2 pm, Friday, October 14, 2011 Department of Chemistry, Louderman Hall Room 458, Washington University 2:00 Dr Jeff Cornelius, Principia College; Chair, St Louis Section–ACS: Welcome and general introductions 2:05 Dr Steven Kinsley, Washington University: Introduction of Dr Buhse 2:10 Dr Lucinda Buhse, Director, Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food & […]
Chemical & Engineering News takes another featured look (login required) at entrepreneurial St Louis chemist Shri Thanedar and the company he founded here, Chemir Analytical Services. At the time of their last look in 2006, Chemir was growing at a healthy pace. But acquisitions just before the 2008 recession and venture capital drought spelled trouble for the financial position
For the 7th annual St Louis Section picnic on June 18th, our venue returned to Tower Grove Park, where the picnic got its start six years ago. The day threatened a little rain, but didn’t deliver, and the temperature stayed reasonably centered in the high double digits. Section Chair Jeff Cornelius stepped up to act
As part of the ongoing celebration of IYC2011, national ACS is compiling short essays on chemical topics, one for each day of the year. Our own Ted Gast contributed a brief history of paper-making for Day 135, which is/was May 15. You can see his essay here.
Professor William E Buhro was raised in Portage, Michigan, near Kalamazoo. He earned an AB in Chemistry in 1980 at Hope College, where he was introduced to chemical research on metal-catalyzed cyclopropanation by Michael P Doyle. Buhro began his graduate work with John A Gladysz at UCLA and moved with him to the University of
Professor John Verkade is a prolific and honored University Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University. He received his BS degree in 1956 from the University of Illinois, the AM in 1957 from Harvard University, and his PhD in 1960 from the University of Illinois. He joined the faculty at Iowa State
Vincent Spaziano had retired just last month! He had been a member of the faculty at Saint Louis University since 1973, rising to the rank of professor in 1986. He was chair of the department of chemistry from 1987 to 2002, and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2002 until his retirement.
Jai Nagarkatti, CEO of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, died quite unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack on November 13. He had worked for Aldrich Chemical Company and Sigma-Aldrich Corporation his whole professional life, starting as a bench chemist in 1976 and assuming the CEO position in 2006. Sigma-Aldrich has posted a memorial notice describing Jai’s role in the company
St Louis public schools don’t get a lot of respect. But, at least at Gateway Academic and Classical High, they are doing something right. Bart Bartlett graduated from this top-ranked high school in 1996, going on to Washington University for his bachelors degree in chemistry and to MIT for his Ph D. The progression cemented what
Robert Becker, chemistry teacher at Kirkwood High School, has advanced from Kirkwood District teacher-of-the-year to Missouri teacher-of-the-year. And the field is not just chemistry, but all subjects! Becker, who has been teaching chemistry at Kirkwood since 1990, was previously recognized as the St Louis Section and the Midwest Region chemistry teacher-of-the-year in 1995, and went all
