support of graduate students, are made possible only through the generosity of our friends in industry. Some companiesprovide support directly to the research programs of faculty members whose basic research is important to their applications. On behalf of thedepartment, its faculty and staff, and the student beneficiaries of this generosity, we thank the following companies and educational foundationsfor their support in 2000.

BP Amoco FoundationBristol-Myers Squibb CompanyDow Chemical Company FoundationDuPont CompanyJames Ford Bell FoundationPfizer, Inc.Pharmacia & Upjohn

Many Thanks To Our Donors

Companies with matching gift policies help to ensure that industrial donations are consistent with public sentimentabout the merits of charitable giving. Such programs vary from one-to-one to three-to-one matching ratios. We thank the following companiesfor their donor matches in 2000.

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On October 9, 2001 Larry Ito (Ph.D. ’90) from Dow Chemical presented the department with a check for $100,000 from the Dow ChemicalFoundation. This very generous donation will be augmented with an additional $100,000 in each of the next two years. These funds aredesignated to help build the new Instrumentation Facility that will eventually house our NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and X-raydiffraction laboratories. We have many former students and friends at Dow and would like to express our deep appreciation for their supportof this wonderful gift.

A Special Thanks to Dow Chemical Foundation

Air Products FoundationBP Amoco FoundationB F Goodrich CompanyBristol-Myers Squibb FoundationDow Corning CorporationEcolab FoundationEli Lilly & Company FoundationExxon Mobil FoundationGE FundGeneral Mills FoundationGlaxo WellcomeHerculesHoffman-La Roche, Inc.Honeywell FoundationIBM International FoundationLockheed Martin Corporation

Lucent Technologies FoundationMerck Company FoundationMobil FoundationPfizer FoundationPharmacia & Upjohn FoundationPQ CorporationProcter & Gamble FundRohm & HaasShell Oil Company FoundationSilicon Graphics, Inc.SmithKline Beecham FoundationTennant FoundationTexaco Foundation3M FoundationWaters Corporation

Phillips Petroleum CompanyProcter & Gamble FundSchlumberger FoundationSeagate TechnologyShell Oil Company Foundation3M CompanyUnion Carbide Foundation

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Individual Donors

Jay S. Buckley Jr.Albert V. BuettnerPaul J. CahillEugene H. CarlsonGordon B. and Sandra L. CarltonEdward M. CarrAndrew J. CarusoCharles J. CerjanS. Chakrabarti and P. J. BellChi ChangKuang-Chou ChangWei ChenPhilip J. ChenierChiu-Ying and Sze-Foo ChienBrian H. ChollarYeh M. ChowDale L. ChristensenM. Jean and Clayton G. ChristensenPaul C. CierniaHenry B. ClarkRobert E. CoffmanMartha E. CopelandArthur J. CouryLawrence and Kathryn CraigheadFrank A. Cutler Jr.James C. DarlingDarwin D. and Dorothy D. DavisWarren F. DavisCharles A. DawsSaliya A. De SilvaEric H. DetlefsGeorge F.DetrickEugene DeWald

Jonathan P.DickDiane R. DittenhaferJon D. DoiKaren D. DonnellyCharles H. Douglass Jr.Peter G. DuaneKimberly M. DublinMichael A. DvorakDavid W. EdelsteinJohn A. and Barbara L. EdgarDavid C. EgbergGilbert L. EianJames A. ElberlingJason R. ElhardtJames M. ElvecrogPhilip J. EricksonSara E. EricksonThomas J. EvensenJurgen H. ExnerRonald B. FaanesJames E. FairmanJames B. FederlineDaniel W. FirthNile N. FrawleyDaniel A. FreedmanIrong FuFrederic R. FuruyaJames H. GibsonA. C. GilbyNorman W. and Joan L. GillSabiha A. GokcenDavid J. W. GoonRobert W. GradyRachel K. GriegerThomas L. GuggenheimRichard T. Haasch

Kenneth E. HaftenDavid A. HalsrudPhilip D. HammenCharles F. HammerMaxine B. HancockJoseph B. HansonScott A. HansonMary L. HardenberghWillard A. HarelandCurtis D. HargadineHenry A. HavelTodd R. HayesJerome R. HeimanHenry E. HennisSteven G. HentgesJerry A. HerbyMartin V. HershbergerRobert E. HilemanKevin K. HobbieCharles W. HobbsDerk J. HogenkampTheodore R. HolmanHoward E. HolmquistPaul A. HolteYaoliang HongNicholas J. HorvathPeter and Gladys HowellRebecca C. HoyeCraig A. HoymeHe HuangAllan M. HuffmanSteven E. HusebyeGary G. IrishHenry V. IsaacsonRobert J. IversonRobert W. IversonCharles F. Jackels Jr.E. Harry Jancis

Charles E. JasickiRosemary M. JellishJames A. JensenMarjorie and Eugene JohnsenBrian J. JohnsonCurtis E. JohnsonDennis C. JohnsonJanine and Bruce D. JohnsonKenneth E. JohnsonPatrick L. JohnsonRoger D. JohnsonSusan A. JohnsonThomas H. JohnsonDavid C. JohnstonJulie A. Kaiser-BradenGregory J. KampaRichard T. and Catherine A. KilbyPaul J. KillianJames K. KnudsenJohn G. KolandJohn H. KonnertPaul F. KorkowskiKenneth E. KoselMarguerite and Horatio Krause Jr.Lester C. and Joan M. KroghKenneth and Myrna KustinRoger W. KwongClayton L. LancePaul M. LeachRichard J. LegareNicholas C. LehmanWu-Shyong LiArnold A. Liebman

Harmon G. AbrahamsonIrving M. AbramsAndreas and Juana AcrivosSteven J. AlbrechtsenC. J. AlexanderThomas C. AllisonCarl J. AlmerRoger W. AmidonDonald and Marie AndersonRobert N. AndersonHarold J. AndrewsMary C. AntilaMark W. ArriolaLaura M. Babcock and James A. JensenJay S. BaldingerJohn J. BaldwinWilliam E. BarberJonathan L. BassBruce N. BastianRobert L. BatdorfWillard J. BeattieAshfaq A. BengaliJohn T. BergmanJason L. BlanchardFrank D. BlumG. Bonnert BodemBruce A. BohnenNewman M. BortnickLarry J. BresinaLarry F. BrinkmanNicolas BrodowayDow E. BrophyDean G. BrownGary W. BrudvigAndrew Bruskiewicz

Individual support from our alumni and friends is crucial to the myriad activities of our department. Thanks to your generosity, we have been

able to offer fellowships and scholarships to our outstanding students, retain our best faculty, and implement projects with will improve ourfacilities. The Chemistry Special Projects Fund is the department’s main discretionary fund, which supports student fellowships and awardsas well as the bulk of the other activities mentioned in this newsletter. With gratitude, we acknowledge our 2000 donors.

Memorial funds are a most fitting remembrance of those whose

contributions to science and to society deserve special recognition.

These funds and their 2000 contributors are: Robert C. Brasted

Memorial Fellowship Fund, Ieva O. and George E. Hartwell;

Thomas P. Du Bruil Memorial Fund, Ann C. Brey, Paul D. Brey,

Justine and Thomas W. Du Bruil, Francis J. and Theresa B. Haddy;

Margaret C. Etter Memorial Lectureship in Materials Chemistry,

Elise A. Sudbeck; David & Mereece Johnson Memorial Fund,

anonymous; Albert J. Moscowitz Memorial Lectureship In

Physical Chemistry Fund, Mary E. Learmont and Steven C.

Riemer; Overend Memorial Fund, Thomas G. Goplen; and John

Wertz Fellowship in Chemistry, Florence C. Wertz

A number of other funds have been created for special purposes,

usually at the request of the donor for specified purposes. These

funds and their 2000 benefactors are: Crawford Fund (supports a

student-run lecture), Richard G. Inskeep; Kenneth E. and Marion

S. Owens Scholarship In Chemistry Fund, Kenneth E. and Marion

S. Owens; Graham N. Gleysteen Fellowship in Chemistry, Agnes

Gleysteen Fraser Estate; Goerke Undergraduate Fellowship Fund,

Lloyd W. Goerke; and the Wayland E. Noland Research Fellowship

Fund, Rodney D. De Kruif, Lee E. Klade, and Wayland E. Noland.

and the Wayland E. Noland Graduate Fellowships in Organic

Chemistry, Wayland E. Noland.

The Paul G. Gassman Lectureship Fund brings a Gassman Lecturer in organic chemistry toour campus each semester. 2000 Donors were: Jonathan and Janice Chasman, Paul A. Deck,John H. Dygos, Gerda A. Gassman, Gordon W. and Loyse B. Hueschen, Diane B. Neimann,and D. James Schreck.

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Stanton F. RakS. Prabhakara RaoJayanth H. RatnayakeAnthony J. RazelRuth A. ReckLucinda Reichley- YingerGeorge C. ReidEdgar E. RenfrewMalcolm M. and Carol C. RenfrewMichael and Patricia RethwillSusan M. ReutzelVeronica ReynoldsAloyce J. RhollDaniel H. RichReuben D. RiekeDonald N. RobinsonThomas S. and Debra J. M. RobisonDuane R. RomerWayne J. RothschildEmily S. and Nestor A. RotsteinLeonid I. RubinsteinAlan H. RunckPaul S. RussoCatherine E. RyanLowell E. SalyardsLamngeune SanouvongGary L. and Marilyn J. SanteeScott S. SardesonRichard F. SauersMark S. SchabergPaul F. SchachtJason E. SchaffEugene G. Schmidt

Leah Marie Tammen SchnaithDiane E. SchoenemanJoseph D. SchroederJohn L. SchultzRoland K. SchulzeRussell D. SehonLynne T. SergiJudith Silk ShermanDaniel D. F. ShiaoDonald W. SjoblomSteven R. SkorichRichard S. SmithRichard V. SoderbergPaul B. SollmanQuentin F. SoperMatthew S. SorensonAnne SpinksBarbara J. StallmanDaniel J. StevensRobert E. and Debra R. StevensMary P. StickelmeyerJoseph F. StieberRoger W. StrassburgMelvin P. and Dorothy B. StulbergElise A. SudbeckJoseph C. SuhadolnikRichard J. SundbergJerome D. SwalenDale G. SwanApril J. SwansonLynn M. SwansonRobyn M. TanKhalid A. M. ThakurDonald R. TheissenJames R. Throckmorton

Steven E. LindbergYu-Ying LiuRobert G. LockwoodDonald H. and Karen D. LucastGerald LussLaurie E. LynchZhiliu MaMary P. and Helmut K. MaierGregory N. MaiselSusan and Curtis MarcottJames J. MarkhamM. John MarkusonMichael D. MarsolekMark W. MartinsonMontgomery J. MasonAlbert S. MatlackGale W. and Mary Ann MatsonBruce M. MattsonDonald J. McClureDonald S. McClureJohn A. MelinCurtis J. MeredykJ. F. MerklinGregory E. MeyerJohn G. MeyerJ. C. MickusOlga MikhailenkoVaughn P. MillerBahram MoasserRobert F. ModlerCarol M. MoenkeEmmett B. Moore JrEdwin F. MorelloGerald H. MorineJohn J. Muellner

Ann M. MuetingCraig B. and Pamela W. MurchisonWilliam C. NecoecheaRichard G. NewellJohn G. NewmanJoseph NicholsLawrence A. NielsenWayland E. NolandMartha J. OhlsonEric J. OlsonKurt D. OlsonMorris R. OlsonPeter C. OlsonClement N. OnyenemezuH. James OsborneAgnes E. OstafinThomas G. OstertagJanice OwensRudolph PariserGeorge W. ParshallRichard L. PartonSadanand V. PathreDavid R. PeckWillis B. PersonMarvin L. PetersonWayne A. PetersonAndrew J. PiepelRonald L. PlanteBrad J. PoeschlJoseph P. PorwollJames H. and Alberta L. PrestegardWilliam W. PrichardWilliam F. PriggeMichael J. ProkoschR. James PuhlPeter M. Radford

Steven J. TinkerWade J. TornquistJohn R. Van PilsumGregg A. and Marcia M.VandesteegRichard E. VolkmannJames J. and Elizabeth R. WadeTerence C. WagenknechtMary J. WahlstromJoseph and Carolyn WardenMark W. WatsonEdward O. WelkePercy A. WellsEdward L. WheelerLarry R. WilsonLarry D. WinterLaura R. WolszonJames T. WolterEllen L. WuFrank Z. YangThomas K. YueLee R. ZehnerPatrick G. ZimmermanMichelle M. Zirngible

The Kolthoff Fund was anonymously endowed in 1976 for the purpose of establishing aprestigious lectureship series. Each semester, the eminent scientist chosen as Kolthoff Lecturervisits our campus for a week’s residency, presenting a series of public lectures, and interactingwith our faculty and students. The Kolthoff Fund also supports a Kolthoff Fellowship for anoutstanding first year graduate student. Donors during 2000 were: Madolyn Youse Babcock,Miran K. Chantooni, Jr., Grace Po-Yuen Chiu, Johannes F. Coetzee, Charles M. and Linda C.Hall, Albert C. Holler, Edward F. Levy, and Yutaka Okinaka.

Fall 2001 Gassman LecturerProfessor Paul Wender

Stanford University

Spring 2002 Gassman LecturersProfessor Larry Overman

University of California - IrvineProfessor Barry Sharpless

The Scripps Research Institute

Fall 2001 Kolthoff LecturerProfessor J. Mike White

University of Texas - Austin

Spring 2002 Kolthoff LecturerProfessor John Bercaw

California Institute of Technology

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1930'sJohn Anthes (B.S. '34 Ph.D. '39 Koelsch)I retired in '76 from Dravo Corp. which at that

time was an engineering-construction company.We retired to North Carolina. In '94 we got

tired of the bugs and dampness in NC and movedto Arizona where my wife Frances and I now live.We have three children: Jeanne in Buffalo NY,Janet in Houston TX and John Jr. in Seattle WA.

1940'sWilliam Horwitz (Ph.D. '47 Crawford)Dr. William Horwitz received the prestigiousRobert Boyle Medal of the Royal Society ofChemistry at a meeting in Newcastle UK inJanuary 2001. Dr. I. M. Kolthoff was the firstrecipient of this award. The citation read“Distinguished for his contributions to thequality of analytical measurements and to thestatistics of data treatment, including thediscovery of the Horwitz function, which relatesthe reproducibility of such measurements toanalyze concentration.” Dr. Horwitz joined theUS Food and Drug Administration inMinneapolis in 1939 and retired as ScientificAdvisor in their Washington laboratory in July2001.

1950'sJim Bleasdale (Ph.D. '50 Parham)I retired from DuPont in '83, then started acomputer repair and consulting businessoperating from my home. The governmentrequires too many forms and stuff to encouragethis activity, but did so for 15 years. Have nowcompletely retired and golf on M/W/F nohunting/fishing/chemistry. Would like to hearfrom any classmates.Charles Hammer (Ph.D. '59 Noland)I am retired from Georgetown University'sChemistry Department where I taught for 32years. I had 26 PhD and 9 MS students from'63 to '97 when my last PhD student receivedhis degree. I have continued to work in my garagelab here in New Mexico and have my 80th papercoming out in the Journal of Agricultural andFood Chemistry soon. In '96 I set up the Hoya/NM Schools Chemobile in which I visited 25high schools in northern New Mexico two timesper semester. I had to stop this long distancetravel (sometimes 250 miles away) because of mydiabetes.Now I participate in only two professionalactivities. I co-teach an Honors Chemistrycourse at the Santa Fe Indian School and I ampresident (recently) of the governing board of apublic charter school called the Academy forTechnology and the Classics (ATC) here in SantaFe. We are just beginning our 2nd year at ATC,but like many new charter schools we do not yethave a permanent home. Our school goes fromgrades 7-11 this year and will be complete nextyear. We have a unique curriculum that marriesclassical studies with science and computer

Alumni Newstechnology. The Honors Chemistry course atSFIS is a little different also. It combinesethnobiology with chemistry. The Indianstudents are investigating the chemicalcomponents of native medicinal plants. We usepreparative TLC to separate the components andUV-Vis and FT-IR spectra to characterize thecompounds obtained. We could really use anHPLC for this work.Rudy Pariser (Ph.D. '51 Livingston)I retired from DuPont as of '89 where I last heldthe position of Science Director in CentralResearch and Development. Since then, I havemy own consulting company dealing with R&Dmanagement as well as educational issues, e.g.,I have been involved in initiating a continuingeducation outreach program for engineers at theUniversity of Delaware. I continue to reside withmy wife Louise Marsh in Hockessin, DE. Ourhobbies include ballroom dancing and traveling.Richard W. Ramette (Ph.D. '54 Sandell)Dick Ramette taught chemistry at CarletonCollege from '54-'90, before retiring. He andhis wife, Lee, now live in sunny Arizona, havingdecided that 46 Minnesota winters were morethan enough of cold weather.Charles Wright (Ph.D. '56 Parham) I retired in '90 from 3M after 34 years of service.My research broadly involved polymers withconcentration in adhesives. There are 22 patentsin my name. Perhaps the largest contributionswere in encapsulated locking adhesives whichwere precoated on bolts and in high strengthadhesives in syringes for easy application. Afterretirement I have concentrated in teaching andfunding Christian meditation in its variousforms.

1960'sGeorge Detrick (M.S. '69 Noland)Living in West Linn, Oregon. Retired after thirtyyears with Rohm and Haas Company. Currentlyinvolved with real estate.Joseph F. Dooley (Ph.D. '67 Parham)Dr. Dooley is currently the author of a soon tobe published book called "The Coming CancerBreakthroughs" , Kensington Publishers, NewYork. Dr. Dooley is a scientist, entrepreneur andwriter, who founded a worldwide biotechnologyconsulting firm, Biotechnology Associates, basedin New York City. He currently divides his timebetween New York and Connecticut.Alan R. Hargens (B.A. '66)I received my BA degree, Summa Cum Laude,in Chemistry from the University of Minnesotain '66, and my Ph.D. in Marine Biology fromScripps Institution of Oceanography, Universityof California, San Diego in '71. I am currentlya Professor of Orthopaedics at UCSD, SeniorScientist at NASA Ames Research Center, andConsulting Professor at Stanford University. Ispecialize in orthopaedic and clinical physiologywith recent research concerning gravity effectson the cardiovascular and musculoskeletalsystems of humans and animals. I have edited

six books and published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles, 40 chapters, 40 NASA Reports,and 380 abstracts in general areas of chemistryand cardiovascular and musculoskeletalphysiology. And also hold four patents. I am aFellow of the American College of SportsMedicine and a Fellow of the Aerospace MedicalAssociation, an Associate Editor of the Journalof Gravitational Physiology and the recipient ofa NIH Research Career Development Award,Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award, and twoNASA Honor Awards along with manyprofessional affiliations.Larry A. Haas (M.S. '64)Received my MS in Inorganic Chemistry in '64.I worked over 33 years for the US Bureau inMpls. I retired in Sun City, AZ in '94 where Ienjoy it very much.Richard Legare (Ph.D. '62 Lumry)I am retired after 34 years with HerculesIncorporated. About 14 of those years were spentworking on rocket propellant at Cumberland,MD and Bacchus, UT. I worked about 20 yearson Polypropylene fibers mostly at Covington,GA. Much of that work was for disposable diapercoverstock and related products. My first wife,Cecile, died of breast cancer in '91. I re-marriedin 2000. We live in Conyers, GA, outsideAtlanta. I have lived here since '78. I do mostlytraveling, gardening and home repair these days.I would love to hear from/about friends,professors and classmates at the U of M.

1970'sJoe Abdallah (M.S. '74 Truhlar)I left UMN for a job at Computer Sciences Corp.in Maryland back in '74. In '78, I was hired byLos Alamos National Laboratory in T-Divisionas staff member and I have been here ever since.My work mainly involves the modeling of non-equilibrium high temperature plasmas; where theemphasis is on computer simulations and atomicphysics/kinetics. I would love to hear fromanyone old enough to remember me.David S. Beebe (B.A. '75)Following graduation I attended the Universityof Minnesota Medical School, graduating in '79.I completed training in general surgery andanesthesiology at the University of Minnesotain '85 and, after a brief stint in North Dakota,have been on the faculty of the medical schoolat the University of Minnesota ever since. I amcurrently a professor of anesthesiology and vice-chairman (acting) of the anesthesiologydepartment. I have been married to my wifeMartie for 21 years and have 3 daughters. Welive at 60 Indian Hills Drive, Circle Pines,Minnesota 55014Conrad H. Bergo (Ph.D. '72 Koelsch)I am a Professor of Chemistry at East StroudsburgUniv. I recently delivered lectures at MiddleTennessee State Univ. in Murfreesboro, Tennesseeand at Appalachian State Univ. in Boone, NorthCarolina. I was the invited speaker at a meetingof the Sigma Xi Chapter at Middle Tennessee

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State Univ. where I spoke on Chemicals in theMarketplace-Thailand. I was also invited tospeak to students and faculty in the ChemistryDepartments of Middle Tennessee State Univ.and Appalachian State Univ. The talks relatedresults of research carried out in Thailand andat East Stroudsburg Univ. on chemical processesused in the silver, gold, and orchid industries inNorthern Thailand. I reported on compoundsin foods and spices that contribute colors andflavors. These ingredients and spices enhanceand contribute to the uniqueness of Thai food.Maynard Brandt (M.S. '75 Truhlar)I am a Senior Programmer/Analyst for CrayHPC Benchmarking, where I work on SGISupercomputer Systems, the fastest computersin the world. Cray HPC Benchmarking consistsof people who are knowledgeable in codeoptimization, system performance, and systemconfiguration for the Cray SV1, Cray T3E-1200E, and Cray T90 supercomputer systems.I help optimize customer programs, certainpublished benchmarks, and certain applicationprograms to achieve peak performance on thosesystems. Employment History: NationalBookkeeping and Tax Service, Minneapolis,MN, '78-'79, Control Data Corporation,Bloomington, MN, '79-'85, ETA Systems, Inc.,St. Paul, MN, '85-'89, Multiflow, Inc., Branford,CT, '89-'90, Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, MN,'90-'96, Silicon Graphics Inc., '96-current.Tom Briden (B.S. '73)I graduated from the U of M in March of '73. Iwent into the USAF pilot training program inApril of '73 and returned to fly with theMinnesota Air National Guard and Illinois AirNational Guard for 20 years. Between flights Itaught high school math and science in St. PaulMinnesota from '74-'75. I spent my next 4 yearsas an air traffic controller and airspace systemengineer for the FAA in Minneapolis. I now flyas a Captain on Boeing 767's for AmericanAirlines in Chicago, Illinois. I married my gradeschool sweetheart, Joyce, and we have 3 lovelychildren. The youngest hopefully will attendcollege in Minnesota 2 years from now. Joycealso attended the U of M for 2 years andeventually graduated from Northern Ill. Univ. awhile back. She now teaches in an elementaryschool as a health and science instructor. Wemaintain close ties with some old friends "upnorth" but I have lost contact with all of myChemistry major peers.Kay (Lampe) Craighead (B.A. '69, Ph.D. '73Bryant)I am teaching chemistry and physical science atSt. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights MN.Keith R. Johnson (B.A. '70 Overend)Professor in the Department of Oral Biology,College of Dentistry and the Eppley CancerCenter at the Nebraska Medical Center inOmaha.Tom Stavros (Ph.D. '71 )Retired.

Charlie Kolpin (Ph.D. '77 Swofford)Retired from 3M after 20 years on 10/12/01.Linda Rochford (B.S. '78)Currently I am the department head and associateprofessor of marketing at UMD. I delivered acourse on developing and marketing newproducts, offered for the first time this pastsummer at UMD in the School of Business andEconomics. Student teams were sent out to studythe new product development processes of sixdifferent technology and manufacturing relatedcompanies as part of the class.Douglas Root (B.A. '77)Ph.D. Univ. of Arizona, 1984. Presently: DirectorQuality Assurance, CIMA LABS Inc., EdenPrairie, MN. Back in Minnesota after riding thestart-up company wave in California with ShamanPharmaceuticals and Cygnus TransdermalSystems.Jeffrey Sholl (B.A. '72)After completing a MS in Food Chemistry in '75I joined Pillsbury in R&D where I spent 15 years.I migrated into a marketing function and joinedHaagen-Dazs after its acquisition by Pillsbury.While at Haagen-Dazs I developed the Haagen-Dazs ice cream bar and have spent many yearsbeing accused of adding many inches to Americaswaistline. I currently own a business with officesin Mpls; Monterey, CA; and Idaho Falls. Thisbusiness markets fresh fruits and veggies underthe Green Giant brand.

1980'sPauline (Spadaccini) Arabanos (B.S. '80)Moved to Huntington Beach, CA in '84. Workedfor Battery Sales Management & Design from'80-'98 for major battery manufacturers. Nowown and operate Home Buddies Pet Sitting - anin-home pet service for dogs, cats, birds.Frank Blum (Ph.D. '81 W.Miller)For 2000-2002 I am the chair of the ACSCommittee on Divisional Activities. ThisCommittee is responsible for the approximately115,000 ACS Division memberships.I was also awarded the 2001 DistinguishedAlumni Award from Eastern Illinois University,Charleston IL.http://www.eiu.edu/~alumni/awards/Steven Bonser (Ph.D. '83 Gassman)I began working for Eastman Kodak CompanyDecember of ’82. I am currently a SeniorDevelopment Chemist in their ImagingChemicals Technology Unit. I am a ProjectLeader, responsible for the development of newchemical syntheses and robust chemical processesfor new chemicals slated for new products.Currently, I am involved with the design anddevelopment of fairly complex polyaromaticfluorescent dyes to be used in the new OrganicLight Emitting Diode technology for flat paneldisplay applications, a field in which Kodak isthe world leader. I am also involved in thechemical development of new, complexheterocyclic dyes to be used in the Color Proofing/Publishing world. I also am a Senior Ph.D.

Recruiter for the R&D Laboratories for EastmanKodak. From 1991-1993 I was a Visiting Scholarat Harvard University under the direction of Prof.George Whitesides.Catherine and I have been married for 21 years.She is also employed by Eastman KodakCompany where her titles are Dir. of Strategy,Global Manufacturing & Dir. New BusinessDevelopment, Global Manufacturing. We have2 children, Aaron, 16 and Laura, 14.Matthew Callstrom (Ph.D. '87 Gassman)MD: Mayo Medical School '97Residency: Mayo Graduate School of Medicine,Diagnostic Radiology '97-'01 Joining staff at theMayo Clinic in Diagnostic Radiology July 2002.Research programs involving molecular imagingand percutaneousradio-frequency ablation ofneoplastic tissue. My wife, Brenda and I havetwo children: Joseph (11) and Peter (8).Sumana Chakrabarti (Ph.D. '82 W. Miller)Currently a Senior Research Scientist at thePillsbury Technology Center (330 University Ave.S. E., Mpls. MN 55414, Tel: 612 330 859) email:Schakrabarti@pillsbury.comMichael DiPierro (Ph.D. '84 Mann)I live in the northern Chicago suburbs with mywife Barb. Barb is an elementary teacher,specializing in English as a second language. Iam technical director at Ferro Pfanstiehl, a bulkpharmaceutical and fine chemical manufacturerin Waukegan, IL. When I left MN in '84, I spenta year-and-a-half postdocing at IndianaUniversity. Bloomington was great. I went fromthere to Pittsburgh for two years spent at PPGIndustries learning polymer chemistry and theart of making paint, then onto Union Carbidein Bound Brook, New Jersey again in appliedpolymer chemistry. '90 brought me back toIllinois to work for Abbott Laboratories inpharmaceutical process development - a mixtureof laboratory, pilot plant and manufacturing ofpharmaceutical intermediates and drugs. Muchlike what I continue to do at Ferro Pfanstiehl.mjdipierro@hotmail.com.George Dohmann (M.S. '83 Leete)I left Minnesota to become a Peace CorpVolunteer in Belize where I taught high schoolscience. Upon my return, I worked at as achemist at Ciba-Geigy and attended law schoolin the evening. I am currently a patent attorneyat Novartis Pharmaceuticals. I live inFlemington, NJ with my wife and two children.John A. Jackson (B.A. '82)In '84, he started graduate school at theUniversity of Iowa, receiving his Ph.D. inOrganic Chemistry in '90, while working withProfessor David F. Wiemer. The title of hisdissertation was "New Chemistry of a-Phosphono Lactones." In the spring of '90, Johnjoined the laboratory of Professor Charles M.Thompson in the Chemistry Department atLoyola University Chicago as a postdoctoralresearch associate. While at Loyola, John workedon the synthesis of biologically active chiralorganophosphorus compounds. In the fall of '92,

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John accepted a Visiting Assistant Professorposition in the Chemistry Department ofMansfield State University, in Mansfield,Pennsylvania. John returned to Chicago duringthe summer of '93, working again with ProfessorCharles M. Thompson at Loyola University. Inthe fall of '93, John began his current positionas an Assistant Professor in the Department ofChemistry at Youngstown State University. In'98, he was granted tenure and promoted toAssociate Professor. Dr. Jackson is a member ofthe American Chemical Society (Organic Div.,Agrochemicals Div.) and The Council onUndergraduate Research (CUR).Carlos H. Juarez (Ph. D. '90 Munck)After graduating I took a job with the chemicalsdivision of Eastman Kodak. In '93, the chemicalsdivision became an independent company andit is known as Eastman Chemical Company. Ihave had several assignements. Currently, I amthe technical coordinator of the opticalspectroscopy group of our research organization.Some of our research relates to the study ofpolymers under physical deformnation bydynamic infrared dichroism. Our lab has otherfunctions. For example, we provide support toour world wide manufacturing units in thedevelopment of analytical methods based onRaman, fluorescence, near infrared, far infraredand X-ray fluorescence spectroscopies. We alsohave a program to develop analytical methodsbased on chemometric techniques coupled toraman spectroscopy for on line applications.John B. Lynch (Ph.D. '89 Que)I have recently moved up to the Boston Area totake a job with Millipore Corporation after 9years with W.R. Grace. I am managingtechnology projects involving polymer surfaceand materials science in support of thedevelopment on new porous separation media.Besides the challenging work in Boston, I havethe added benefit of getting together withVaughn Miller ('90) and Joe Schroeder ('88).This year, my wife, Kathy, and I are celebrating10 years of marriage and the 1st birthday of ourdaughter, Kerry. john_lynch@millipore.comGary S. Proehl (Ph.D. '80 Gassman)'80-'98 - Chemist at Eastman Kodak Co. inRochester, NY '98-'01 - Senior Scientist at EisaiResearch Institute, Chemical DevelopmentDivision in Andover, MA doing pharmaceuticalprocess development work involving late-stageprocess optimization using statistics andcomputer-controlled reactors (Eisai ResearchInstitute is part of Eisai Chemical headquarteredin Japan) Currently a member of the AmericanChemical Society and the American StatisticalAssociation.Alayne L. Schroll (Ph.D. '86 Barany)I just completed my fifteenth academic year atSt. Michael’s College in Colchester, VT;I continue to Chair the Chemistry and PhysicsDepartment . I’ll continue in this position forat least three more years. My primary teachingresponsibilities are biochemistry lectures and

labs, and organic chemistry labs. My research iscurrently focused on writing up DNA chemicalfootprinting work that I did at the University ofVermont. Address: Department of Chemistryand Physics, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester,Vermont 05439 E-mail: aschroll@smcvt.eduPhone: 802-654-2378David Schwenke (Ph. D '85 Truhlar)Dec. '86 - arrived in sunny California after anexciting journey from Minneapolis in a 25 yearold car. Jan - Mar '87 - worked days as a rocketscientist for the Computational ChemistryBranch, NASA Ames Research Center, workedweekends on 26 year old car. April '87 - boughta “new” 4 year old car. Sept. '88 - Employersliked me enough to make me a civil servant. April'93 - promoted to maximum G.S. rating. '95 -Employers liked me enough to make me an AmesAssociate Fellow. '93-'97 - My career as aBroadway Musical violinist (The Fox Theatre onBroadway in Redwood City, CA). I kept myday job. '95 - '96 - I was in hot water (H.Partridge and D.W. Schwenke, J. Chem. Phys.106, 4618 (1997)) '97 - Life gets better - I meetCynthia Marie Hicks. '98 - Married CynthiaMarie Hicks. '97 - '00 - I am up to my nose inmethane.Daniel Siu (M.S. '89 Que/Muenck)Currently, I am a product manager for geneticanalysis software products at Applied Biosystems/Applera Corporation in Foster City, CA.Although my job now has more to do withmolecular genetics than chemistry, a lot of theanalytical skills I picked up as a graduate studentare still very useful. It actually feels pretty goodthese days: to be a part of a team that providessoftware tools to those who raced to completethe Human Genome Project using the ABI 3700DNA Sequencers. In this domain, researchersare now moving fast to discover relevant geneticmarkers (SNPs) using the available humangenome data. Hopefully we can make somecontributions in this area by providing tools tospeed up the discovery process. My email isSiuDC@AppliedBiosystems.com.Rex Skodje (Ph.D. '83 Truhlar)After leaving Don’s group back in '83, pennylessI might add, I took a postdoc position with BillReinhardt in Boulder. No sooner did I arrive inColorado than Bill announces his imminentdeparture for Univ. of Pennsylvania. So I decidedto do a quick project (adiabatic switching) andre-enter the postdoc market. But a funny thinghappened on the way to the unemploymentoffice, Univ. of Colorado actually offered me afaculty job! Being the ever shrewd negotiator, Itook the first thing they offered and I have been(more or less) merrily doing theoretical chemistryhere ever since. In my work I have enjoyedexploring a number of new areas for me,semiclassical quantization, nonlinear dynamics,chaotic scattering, wavepacket dynamics, surfacecatalysis, adlayer coarsening, thin film kinetics,atmospheric chemistry, and even some reactiondynamics. Last year I took a year long sabbatical

to recover my sanity (it didn’t work), and I spentquite a long time in Taiwan working with ourold friend Kopin Liu. As luck would have it,Kopin obtained the first conclusive evidence fora reactive resonance in a beam experiment(F+HD) while I was there, and I found myselffirst in line to do the theory. So, after all theseyears it seems I am back to working on my firstproject with Don. Anyway, it was a greatexperience working in Don’s group and I havegood memories of those days and my fellowstudents.Rachel Slade (B.S. '89)After graduating from MN, I went to graduateschool at the U of Oregon, and got my PhD in'95 working on radicals in organic synthesis withBruce Branchaud. Since then, I've entered theworld of small biotech companies (DarwinMolecular in Seattle, WA; Siddco in Tucson, AZ;currently Myriad Pharmaceuticals in Salt LakeCity, UT). In '99, I married a nice analytical/physical chemist that I met in grad school (whopostdoc'd for Paul Barbara at U of MN in '96-'97), and who is now an Asst. Prof. at the U ofUtah. I now hang out in Salt Lake City(anxiously dreading the arrival of the 2002 winterolympics), along with fellow U of MN alumsShelia David, Thanh Truong, and Colleen & EricHegg, enjoying the very mild winters andlearning how to downhill ski.Susan C. Tucker (Ph.D. '89 Truhlar)After leaving MN, Jim Ball and I travelledthrough Europe for 2 months...we got to see allthe East Germans who never left Hungary ('89).This was followed by a post doctoral stint atColumbia Univ. in NYC. I was thus exposed toboth condensed phase rate theory (with BruceBerne and Eli Pollak) and very excellent food.Not to mention a high (pre-Giulliani) crimerate. After leaving NYC, Jim and I spent 3 weekson a boat off the Baja pennisula and successfullyobserved a full total eclipse of the sun. Fromthere I headed off to my current position as afaculty member in chemistry at UC - Davis,where I've finally made Full Professor. I studyprimarily condensed phase solute dynamics, withan emphasis on supercritical fluids...this latter isthe source of all of my fame and fortune (whatlittle there is). To learn more about this work,please check out my perpetually outdated web-site at: http://www-chem.ucdavis.edu/people/tucker.shtml. The gossip is that Jim is nowworking for a biotech company on the East coastand is married to someone other than me. Mycats and I train in Tae Kwon Do and snowboardwhen we're not working.Mike Van Lente (Ph.D. '87 L. Miller)I've been a Senior Scientist here atEnvironmental Test Systems, Inc., in Elkhart,Indiana, for over six years. I am presently partof the Technology Group, which is charged withbringing new technology into the organizationin one way or another. We make colorimetrictest strips for various purposes includingswimming pool testing, soil testing for home

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gardeners, and residual peroxide testing to servethe needs of medical facilities. ETS is in onebuilding plus a neighboring warehouse; we havea total of about 50-60 employees (down from90+ a year or two ago). We are part of HachCompany, which is involved in many aspects ofwater testing. Hach is, in turn, part of DanaherCorporation, a $3+ billion/yr company that istraded on the NYSE.David A. Weil (Ph.D. '84 Dixon)Senior Research Specialist at 3M Corporate,Analytical Technology Center 201-BW-09, St.Paul, MN 55144 651-737-5284daweil@mmm.comChuck Winter (Ph.D. '86 Gassman)Chuck Winter is currently Professor andAssociate Chair of Chemistry at Wayne StateUniversity. He currently has a group of 15graduate students and postdocs and has fourmajor federal grants to support his research.Research projects are underway in organometallicand coordination chemistry, chemical vapordeposition, and in the application ofnanoparticles to thin film formation.

1990'sMari Baldwin (B.S. '95)Went to medical school at U of MN in '96 andgraduated in 2000. I chose residency in Pediatricsand am currently in my 2nd year at UCLA.Enjoying LA sun and fun and maybe will comeback to MN in the future after I am done withmy training.Matthew Comstock (B.S. '91)Following my graduation from the U of MN in'91, I attended graduate school at the Univ. ofIllinois at Urbana/Champaign. I conductedresearch under Prof. John R. Shapley, andinvestigated the chemistry of mono- and poly-nuclear iridium compounds containing indenylligands (indenyl - eta-5-C9H7; thinkcyclopentadienyl ligand with a fused benzene ringhanging off one side). After graduating with myPh.D. in '96, my family and I moved toCincinnati, Ohio, where I began work at TheShepherd Color Company as a research anddevelopment chemist. I continue to work withShepherd today. In this position, I am able tofocus on one of the best aspects of chemistry-thepretty colors! We make metal oxide pigmentsfor such applications as residential vinyl siding,commercial metal building materials (coil), andautomobile glass.My wife Rita and I, and our three children,Gabriel, Lucas, and Emily are enjoying our lifein Cincinnati.Paul Day (Ph.D '91 Truhlar)After finishing my degree, I did postdoctoralresearch with Mark Gordon from Sept. '91 toJuly '93, the first year at North Dakota StateUniv. in frigid Fargo, ND, and the second yearat Iowa State Univ. in balmy Ames, IA. Oneproject on which I worked involved thedevelopment of a method for including solventeffects in ab initio calculations. This method,

called the Effective Fragment Potential (EFP),is still part of my current research. I have beenworking at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base sinceAugust, '93. I still compete in triathlons eachsummer.Paul Deck (Ph.D. '93 Gassman)After receiving my Ph.D. I went to NorthwesternUniv. for a postdoctoral appointment with TobinMarks. While I was at Northwestern, I metCarla Slebodnick, who later ('98) became mywife. She was studying for her Ph.D. with JimIbers. In '95, I joined the faculty at VirginiaTech, and Carla went off to do a postdoc withVince Pecoraro at the Univ. of Michigan beforesettling in as an instructor in our departmentwith responsibility for X-ray crystallography.Earlier this year (2001) I was promoted withtenure. Carla and I enjoy teaching at VirginiaTech, and we love living in Blacksburg in thebeautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of southwesternVirginia. Come visit us some time.Sarah Donahue (B.S. '97)Since graduation I have worked for Cargill DowPolymers (located in Savage, MN) for one yearand have subsequently started graduate schoolat the U of MN for Pharmacology. Grad schoolis OK, but I really miss all of my Chemistrybuddies!Michael Dvorak (Ph.D. '92 K.Leopold)This fall I stared as an Asst. Prof. at St. CloudState Univ. I am coming from seven years inindustry at Dakota Technologies, Inc. in Fargo.I like being closer to the Twin Cities, but despiteFargo's reputation as cold and windy, I will trulymiss it.Steve Gerst (B.S. '93)Finished my PhD in Chemistry from Univ ofWashington in Seattle in March 2000. Icurrently live in Stillwater, MN, and work for3M making Post-it(R) Notes.David J. Giesen (Ph. D. '97 Truhlar)Since leaving Minnesota in March of '97, I'vebeen working for Eastman Kodak as acomputational chemist. Since May of '97, I'vebeen happily married to the woman formerlyknown as Kerrie Harms (now Kerrie Giesen),who herself is an alum of the U of M Chemistrystockroom. In March of 2001, we had our firstchild, Anna Giesen. Until the next, ahem,'restructuring', I can be reached atdavid.giesen@kodak.comJohn Gore (B.S. '97)I'm a first year resident at UCLA. I'm in theurology program but I have to do a year and ahalf of general slavery, I mean surgery. Not muchopportunity to enjoy LA, but I definitely dowhen I can. It makes you miss the midwest -lotsa glitz out here.Dave Gorman (Ph.D. '90 Gassman)I'm enjoying working at Dow Chemical Co. inMidland, MI doing a mix of process researchand project management in the agriculturalchemicals area. My wife Linda and I have twogreat kids, Becky (9) and Jonathan (2), and weboth are very active in our church. Overall,

living in Midland the past 11+ years has beengreat! If you're interested in more details, contactus at gormans@mindnet.org.David Gray (B.S. '98)I am still in San Diego in graduate school atScripps beginning my fourth year in the lab ofProfessor K. C. Nicolaou where my researchcenters on the total synthesis of natural productsand attendant methodology. I am truly enjoyingmy training and life here as are my wife Jessica,and daughter Dianne (2). We are expecting oursecond child in early May.Bob Hammer (Ph.D. '90 Barany)Bob is now an Associate Professor of Chemistryat Louisiana State Univ., where he has been since'92. His group's research involves the synthesisof peptide and nucleic acid analogs and theirstructural and biological evaluation. He liveswith his wife Karen and two daughters, JillianPeihua (6) and Katharine Limin (3), in BatonRouge, LA not far from the beautiful LSUcampus. Go Tigers, Go Gophers!!!Roger Harrison (Postdoc '93-'95 Que)I am still doing well. My family is fine.Chemistry is fine. I received tenure here at BYUlast year.Robert Houser (Ph.D. '96 Tolman)Currently I am an assistant professor in theinorganic division of the Department ofChemistry and Biochemistry at the Universityof Oklahoma. On a personal note, my wife, Barb,and I now have three children, Emily (10),Suzanne (4) and Thomas (1).Wei-Ping Hu (Ph.D. '95 Truhlar)I am now an assistant professor in the departmentof chemistry of the National Chung ChengUniversity. The University is in the middle-southpart of Taiwan and is close to the city of Chia-Yi.Angela James (B.S. '97)After 4 1/2 years of working in industry I will be“retiring” from chemistry and starting a careerin dentistry. I am very excited about this newcareer path although I am very sad to be leavingmy current job. Life has been good to me andam looking forward to what the future brings.Hope everyone from the class of '97 is doingwell!Melody Jewell (B.A. '97)I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Paper Science andEngineering at the U of MN, College of NaturalResources. I hope to be finished this spring orsummer.Linda D. Kennedy (B.A. '96)Since earning my Juris Doctor in 1998 from theUniv. of Minnesota, I have been a patent attorneyfor the intellectual property law firm of BrinksHofer Gilson & Lione in Chicago, Illinois.Michael Konkel (Ph.D. '93 Noland)After graduating and leaving Wayland Noland'sgroup in '93, I carried out a post-doctoralassignment with Dr. Robert Vince in theMedicinal Chemistry Department. My wife Lisaand I moved to Garfield NJ in '96 because I tookon a post-doctoral assignment with Synaptic

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Pharmaceutical Corporation (located in ParamusNJ), working on ligands for adrenergic receptors.In '98, I joined the chemistry staff at SynapticPharmaceutical Corporation at the level ofScientist II. In 2000, I was promoted to SeniorScientist, my current position. Currently, I leadthe chemistry section of Synaptic's depressionproject - for which, shortly, we will have acompound going into the clinic.Bridget (Neutgens) MacBean (B.S. '97)I am currently working in pharmaceutical salesfor Novartis in the transplant division. I've beenwith the company for 2 years.Shouchin (Zhou) Man (Ph.D. '96 Gray)My husband and I and our 3 children (age 9, 6,and 2.5) are living in Ann Arbor, MI. Both Myhusband and I are working for Pfizer GlobalR&D.Gina Mancini-Samuelson (Ph.D. '96Stankovich)I am an assistant professor at the College of St.Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. I have beenteaching in the Chemistry Department for 5years. I teach the analytical courses and nursinggeneral hemistry. My husband (David) and Ibuilt a home in Inver Grove Heights a couple ofyears ago and we still have many (too many)whippets.Vasilios S. Melissas (Ph.D. '93 Truhlar)Assistant Prof. of Chemistry, Section of PhysicalChemistry, Department of Chemistry, Universityof Ioannina, GR-451 10 Ioannina, GREECEmelissas@chem.auth.gr http://www.uoi.gr/schools/scmath/chemistry/chemistry.htmlMichelle Mullikin Chanak (M.S. '92 Kass)I am currently a stay-at-home mother living inForest Lake, MN. My husband, Mike, andmyself have a little boy named Zachary. He wasborn May 7, '99. I left my position as a SeniorChemist at H.B. Fuller Company in September'99. I found that I was a much happier motherbeing at home with Zach. It was a very difficultdecision to leave my position at H.B. Fuller as Ihad been with them for 7 years and they treatedme very well. However, looking back, it was thebest decision that I have ever made. To save mysanity and get a little adult interaction, I workabout 15 hours a week as a Pharmacy Technicianat the Forest Lake Wal-Mart. I work eveningsand weekends so that we don't need daycare. Tomeet other stay-at-home moms in the area, Ijoined the local MOMS Club. I am currentlythe Vice-President of our chapter. Mike and Ihave been married 6 years as of July 29th. He isa Chemical Engineer at H.B. Fuller. He didn'twork there when we met. Actually, he has onlybeen with H.B. Fuller for a week! He hadpreviously been with a small engineeringconsulting firm in Blaine.William “Bill” Necoechaea (Ph.D. '95 Truhlar)After a brief stint in the private sector, I becamea public high school science teacher in BergenCounty, New Jersey, in January, '98. Things aregoing quite well, and I can’t think of a way inwhich I’d rather be involved in science. I live in

Essex county, very close to ex group-memberRobert Topper, with whom I keep in touch.Karl Ochs II (M.S. '91 Pignolet)I'm currently living in St. Paul, MN workingfor DecisionOne as a Level 1 Help DeskTechnician.Lane (Callahan) Patten (B.S. '96)After graduating from the Institute ofTechnology in '96, I went to medical school atthe University of Minnesota. During my thirdyear of medical school I got married to JustinPatten, another IT graduate (electricalengineering 1997). I graduated with an MD in2000 and moved to Houston, Texas to start aresidency program. I am currently a second yearsurgical resident at Baylor College of Medicinein Houston, Texas. I will be going into the labin 2002 to work on surgical research in coloncancer diagnosis and treatment. My currentgoals are to finish my residency in surgery andapply for a fellowship in surgical oncology.Dacia Pickering (Ph.D. '96 Rychnovsky)Currently working for Bristol-Myers Squibb inPrinceton NJ as a Research Investigator IIdacia.pickering@bms.comJay P. Powers (Ph.D. '95 Rychnovsky)'95-'96 Postdoc with Gilbert Stork, ColumbiaUniversity '96-'98 Abbott Labs, MedicinalChemistry '98-present Tularik Inc., South SanFrancisco, Medicinal Chemistryjpowers@tularik.comOwen Priest (Ph.D. '96 Hoye)After 2.5 years teaching organic chemistry atHobart & William Smith Colleges I moved toChicago, where for the past year and a half Ihave been on faculty at Northwestern Universityas the Director of Undergraduate OrganicLaboratories.Scott Reeve (Ph.D. '92 K.Leopold)After graduating from the University ofMinnesota, I was awarded an Office of NavalResearch Postdoctoral Fellowship to studydiamond thin film CVD chemistry at MichelsonLaboratories in California. I began teaching atArkansas State Univ. in August of '94. Since '96I have worked to establish a Laser SpectroscopyLaboratory at ASU. Currently, we have two laserbased spectrometers on-line and collecting data.Nes Rotstein (Ph.D. '91 Lodge, Prager, Tirrell)Upon completion of my Ph.D. in PolymerPhysics I went to work for Monsanto where Ihad a number of different positions of increasingresponsibility in R&D, Marketing andSales through '98. In '99 I transferred to TheDow Chemical Company as part of a MarketingAlliance between my previous and presentemployers. I am currently a BusinessDevelopment Manager in the FiberSolutions Group of the Polyolefins andElastomers Business at Dow. My wife Emily, aU of MN alumna, is a Business DevelopmentManager at Dow's Advanced ElectronicsMaterials Business. We are located in Midland,Michigan and have two beautiful children,Henning and Mathias, 5 and 3 years old

respectively.Chris Rozanas (Ph.D. '93 Gray) and ClayRandall (Ph.D. '93 Que)We recently moved to New Jersey after living inthe San Francisco Bay Area for eight years. Christook a new position as an applications managerfor proteomics at Amersham Biosciences, whichrequired her to relocate to the headquarters inNJ. She has been at Amersham since '97. Claytransferred to one of the NJ offices of SiebelSystems, where he has been a senior technicalwriter since 2000. Our son Jonathan turned twoin August 2001.Ravit Sarid (B.S. ’96)After graduation I went to the University of NorthTexas, Denton TX and completed two MSdegree; the first in Chemistry with IndustrialSpecialization and a minor in ComputerEducation and Cognitive Systems, December '98,and the second in Computer Science, May 2001.I currently work as a Software Engineer at CSAUnity Tooling, IBM Corporation, Rochester MNdoing design and development of BiDi supportin Unity Tooling.Jamie L. Schneider (Ph.D. '99 Tolman)I am in my second year of teaching at WinonaState University as an Assistant Professor. I havebeen enjoying teaching a variety of introductorychemistry courses for science, nursing, and non-science majors. Besides these courses, I have alsobeen teaching chemical information and chemicaleducation courses. The education side of myposition has been the most fun. Recently, Ireceived a small grant to develop an outreachprogram. On the personal side, my husbandDave and I are enjoying life out in the country.We recently bought a house with a little bit ofacreage along the bluffs of the Mississippi river.We enjoy taking walks through the woods withour puppy.Amy Seim (B.S. '97)I lived in Los Angeles for four years aftergraduating. I worked for a business to businessmarketing agency two years. Then decidedmarketing was not my thing, and took an interimvacation to Israel and Egypt last year. I am nowin Minnesota applying to veterinary school at theU of M and the U of Pennsylvania, and trying tostay warm! I plan to practice equine medicineASAP.David Severson (B.S. '97)I have been employed with H.B. Fuller Companysince graduating. I started my career as aformulations chemist and have moved on to amarketing position. I currently reside in Edinaand when I am not working I enjoy runningaround the lakes and playing golf.Andreea Simion (B.S. '97)My husband, Bogdan and I live with our twoboys Alexander (4) and Anthony (1) in Californianow. I left the lab and currently work in HumanResources and am enrolled in a Certificateprogram in Human Resources Management atthe University of California Berkeley, so I amgoing to school after work.

Kindergarten and twin 3 year-old boys. Onthe free-time front: I wrote, produced, andperformed a full length original music CDcalled "The Words I Say Are True" early in2001. It's available for play, download, orpurchase at http://www.mp3.com/wonchoba . It has been favorablyreviewed locally as well as internationally bya rock magazine in Holland.

2000'sMegan (Wolgamot) Malvey (M.S. '00Arriaga)After completing my degree at the U, I wasmarried in May 2000 to Michael Malvey. Wecurrently live in St. Paul and I am working inthe Shared Technical Service Laboratory atEcolab as a Senior Chemist.

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Chris Stepaniak (B.S. '97)After graduation I went into the Initial Licensureteaching program at the U. After finishing that,I decided I didn't want to join the real world, soI went to graduate school. I'm now in my fourthyear of grad school at U of MN, in the physicsdepartment, studying experimental heavy quarkphysics. Currently (and most likely until I finishmy thesis) I'm at the Wilson SynchrotronLaboratory, on the Cornell University campus.Lynn Swanson Elverum (B.S. '97)I graduated in '97 and went on to graduateschool to study public affairs of all things. Myemphasis in public affairs was in technology,energy, and environmental policy. Duringgraduate school I was a teaching assistant. WhileTAing, I decided that I loved to teach. So, I amnow a high school chemistry teacher at StillwaterArea High School.Jon Thorson (Ph.D. '93 Liu)I recently moved my lab from the MemorialSloan-Kettering Cancer Center (and CornellUniversity Medical School) in NYC to UW,Madison School of Pharmacy - now as anassociate professor. The School of Pharmacyrecently moved into a spectacular new facility(Rennebohm Hall) and we encourage studentsto take a closer look at the exciting researchopportunities in our Pharmaceutical SciencesGraduate Program.Danielle (my wife) and I had our first baby(Cristina) in August of 2000 and she is nowalmost 14 months old ... we are enjoying everyminute of it! However, born a 'city girl', Cristinadid have a tough time adjusting to the quieternights in Madison (Cristina's bedroom in NYCwas on the corner of York Ave and 62nd St -busy at all hours of the day and night).Other than that, I am still a Vikings fan but ambecoming a Badger fan (if that is legal.)Ted Ulrich (B.S. '92)Graduated in May 2001 from The CatholicUniversity of America in Washington, D.C.Received Ph.D. in Religious Studies. Currentlya Visiting Professor at the Univ. of St. Thomasin St. Paul. Hopes to find permanentemployment soon!Randall Wanke (Ph.D. '93 Carr)I've been at Augustana College in Rock Island,IL, for 6 years. Last year I received tenure. I'veswitched my teaching duties from analyticalchemistry and instrumental analysis toenvironmental chemistry and coordinating ourgeneral chemistry program. Most recently I'vebeen doing some methods research involvingchemometrics.Angela Wilson (Ph.D. '95 Almlof )After graduating I was a postdoc ('95-'97) atPacific Northwest National Laboratory withThom Dunning, Jr. where my projects includedthe development of ab initio correlationconsistent basis sets. In Fall 2000, I became anAssistant Professor in the Dept. of Chemistry(doctoral-granting) at the University of NorthTexas, where I continue research in the

As a labor of love Gerald (Gerry) Boyack (Ph.D. 1947, with Lee I. Smith), whois retired from the Upjohn Co. (now Pharmacia Corp.), has for many years put outat his own expense an annual newsletter with the above title. The most recentpublication date is November 7, 2001. The list begins with a brief commentary,including news of the passing of friends and the availability of the list on E-mail (aswell as hard copy). The list consists primarily of names and addresses (including E-mail addresses, when available) of former organic chemistry graduate students andpostdoctoral fellows, and in some cases their widows, along with faculty with whomthey would have been associated. At the end of the primary list are names of thosewho are known to be deceased, followed by a "Where Is?" list of those with whomGerry has lost contact. The list extends beyond organic chemistry graduate studentsand includes people who were here during the '50's.

The name of the list arises because in the 1940's many of the organic graduatestudents from most research groups were housed in a single large, bull pen-typelaboratory on the west side of the fourth floor of Smith Hall, Lab 490.

We owe a debt of gratitude to Gerry for his public service efforts over a numberof years to help us keep informed and in touch with our friends and former colleagues.If you would like to be added to the list or contribute information, please contact:

Gerry Boyack1518 Henderson DriveKalamazoo,MI 49006-4423gboyack@compuserve.com

by Wayland E. Noland

Four Ninety in the Forties andFriends (The Minnesota List)

development of computational chemistrymethodology with my research group of seven.(UNT is the fourth largest university in Texas(28,000 students) located at the northernoutskirts of Dallas).Nate Wittenberg (B.S. '99)Currently in my second year in grad school atPenn State doing analytical research with Prof.Andy Ewing.Steven Wonchoba (Ph.D. '97 Truhlar)On the professional front: I'm a Lead SystemsEngineer at Qwest on Stinson Blvd inMinneapolis, doing coding and development,systems administration and support, and webtool / product development. Many of the samethings that I did as a graduate student, onlygeared towards a different application. On thehome / family front: We live in Blaine, MNnow. We have 3 great kids -- a daughter in

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Chemistry Degrees Granted from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

Kristina Marie BalckWillmar, MN

Holly Jean Barron++New Brighton, MN

Kimberly Lynn BobbittEau Claire, WI

Daniel John Breault+Deer Park, WI

Alissa Rachel Bruss++Wells, MN

Michelle Lynn BudingerHam Lake, MN

Mayerlin J. ChallanderCambridge, MN

Glenn Andrew ChengHoffman Estates, IL

Manchi CheungPort Orange, FL

Joseph T. Delaney Jr.Oakdale, MN

Aryel Roxanne DikerHopkins, MN

David DreytserEagan, MN

Eric D. EsboldtCottage Grove, MN

David James FlanniganMorris, MN

Bachelor's Degrees and home town

Chad E. Johnson Lodge Probe Diffusion in Disordered Block Copolymer Melts

Yuelan Li L. Miller Synthesis and Properties of Molecular Squares Grad. School, Univ. ofMaryland, Comp.Sci..

Brian E. Nelson W. Miller Solvent Uptake in Crosslinked Submicron Latex Particles General Mills

Autumn E. Rich McNeill Mechanistic Studies on the Dehalogenation of Chlorinated UMN, Dept. ofEthylenes by Cobalamin Model Complexes Civil Eng.

Brian Lee Stender McNeill The Development of a Time-Resolved Singlet Oxygen Phosphorescence William MitchellDetection System and The Quenching of Singlet Oxygen by College of LawPharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

Brian R. Strandberg Ellis 3M

Fai Chu Wong Musier-Forsyth Site-Directed Mutagenesis Studies and Cloning of Putative Amino UMN, Dept of Chem.,Acid Editing Domain in Class II Prolyl-tRNA Sythetase Ph.D. Candidate

Luke R. Zehnder Hsung Studies Directed Towards a Total Synthesis of Arisugacin Pfizer-Agoron

Master's Degrees

+ Distinction, ++ High Distinction, * Summa Cum Laude

Degrees Granted Over The Past Five Years Bachelor's Master's Ph.D.

1996-1997 74 7 481997-1998 64 10 331998-1999 93 11 291999-2000 94 8 392000-2001 76 8 24

Adam T. Froemming++Alexandria, MN

Jose Luis GallardoSt. Paul , MN

Angie Theresa GergenLakeville, MN

Greta Ann GosewischMinneapolis, MN

Matthew C. HauganAnoka, MN

Eric W. HemmeschSauk Rapids, MN

Andrew HolmBrookings, SD

Shubhashish HowladerWoodbury, MN

Michael James JohnsonBlaine, MN

Page Whitney JohnsonMandan, ND

Jessica Elaine JorvigBelle Fourche,

Dennis J. JungWaukesha, WI

Andrew D. KerslakeBrandon, SD

Karen Ann KirbyMaryville, MO

Theresa Diane KohlsRochester, MN

Kevin James KrenWatertown, WI

Jason B. KrogmanWhite Bear Lake, MN

Yakov Lapitsky+St. Paul, MN

Jeremy Kevin LarsenEagan, MN

Michele Marie LattrezCoon Rapids, MN

Jennifer Phuong LeMinneapolis, MN

Jimmy A. LionoSurabaya, India

Soua LorFalcon Heights, MN

Nathan E. Ludtke+Burlington, WI

Christine MaiChaska, MN

Dieudonne A. MairGainsville, FL

Eric Joel MayerHastings, MN

Sean P. McGeehanWoodbury, MN

Nathan Rob McNallanRochester, MN

Melissa C. MeinkeApple Valley, MN

Nicholas J. Midthune+Moorehead, MN

Christopher D. MorganLe Sueur, MN

Duane Stuart MorrisonWest St. Paul, MN

Karen Lynn MulfortBlaine, MN

Jason C. Myers+Crystal Lake, IL

Nghia Trung NguyenShakopee, MN

Marc C. Osborne+North Oaks, MN

Hakan OzturkMinneapolis, MN

Angie Peng+League City, TX

Troy A. Petersen++Worthington, MN

Thu Quynh PhanMinneapolis, MN

Bobby Gene Poe IIIWillmar, MN

Indah PuspitaBalikpapan Kaltim,India

Liam Justin QuinnMarshfield, WI

Christopher RomanowskiKenosha, WI

Tyler M. RossDuluth, MN

Patrick William SchildtEau Claire, WI

Sara Ellen SchurrWhite Bear Lake, MN

Brent Craig SeagerStoddard, WI

Ajit Bikram ShahMinneapolis, MN

Douglas E. Smith++Franklin, WI

Ryan Michael SotakEagan, MN

Brian E. StakstonWoodbury, MN

Kaine Swenson StokesBarron, WI

Loren J. Swenson*Ely, MN

Audrey M. ThompsonAnoka, MN

Premwati TomarFalcon Heights, MN

Lucas J. TomsichNorth Oaks, MN

Julia L. WeinkaufRockford, MN

Nicholas James WellmanRapid City, SD

Ryan WilsonPlymouth, MN

Georga WindspergerEau Claire, WI

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Christopher F. Blanford Stein Synthesis and Electron Microscopy of Inorganic and Hybrid Postdoctoral, OxfordOrganic-Inorganic Mesoporous and Macroporous Materials

Brian W. Burke Musier-Forsyth Species-Specific Differences in Recognition of tRNA (Pro)by Prolyl-tRNA Synthetases

Bin Chen Siepmann Phase Equilibria of Hydrocarbons, Alcohols, Water, and Postdoctoral, Univ. ofTheir Mixtures Pennsylvannia

Kui Chen-Ho Que Biomimetic Hydrocarbon Oxidations by Nonheme Iron Postdoctoral,Catalysts with Hydrogen Peroxide Northwestern Univ.

Arundhati Shripad Deo Forsyth Synthetic Efforts Toward Eleutherobin Array Biopharma

Cheryl Marie El-Hilali Gray Part I. Ultra-Sensitive Method for Carbohydrate StructuralAnalysis and Part II. Authentic Standards for the Reductive-Cleavage Method. The Positional Isomers of Partially Methylatedand Acetylated or Benzoylated 1,4-Anhydro-d-galactitol and1,5-Anhydro-d-ribitol

Denise Lynn Fiacco K. Leopold Microwave Investigation of Partial and Hydrogen Bonded AchillionMolecular Complexes Pharmaceuticals

Valerie Ann Frydrychowski Forsyth The Structural Basis of Phosphatase Inhibition by Okadaic Acid Postdoctoral, BrownUniversity

Michael David Hack Truhlar Quantum Photochemistry: Coupled Surfaces and Coupled RW JohnsonDynamics Pharmaceutical Research

Institute

Joel M. Harris O’Doherty Studies Toward the Synthesis of Alpha, Beta-Unsaturated Postdoctoral, Emory UDelta-Lactone Natural Products

Benjamin Ross Hazen W. Miller Microscopic Phenomena in Crosslinked Polymeric Materials Ashland Chemical Co.

Brian A. Jazdzewski Tolman Synthetic Modeling of Metal-Radical Arrays in Enzymes Dow Chemical Co.

Hao Kuang Distefano Rational Design of Protein-Based Catalysts CA biotech company

Pinghua Liu Liu Insights into the Enzymes in Fosfomycin Biosynthesis:Mechanistic Studies of HPP Epoxidase

Shawn D. McGrane Lipsky Photoionization Processes in Saturated Hydrocarbon Solvents Los Alamos Labs

Jodi M. Milhaupt Lodge Tracer Diffusion and Local Friction in Block Copolymer Melts Union Carbide

Erich J. Molitor Liu Mechanistic Studies of Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthase Dow Chemical Co.

Bongjin Moon Hoye I. Total Synthesis of (–)-Cylindrocyclophane A. II. Synthesis of Postdoctoral, Univ. ofFluorescent Reactive Polymers and Their Applications to California, IrvineDetection of Inter-Macromolecular Reactions

Jackson D. Pellett Stankovich Probing the Molecular Mechanism for Thermodynamic Pfizer Regulation in Short-and Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases

Ronald H. Schmidt Gladfelter Nanoscale Investigation of Viscoelasticity in Thin Polymer Films Postdoctoral, UniverityUsing Environmental Scanning Probe Microscopy of Lund, Sweden

Aosheng Wang Evans Multivariate Calibration of Retention in Reversed-Phase LiquidChromatography

Hanfu Wang Zhu Probing Metal/Organic Interfacial Electronic Structure by Pacific NW LabsTwo-Photon Photoemission

Hongyu Zhao Hoye Studies Toward a Total Synthesis of Callipeltoside A Abbott Research Labs.

Hui Zheng Que Modeling Biomimetic Intermediates of Nonheme Iron Postdoctoral, HamlineEnzymes University

Ph.D. Degrees

Department of ChemistryInstitute of TechnologyKolthoff and Smith Halls207 Pleasant St. S.E.Minneapolis, MN 55455

J. Doyle BrittonLiving in

Minneapolis, MNand active in science in

the department.

britton@chem.umn.edu

Bryce L. CrawfordLiving in St. Paul, MN.Inactive in science butenjoying the progress

being made in thedetermination of

molecular structure.

John S. DahlerLiving in Highland

Park, MN andactive in science in

the department.dahler@chem.umn.edu

Essie Kariv-MillerLiving in Tel Aviv,Isreal and enjoyingher grandchildren.

Maurice KreevoyLiving downtown

Minneapolis, MN andactive in science inthe department.

kreevoy@chem.umn.edu

Rufus W. LumryLiving in

Minneapolis, MNand active in sciencein the department.

lumry@chem.umn.edu

Alden MeadLiving in Savannah, GA.He and his wife, Karinare enjoying golf and

tennis. Still activescientifically.

camead@compuserve.com

Wilmer MillerLiving in Finland,

MN with Elli and doinga lot of handyworkaround the house.

wmiller@chem.umn.eduwmiller@mr.net

Stephen PragerLiving in Arden Hills,

MN with his wife Julie.Taking lots of walks and

enjoying life.psprager@cs.com

Warren ReynoldsWarren and Rose keeppleasantly busy with

family, travel, bridge andgardening. Warren fillsall available time with

research into the solvationof alkali ions.

Harold S. SwoffordWhen he and his wife,

Elna aren't traveling theyreside in Northern

Virginia. Consulting forCellresin in St. Paul, MN

mn2va@att.net

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Stuart W. Fenton

Raymond DodsonLiving in

Minneapolis, MNwith his wife Liz.

Inactive in science.Enjoying retirement.

Living in North Oaks,MN. Makes it into the

department when he andhis wife aren't traveling

or playing bridge.

Professor Emeritiread more details online at www.chem.umn.edu/alumni/newsletter.html