History – Page 4 – Department of Chemistry

2013 Distinguished Alumni, Faculty Achievements & the start of the Robert W. Perry Lectureship

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Richard D. Smith completed his doctorate degree under Jean Futrell in 1975. He is the Battelle Fellow and Chief Scientist within the Biological Sciences Division of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His research interests span the development of advanced analytical methods and instrumentation, with particular emphasis on high-resolution separations and mass spectrometry and their applications […]

October 24, 2024

2012 Distinguished Alumni & Faculty Remembrance

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Marilyn Alder Marquis received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Utah, went to Berkeley for a month for graduate school, and then returned to Utah to study with Henry Eyring. Marilyn worked on dynamic mechanical testing of polyamides and the relationship between their rheological response and their chemical structure. While a graduate […]

October 24, 2024

2011 ~ Peter Stand and the Nation Medal of Science

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In 2011, Peter Stang was awarded the National Medal of Science “for his creative contributions to the development of organic supramolecular chemistry and for his…record of public service.” He was then awarded the 2013 Priestley Medal from the American Chemical Society for his “cutting-edge research that has had far-reaching implications for many areas of science, […]

October 24, 2024

2009 ~ 2011 NIH Awards Funds for an Enlarged Chemistry Building

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In the spring of 2009, the University was notified that $8M from the NIH had been awarded for construction of a major addition to the so-called “south tower” of the Henry Eyring Chemistry Building. At the time of the new NIH award it was clear that at least $10M additional [funds] would be required beyond […]

October 24, 2024

Gauss House is renamed after David M. Grant ~ 2006 to 2009

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Chemistry Faculty News in the Spring 2007 Alumni Newsletter Distinguished Prof. David M. Grant was honored Sept. 8, 2006 by having the Gauss Haus named after him. Earlier in 2006 a special issue of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry (Vol. 44, #3) was published honoring Dr. Grant on his 75th birthday and celebrating his many contributions […]

October 24, 2024

The Spring 2007 Chemistry Department Newsletter

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Peter Armentrout announced that he would be succeeded as Department Chair by Henry White. He also reported that the David M. Grant NMR Center had been dedicated. With justifiable pride Peter announced the addition of Dr. Ryan Looper to the faculty. Ryan had recently been a postdoctoral research associate with Prof. Stuart Schreiber at Harvard […]

October 24, 2024

Robert Walter Perry ~ 2006

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Robert Walter Parry 10/1/1917 ~ 12/1/2006 Robert W. Parry, 89, passed away December 1, 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born October 1, 1917 in Ogden, Utah to Jeanette (Petterson) and Walter Parry. He graduated from Utah State Agricultural College in 1940 receiving a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He received a masters degree […]

October 24, 2024

How Good is the U. of U. Chemistry Department? ~ 2005 to 2006

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Our friends with a taste for quantitative information sometimes ask: “How ‘good’ is the University of Utah Chemistry Department compared to other departments in the U.S. which are granting Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry?” One reasonably objective answer lies in a comparison of the following quotient Q for as many departments as you have the patience […]

October 24, 2024

Faraday Christmas Lecture ~ 2005

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Way back in December of 1981, Professors Ron Ragsdale and Jerry Driscoll started their popular version of the annual Faraday Christmas Lectures. Michael Faraday, born in London in 1791, was one of the most celebrated scientists of the 1800s for his discoveries of the laws of magnetism and his discovery of several chemical elements. As […]

October 24, 2024

The Emphasis on Biochemistry Grows ~ 2004

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The Spring 2004 issue of the U. of Utah Department of Chemistry “Alumni Newsletter” reported important advances being made by Professor Sheila David and independently by Professor Cynthia Burrows in the understanding of DNA damage arising from oxidative chemical reactions. In the same issue of the newsletter, the use of a laser “tweezer” to hold […]

October 24, 2024