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a s a m e m b e ro f t h e S o c i e t yC o m m i t t e eo n
b y l o n i z a b l eC r o w n E t h e r s "a t t h e 1 9 8 3
s p e c t r o s c o p yo f h i g h - e n e r g yv i b r a t i o n C h e m i c a lA b s t r a c t sS e r v i c e B
. o a r dd u t i e s I n t e r n a t i o n aSl o l v e n tE x t r a c t i o n
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p r e s e n t e da l s o a n i n v i t e dp l e n a r yl e c t u r e
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, 9 8 3 .I n
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D e c e m b e rh e w a s e l e c t e dt o t h e
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Alkaline-Earth
C a t i o n sb y L i p o p h i l i c
A d a m c i ki s a l s o h a r d a t w o r k d e v i s i n g
l o n i z a b l eP o l y e t h e r sa" t t h e 7 t h
c o m p u t e ra s s i s t e di n s t r u c t i o nf o r h i s
S y m p o s i u mo n M a c r o c y c l i cC o m p o u n d s ,
crasses.
P r o v o ,U t a h ( A u g u s t ,1 9 8 3 ) .
D r . J o h n A . A n d e r s o np r e s e n t e da
D r . " S a n d y "D a s g u p t ah a s r e c e n t l y
p a p e r" C o n v e r s i o no f E l y m o c l a v i n e
to
demonstratedthe superior mass-transfer
P a s p a l i cA c i d b y a P a r t i c u l a t eF r a c t i o n
e f fi c i e n c yo f a n n u l a rf l o w s y s t e m s ,
f r o m a n E r g o t a m i n e - p r o d u c i nSgt r a i no f
e s p e c i a l l yw h e n t h e f l o w i s h e l i c a l .T h i s i s
Clavicepssp." at the FABS meeting,San
r e g a r d e da s o f f u n d a m e n t ailm p o r t a n c e
F r a n c i s c oJ. u n e . 1 9 8 3 .
b y c o l l e a g u e si n t h e f i e l d .T h e a p p l i c a t i o n
o f t h i s c o n c e p tt o w a r d a c o n t i n u o u s l y
D r . D a n i e lW . A r m s t r o n gp r e s e n t e d
g e n e r a t e di o n - e x c h a n g e rc,o m p r i s e do f
p a p e r so n h i s r e s e a r c ha t t h e P i t t s b u r g h
a n a n n u l a rh e l i x m a d ef r o m a n i o n
C o n f e r e n c eo n A n a l y t i c a C
l hemistry,
e x c h a n g e rm e m b r a n et u b e w i l l b e
A t l a n t i cC i t y , N . J . ( M a r c h1 9 8 3 ) ,t h e
publishedin Analytical Chemistryin 1984.
N a t i o n a lA C S m e e t i n g ,S e a t t l e W
, ash.
( M a r c h1 9 8 3 ) ,t h e E a s t e r nA n a l y t i c a l
Dr. Robert A. Holwerda presenteda
SymposiumN
, e w Y o r k , N . Y .( N o v . ,1 9 8 3 ) , p a p e r" S p e c t r o s c o p i cE, l e c t r o c h e m i c a l ,
a n d t h e U S A / B r a z iS
l y m p o s i u mo n
a n d R e a c t i v i t yS t u d i e so f T y p e 2 C o p p e r M i c e l l e sV
, e s i c l e sa, n d M i c r o e m u l s i o n s ,
DepletedLaccase"at the NationalACS
C a m p i n a s ,B r a z i l( A u g u s t ,1 9 8 3 ) .I n 1 9 8 3
M e e t i n g ,W a s h i n g t o nD
, . C . ,S e p t e m b e r ,
h e g a v es e m i n a r sa l s o a t B o s t o n ,R u t g e r s , 1 9 8 3 .D r . H o l w e r d aa n d g r a d u a t es t u d e n t ,
V i r g i n i aC o m m o n w e a l t ha, n d E a s tT e x a s
R a n d yJ o h n s o n ,h a v er e c e n t l yc o m p l e t e d
S t a t eU n i v e r s i t i e sa,n d t h e F o o d a n d D r u g t h e i n t e r f a c i n go f t h e i r s t o p p e d -lfo w a n d
Mr. Michael Campbell, Banquet awards, April
A d m i n i s t r a t i o nW
, a s h i n g t o nD
, . C .D r .
Lambda-5UV-VlSspectrometerswith
28.1983.
A r m s t r o n gh a s a l s o b e e n i n v o l v e di n
Applell Computers.
e l e c t r o n i cs t a t eo f m o l e c u l e su, s i n gt h e
s t i m u l a t e de m i s s i o np u m p i n g( S E P )
m e t h o d .T h e m e t h o di s b a s e do n t h e u s e
o f t w o t u n a b l ed i e l a s e r s .
Dr. Robert W. Shaw has been electedto
a s s o c i a t em e m b e r s h i pi n t h e A m e r i c a n
l hemists.
S o c i e t yo f B i o l o g i c a C
D r . H e n r y J . S h i n ea n d M r s .S h i n ew e r e
i n P o l a n da n d E n g l a n d( w h e r ee l s e ? )
d u r i n g S e p t e m b e r1, 9 8 3 .I n P o l a n dS h i n e
, roclaw,
v i s i t e dt h e T e c h n i c a lU n i v e r s i t yW
and the Universityof Katowice,from
w h i c h c a m e t h e l a r g ep r o p o r t i o no f P o l i s h
post-doctoralfellows in our department,
I n E n g l a n dS h i n ea t t e n d e dt h e 3 r d
E u r o p e a nS y m p o s i u mo n O r g a n i c
C h e m i s t r y( E S O C - I l l )h e l d i n t h e
Universityof Canterbury,and presenteda
paper on "Electron Transfer Reactions
betweenAzoalkanesand Th ianthrene
C a t i o nR a d i c a l . "D r . S h i n ew a s e l e c t e dt o
m e m b e r s h i pi n t h e F a c u l t yS e n a t e t, h e
w i s d o mo f w h i c h ( h i s e l e c t i o n ,n o t t h e
. hine
S e n a t e )h e s o m e t i m e sq u e s t i o n sS
w a s a l s o a p p o i n t e dt o m e m b e r s h i po n t h e
College of Arts and SciencesResearch
Council.
D r . P i l lS o o n S o n g h a sb e e n
reappointedfor his fourth term (1984-87)
as editor-in-chiefof Photochemistryand
Photobiology.He was an invitedspeaker
a t t h e I n t e r n a t i o n aCl o n f e r e n c eo n
P h o t o c h e m i s t r ay n d P h o t o b i o l o g y ,
A l e x a n d r i aE
, g y p t ,i n J a n u a r y ,1 9 8 3 ,a n d
a t t h e I n t e r n a t i o n aSl y m p o s i u mo n B l u e
Light Effects,Marburg,Germany in July,
'l
1 9 8 3 .D u r i n g 9 8 3 h e a l s o g a v es e m i n a r s
o n p h y t o c h r o m ea t J o h n s H o p k i n s
U n i v e r s i t ya n d f o u r " C h e v r o nL e c t u r e s "
y t t h e U n i v e r s i t yo f
on photochemistra
Nevada.
D r . W a y n eS m i t h l e f t t h e d e p a r t m e n at t
t h e e n d o f t h e s u m m e r ,1 9 8 3 ,a n d i s n o w
on the researchstaff at Los Alamos
N a t i o n a lL a b .
Dr. Roy E Mitchell, Banquet speaker,APril 28,
1983.
Energy-ConservationRenovalions
The extensiverenovations(one
m e g a b u c kp l u s )d e s c r i b e di n
Newsletter4 are just about complete.
Some bugs are yet to be worked out,
such as the need to wear sweaters
and scarves(no gloves)in the
b u i l d i n gw h e n o u t s i d et e m p e r a t u r e s
plummetedjust beforeChristmas.
Come to think of it, that u/asenergy
conservation.lf we do not reporton
the renovationsin Newsletter6 you
may regardthat as (a) a sign of a
d e l i c a t es i t u a t i o n (, b ) t h e b a n i s h m e n t
of hon. ed. or, maybe (c) that all is
well. With bated,if frigid, breathwe
wait to see.
News of Faculty Emeritus
The two "senior" membersof
emeritusprofessorscontinuein their
wonderfullyproductivehabit.Welch
ProfessoremeritusCharlesShoppee
works at the bench in his lab at
LaTrobeUniversity,Melbourne,
Australiawhere,taking uP the
c h a l l e n g eo f a p r o b l e mb e g u nm a n Y
yearsago he has finally synthesized
the lactoneof gammaacid, and
hydroxyperbromofumaric
shown that it is also formed by photochemicaloxidationof
tetrabromofuran.By the time this
newsletterreachesits lucky public
ProfessorShoppee's80th birthday
(February24, 1984)will havearrived.
We tip our hats in fond salute.
Shoppeehas not retiredcompletely
to the laboratory,though. In the early
F a l l 1 9 8 3h e t o o k o f f f o r m a i n l a n d
China and has written of his
gustatoryexperiencestherein,during
a three-weektour.
From closerto home in
AlbuquerqueProf. Morris Stubbs
writesof his giving his 88th talk on
s c i e n c ea n d e n e r g ys i n c eh i s
retirement.But, the retirementhe
meansis from the Universityof
Albuquerqueto which he went after
retiringfrom TTU to which he came
after retiringfrom the School of
Minesof Socorro.Vivat Morris!Vivat
Charles!
Here,at home, ProfessorsJoe
Dennisand MargretStuart rejointhe
departmentalfamily occasionally,
most recentlyat the farewellbash for
Mac McPherson.
Mass Spectrometer(At Last)
We are happy to report that after
long and painfulyearsof gestation
the departmentwas deliveredof a
new massspectrometerin December,
1983.Fundsapproximating$100,000
were providedby TTU for the
purchaseof a Hewlett-Packard
quadrupoleinstrument,model 59958,
with an HP computer upgradedby a
Winchesterhard-discdrive.The
departmentexpressesits gratitudeto
DeanWilliamConroy,Vice President
for ResearchJ. Knox Jones,and
AcademicVice PresidentJohn R.
D a r l i n gf o r t h i s h a n d s o m ef i n a n c i a l
backing.The HP 59958 is a routine
massspectrometerbut is capableof
G C / M S ,C h e m i c a l o n i z a t i o n( C l l M S ) ,
S e l e c t e dl o n M o n i t o r i n g( S l M )a n d
Direct InsertionProbe Mass
Spectrometry(DlP/El).The new
i n s t r u m e nbt r i n g sm u c h r e l i e ft o t h e
strainon the department.Yet, it is
o n l y a b e g i n n i n ga, n d d o e s n o t b e a r
comparisonwith facilitiesavailablein
our sisterinstitutionsin Texas.In that
regardwe have many a long mile yet
to go.
Welch Foundation News
Two Welch Foundationlectures
w e r eg i v e ni n 1 9 8 3 .O n M a r c h7 , P r o f.
RobertD. Feltham,UniversitYof
Arizona(seecut) sPokeon
"Structure,Bonding,ReactivitY
Relationshipsin Metal NitrosYl
Compfexes".On October2O,Prol.
Colin Eaborn,UniversitYof Sussex,
Englandspoke on "Novel
O r g a n o s i lc o n C o m p o u n d sa n d
Reactions."
Scholarshipsand Awards to
UndergraduateStudents,1983
T h e S a m u e lH u n t L e e M e m o r i a l
Award (to an outstandingfreshman
c h e m i s t r ym a j o r ) ,V i c t o rA k i n .
T h e C R C P r e s s ,l n c . 3 5 t hA n n u a l
FreshmanChemistryAchievement
Award, (to an outstandingstudentin
freshmanchemistry),RobertColla.
A m e r i c a nC h e m i c a S
l o c i e t yS t u d e n t
A f f i l i a t eS c h o l a r s h i p( t o a n
o u t s t a n d i n gs o p h o m o r ec h e m i s t r y
s t u d e n t )S
, t e p h e nH a l l .
The Analytical Chemisfry Award (to
t h e b e s tj u n i o r c h e m i s t r ym a j o ri n
analyticalchemistry),Tracey Price.
The Texas Instituteof the American
Instituteof Chemists,StudentAward
( f o r o u t s t a n d i n ga c c o m p l i s h m e ni n
t a
program in chemistry
baccalaureate
or chemicae
l n g i n e e r i n ga, n d
potentialas a professionalchemist),
StephenStults.
The Merck lndex Award (for
o u t s t a n d i n ga c h i e v e m e nbt y a
g r a d u a t i n gs e n i o r ) ,L y n d r aB i l l s .
TheWeymouth-Campbell
S c h o l a r s h i p sf o: r s u p e r i o r
performance(as a freshman
c h e m i s t r ym a j o r ) ,V i c t o rA k i n ,J e r r y
M c L a u g h l i nJ, o n a t h a nM e t z l e r( a sa
s o p h o m o r ec h e m i s t r ym a j o r ) ,Q u i n n
B l i g h ,S t e p h e nH a l l ,S u s a nJ a c k ( a sa
j u n i o r c h e m i s t r ym a j o r ) ,G e n e
McDonaldK
, a r e nM i k k e l s o n .
Teaching AssistantAwards lo
GraduateStudents
TexasTech UniversityOutstanding
GraduateStudentTeacherAward:
JesseYeh.
Departmentof ChemistryAward for
SuperiorPerformanceas a Teaching
Assistant:
David Babb
C l i n t o nA n d e r s o n
W
David Babb and Clinton Anderson receive outstanding TA awards f rom Dr. Bartsch,April 28, 1983.
Scholarship and Prize Awardees,April 28, 1983.Front: Lyndra Bills, StephenStu/ts, Jesse Yeh,'
Middle: StephenHally, David Babb, Clinton Anderson; Top: Victor Akin, Robert Golla.
ScholarshipAwards to Graduate
Students
The Weymouth-Campbell
Scholarships:
J a m e sS m i t h
Weymouth-CampbellScho/ars 1983-1984with Mike Campbell. L to R: Karen Mikkelson, Jerry
McLaughlin, Victor Aikin, Stephen Hall, SusanJack, Quinn Bligh, and Gene McDonald.
Weymouth-Campbell scholars 1982-1983with Mike Campbell L to F.'Stephen Stults, David
Womack, Lyndra Bills, Floyd Barry and Ricky Matos.
Graduate Degrees1983
J o h n D . C l e m m e rl,l l , M . S .( D r .
Holwerda).
Alan P. Croft, Ph.D.(Dr. Bartsch),"A
MechanisticStudy of Complex BaseReactions.':
Promoted1,2-Elimination
, h . D .( D r . M a r x ) ,
R o n a l dl - 1E
. r i c k s o nP
"Approachesto the Synthesisof
Gnididone."
T a e - R y o n gH a h n ,P h . D .( D r .S o n g ) ,
"MolecularDifferencesBetweenthe
PhysiologicallyActive (Pfr) and
Inactive(Pr) Formsof Phytochrome."
G w i - S u kH e o ,P h . D .( D r . B a r t s c h ) ,
"Synthesisof FunctionalizedCrown
Ethersand Cation ComplexationbY
Crown Ethers."
H o o n H w a n g ,M . S .( D r . D a s g u P t a ) ,
"Microdetermination
of Sulfatein
EnvironmentalSamples."
S a n l h n K a n g ,P h . D .( D r . B a r t s c h ) ,
"lonizableCrown Ethersfor the
S e p a r a t i o no f A l k a l ia n d A l k a l i n e
Earth Cations.Synthesisand
Applications."
Y o u n g H e e K i m K a n g ,M . S .( D r .
Kice),"Studiesof the Chemistryof
Selenosulfonates."
l l - K y u nK i m , M . S .( D r . S o n g ) ,
"FurtherCharacterization
of
PhotosensoryTransductionin
Stentorcoeruleus."
S o u - U nK i m , P h . D .( D r .A n d e r s o n ) ,
"ln vivo Metabolismof Agroclavine
and Elymoclavinein ClavicepsSp."
Y u n g L i u , P h . D .( D r . B a r t s c h ) ,
" s y n t h e s i sa n d A p p l i c a t i o n so f
Functionalized Crown Ethers."
T h o m a sH . L y s t e r ,M . S .( D e c .1 9 8 2 )
( D r . S m i t h ) ," T h e E l e c t r o c h e m i c a l
S y n t h e s i so f O r g a n o m e t a l l iN
c ickel
C o m p o u n d sw i t h C h e m i c a l
Applications."
K o o n H a P a r k ,P h . D .( D r .S h i n e ) ,
"Heavy-atomKinetic-lsotopeEffects
i n S o l v i n gM e c h a n i s m o
sf Benzidine
Rearrangements.Hydrazobenzene
and 2,2'-Dimethoxyhydrazobenzene."
H e r m a n t aK . S a r k a r ,P h . D .( D r .
Song),"HydrodynamicProperties
and MolecularTopographyof
Phytochrome."
R i c h a r dM . W y n n ,M . S .( D r . K n a f f ) ,
" B i o c h e m i c aM
l o d i fi c a t i o na n d
ReactivityStudiesof the
MetalloenzymeLaccase."
Chemistry Department/American
Chemical Society Annual Awards
Banquet
The Departmentand the South
P l a i n sS e c t i o no f t h e A C S j o i n e di n
, p r i l 2 8 ,1 9 8 3 .
t h e i ra n n u a lb a n q u e t A
The banquetspeaker,Dr. RoYE.
Mitchell(seecut) regaledthe crowd
with a descriptionof his researchin
n iththe
w i n e m a k i n gi n c o l l a b o r a t i o w
experimentalvineyardsof the
Universityof Texaswhich are now
d o t t i n gt h e o i l l a n d so f t h e P e r m i a n
B a s i n .U T i s p l a n n i n gf o r t h e d a Y
w h e n o i l r u n sd r y , i t s e e m s .
The banquetservedfor awardsof
prizesand scholarshipsand also to
introducethe faculty and studentsto
, h o c a m et o
M r . M i c h a e lC a m p b e l lw
year's
the
to
award
Lubbock
W e y m o u t h - C a m p bIeslc h o l a r s h i p s .
UndergraduateDegrees1983
R o b e r tH . B e h a l ,B . A .
L y n d r aJ . B i l l s ,B . S .
C a r o l lA . B u r k e ,B . A .
L i s aL . B u r n s ,B . S .
RobertD. Chan_ce,
B.A.
E r i cJ . C o l l , B . A .
R o b i nL . C o o p e r ,B . S .
StevenS. Gates,B.A.
L e eA n n e H a l t o m .B . A .
, .A.
M i c h a e lP . H a n n u s c h B
Jose R. Matos.B.S.
M a r i t aA . M e r c u r i o B
, .S.
D a v i dM . M o r r i s ,B . A .
J a m e sL . M y e r s ,B . S .
Jon L. Pearce,B.A.
SherylA. Presnal,B.A.
DavidC. Riojas,B.A.
James F. Ryder,B.A.
LeonardB. Sommitz,B.A.
S t e p h e nD . S t u l t s ,B . S .
R o b M . T s c h a u n e rB
, .S.
D a v i dS . W o m a c k ,B . S .
Moreon NewFaculty
Dr. Robert D. Walkup,organic chemistry.
Dr. Daniel W. Armstrong, analytical chemistry,
works the balance while grad student,
Larry Spino,watches.
In our last Newsletterwe reported
t h a t t h r e en e w a p p o i n t m e n t h
sad
been made to our faculty.Drs. Dan
A r m s t r o n gR
, u s s e l Ll a r s e n a, n d
R o b e r tW a l k u pj o i n e du s i n t h e F a l l ,
1 9 8 3 .W e c a n n o w s h o w y o u t h e i r
p l e a s a n pt h y s i o g n o m i easn d t e l l y o u
a l i t t l em o r ea b o u tt h e m .
D a n A r m s t r o n gw a s b o r n i n F o r t
W a y n e ,I n d i a n ai n 1 9 4 9 .H e r e c e i v e d
t h e B . S .d e g r e ei n I n t e r d e p a r t m e n t a l
S c i e n c ea n d M a t hf r o m W a s h i n g t o n
a n d L e e U n i v e r s i t yi n 1 9 7 2 t, h e M . S .
i n C h e m i c aO
l c e a n o g r a p h y1,9 7 4 ,
a n d P h . D .i n C h e m i s t r y , 1 9 7 t7r ,o m
TexasA&M. He stayedat TAMU for
postdoctoralresearchu ntil
S e p t e m b e1
r 9 7 8 ,a n d t h e n h e l d
assistantprofessorsh
i ps at Bowdoin
(1978-79)and Georgetown
U n i v e r s i t i e(s1 9 8 0 - 8 3 )w, h e n h e
j o i n e do u r d e p a r t m e nat s A s s o c i a t e
Professorof AnalyticalChemistry.
His researchinterestsare in
chromatographic separations,phase
transfercatalysis,surfactants,and
p s e u d o p h a s lei q u i dc h r o m a t o g r a p h y .
D a n h a s a b o u t4 0 o u b l i c a t i o n isn
thesefieldsand has given over 50
l e c t u r e sa n d s e m i n a r so n t h e s et o p i c s
i n u n i v e r s i t i easn d i n d u s t r i a l
l a b o r a t o r i eisn t h e U S A a n d a b r o a d .
Dan and Linda Armstronghavetwo
s o n s ,L i n c o l nT h o m a s( 8 ) a n d R o s s
Alexander(6).
Dr. RussellD. Larsen,coordinator of genetal
chemistrv.
B o b W a l k u pw a s b o r n i n A s h e v i l l e ,
RussellLarsenwas born in
N . C .i n 1 9 5 2 .H e r e c e i v e dt h e B . S .
M u s k e g o nM
, i c h i g a ni n 1 9 3 6 .H e
d e g r e ew i t h h o n o r si n c h e m i s t r yf r o m receivedthe B.A. degreefrom
the Universityof Delawarein 1974,
KalamazooCollegein 1956,and the
a n d t h e P h . D .f r o m S t a n f o r di n 1 9 8 1 .
P h . D .f r o m K e n t S t a t eU n i v e r s i t yi n
After a postdoctoralfellowshipwith
1964.Russellwas a postdoctoral
Al Meyersat ColoradoState
fellow at Princeton(1964-65)and
U n i v e r s i t y( 1 9 8 1 - 8 3h) e j o i n e do u r
R i c eU n i v e r s i t y( 1 9 6 5 - 6 6 )H. e h e l d
departmentas an assistantprofessor assistantshipprofessorshi
ps at
i n o r g a n i cc h e m i s t r yB
. o b ' sr e s e a r c h l l l i n o i sI n s t i t u t eo f T e c h n o l o g y( 1 9 6 6 interestsare in syntheiic72) and TAlviU (1572-76),associate
professorships
m e t h o d o l o g ya n d t o t a ls y n t h e s e si n
at the Universityof
o r g a n i cc h e m i s t r ya n d a l s o i n
N e v a d aD
, a r t m o u t hC o l l e g e a
, ndthe
b i o c h e m i c aal d a p t a t i o n o
sf marine
U n i v e r s i t yo f M i c h i g a nu n t i lt h e F a l l ,
o r g a n i s m sD
. u r i n gt h e s u m m e r ,1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 3 ,w h e n h e j o i n e dT T U a s t h e
h e w a s a v i s i t i n gi n s t r u c t o ri n t h e
C o o r d i n a t oor f G e n e r a C
l hemistry.
lattersubjectat the UT Marine
His researchinterestsare in signal
Laboratory,Port Aransas,TX. Bob
p r o c e s s i n ga n d d a t aa n a l y s i sW
, alsh
and DeborahWalkup havetwo sons:
f u n c t i o n s s, p li n e p r e s e n t a t i o n s ,
C a r l o sK e a t i n g( 3 ) a n d J o s h u aL a m b
m a x i m u m - e n t r o payn a l y s i sa, n d
(1)
c h e m o m e t r i c sa,n d ,o f c o u r s e ,
chemicae
l d u c a t i o nH
. e has
p u b l i s h e d2 4 p a p e r si n t h e s ef i e l d s .
R u s s e l hl a s a l s o c o n s u m i n gi n t e r e s t s
i n a i r s h i p sa n d i s a m e m b e ro f t h e
Sons of the Desert,an association
d e v o t e dt o m e m o r a b i l i a
of theoldtime moviegreats,Laureland Hardy.
R u s s e lw
l o u l d l i k e t o e s t a b l i s ha
chapter(calleda "tent") of Sons of
t h e D e s e r ti n L u b b o c k .C o u n t m e i n
R u s s .H e a n d J u a n i t aL a r s e nh a v e
t w o c h i l d r e n :E r i k ( 1 8 )a n d S u s a n
(14)
News of Alums
C l i n t o nA n d e r s o n( M . S . ' 8 3 )h a s
accepteda positionwith Safeway
Corp.
Dr. Dong Hak Bae(Ph.D.'82)
returnedto TexasTech in January
1983for post-doctoralresearchwith
D r . S h i n e .D u r i n g1 9 8 2D r . B a ew a s a
post-doctoralfellow with Dr. E. C.
Ashby at GeorgiaTech. At TTU Bae
is doing researchin electron-transfer
reactionsand assistingin the
supervisionof graduatestudentsin
the group. The Baesreturnedto
L u b b o c kj u s t i n t i m e t o b r i n ga n o t h e r
Texas residentinto the world:
MarianneBae,to keep brotherLeon
company.
C a p t .R i c h a r dG . C a r m i c h a e(l M . S .
'76) has returnedfrom
overseas
a s s i g n m e nitn W i e s b a d e nG, e r m a n y ,
a n d i s n o w a t F i t z s i m m o nA
srmy
MedicalCenter,Departmentof
Pathology,Aurora,Colo.
D r . M i c h a e lM . C h a u ( p o s td o c w i t h
Dr. Kice '76-'77)has been named
ResearchAssociateat the Pittsburgh
PlateGlassCoatingsand Resin
D i v i s i o nA
, l l i s o nP a r k ,P A . D r . C h a u
j o i n e dP P G i n 1 9 7 7 .H i s c o n t r i b u t i o n s
in their pioneerpolymerresearch
department,particularlyin the area of
waterbornepolyurethanetechnology,
haveled to the promotionto his new
p o s i t i o nC
. o n g r a t u l a t i o nM
s ike!
D r . A l a n P . C r o f t ( P h . D . ' 8 3 )i s
e m p l o y e db y D o w C h e m i c a C
l o.,
Freeport,TX.
D r . T a e R y o n gH a h n ( P h . D . ' 8 3 )i s
now a post-doctoralfellow at Yale
University.
RoseanneWoo Haltresht(8.S. '77)
is continuingto do marketresearch
w i t h D i a m o n dS h a m r o c k b
. ut in a
j o i n t v e n t u r ew i t h a S w i s sf i r m ,
createdin some reorganizationin
D i a m o n dS h a m r o c k R
. osean e's
w o r k n o w e m p h a s i z eas c q u i s i t i o n
analysesratherthan R and D
p r o g r a m s I. n t h e e v e n i n g ss h e i s a
graduatestudentat CaseWestern
Reservestudyingoperations
research,preparingher for strategic
planning.The corporateworld has
thus taken Roseannea long way from
basicchemistry,but that's not an
uncommonexperiencenowadays.
HusbandMicahelHaltreshtis a databaseadministratorfor a Cleveland.
O H . ,c o n s u l t i n gf i r m .
Thanksgivingluncheon, November 21.
Graduate sfudents Andrea Cobb
(biochemistry) and Maria Garcia (inoryanic).
Thanksgivingluncheon. Former editorial
asslstantSharon Grant, now secrctary to
attorneys Bass and Hobbs, Lubbock, joined us
for lunch.
Dr. and Mrs. Bartsch and Dr. Dan Armstrong,
at the Thanksgivingluncheon.
D r . W i i l i a mR . H e i n e m a n( B . S . ' 6 4 ;
P h . D . ,U . N . C a r o l i n a ' 6 8 r) e t u r n e dt o
the departmenton December7 to
v i s i ta n d g i v ea s e m i n a ro n h i s
research.Bill is Professorof
Chemistryat the Universityof
rf
C i n c i n n a t iH
. i s f a t h e r ,p r o f e s s o o
mathematicsemeritusof TTU, and
m o t h e rs t i l l m a k et h e i r h o m e i n
Lubbock.
D r . G w i S u k H e o ( P h . D .' 8 3 ) i s a
post-doctoralfellow with Prof.J.
Keana,Universityof Oregon.
J o h n R . " B o b b y "H u d g i n s( B . A . ' 7 8 )
is a senior medicalstudentat UT
Galvestonwith graduationset for
M a y , 1 9 8 4 .D u r i n g1 9 7 8 - 8 0h e w o r k e d
a s a n e n v i r o n m e n t aclh e m i s tf o r t h e
Texas Departmentof Water
R e s o u r c e si n A u s t i n .
D r . S a n gl h n K a n g( P h . D . ' 8 3 )
remainsat TTU for post-doctoral
researchwith Prof. Kice.
D r . l l - H y u nK i m ( M . S .' 8 3 ) i s a n
assistantprofessorat the Korea
MilitaryAcademy,Seoul,Korea.
D r . S o o - U nK i m ( P h . D .' 8 3 )i s n o w a
postdoctoralfellow with H. G. Floss
i n t h e C h e m i s t r yD e p a r t m e n tO, h i o
StateUniversity.
Cathy WilhiteLester(B.S.'69; M.S.
T A M U ' 7 4 i n h o r t i c u l t u r ei)s a
T e c h n i c i a nl l ( p a r t - t i m ei)n t h e B i g
S p r i n g ,T X , f i e l d s t a t i o n w
, o r k i n gi n
wind erosion.After leavingTTU and
beforeenteringTAMU Cathy worked
f o r C o s d e nO i l a n d C h e m i c a C
l o. in
Big Spring.The TAMU experienceled
to work as a grower-propagator
of
foliageplantsand woody
o r n a m e n t a l sC. a t h ym a r r i e di n 1 9 7 6
a n d i s s e t t l e di n B i g S p r i n g .
D r . Y u n g L i u ( P h . D .' 8 3 ) i s w o r k i n g
with the Water ResourcesCenterat
TTU as a researchchemist.
H a r v e yM a l l o r y ,l l l , ( 8 . S . ' 6 0 ,M . S .
'61) came
back to Texasfrom
Delawarebeieflyin 1983to help son,
H a r v e yl V , e n r o l li n U T A u s t i n ,w h e r e
he has been awardedan Engineering
FoundationsScholarshipfor studies
i n A e r o s p a c eE n g i n e e r i n gH. a r v e yl l l ,
i s w i t h t h e i n d u s t r i afli b e r sd i v i s i o no f
l arketing
d u P o n td o i n gt e c h n i c a m
w i t h t h e i r K e v l a ra r a m i df i b e r .T h i s
work givesample opportunityfor
travel,but so far the marketin
Lubbockfor Kevlarhasn'tbrought
H M l l l , o u r w a y . D o n ' tw a i t u n t i l w e
who-where-here-when
are retired
beforedropping in to see us.
C h r i s t o p h eR
r . M a n n ( 8 . A . ' 8 2 )i s
now in his secondyear at the Texas
Collegeof OsteopathicMedicine,
Fort Worth.
D r . K o o n - H aP a r k ( P h . D .' 8 3 )i s a
postdoctoralfellow with Dr. Marye
AnneFoxat UT Austin.
D r . A l a n R . P u l s( 8 . A . ' 7 6 )f i n i s h e d
hisinternam
l e d i c i n er e s i d e n c yi n
O k l a h o m aC i t y i n J u n e 1 9 8 3 a
, nd
begana cardiologyresidencyin July,
1983.
D r . H e m a n t aK . S a r k a r( P h . D . ' 8 3 )i s
a post-doctoralfellow at the Roche
I n s t i t u t eo f M o l e c u l a rB i o l o g y ,N u t l e y ,
N.J.
Dr. K. Jane Scott (8.S. '77) has
establishedmedicalgeneralpractice
in DenverCity, Texas.
D r . J u a n i t a" N i t a " S i l b e r( P h . D . ' 7 2 )
has writtenfrom the Universidad
Nacionalde Rio Cuarto,where she is
Professorand Chair of the Chemistry
Department.Nita is very activein
teachingand research,the latter
coveringorganoelectrochemistry
of
a m i n e si n n o n - a q u e o u s o l v e n t sa, n d
complexesbetweenaminesand
aromaticacceptors.We, at Texas
Tech, rememberthe two somewhat
overwhelmedand bewilderedSilbers,
Nita and Ernesto,who arrivedin
L u b b o c ki n t h e F a l l ,1 9 6 7 ,a n d w e n t
on each to earn the doctorate.
ErnestoSilberdied in the periodof
p o l i t i c a tl u r m o i li n A r g e n t i n aN
. i t ai s
n o w m a r r i e dt o a c o l l e a g u ea, n
electrochemist.Nita askedfor news
of former co-workersCharles
R i s t a g n oC
, a r o l eS c h o e n i n gR
, ichard
G o o d i n ,a n d C h a r l e sB a l d w i n W
. rite
to her at F. Q. PorrecaNo. 320, Rio
Cuarto,Argentina.
D r . J a m e sE . W a t s o n J, r . , ( 8 . A . ' 2 9 )
is a generalsurgeonwith officesin
the HermannProfessionalBldg.,
Houston.TX.
D r . B . W . W i l l i a m s( 8 . A .C h e m ' 5 0 ;
M.D.,UT-Galveston'56) writesfrom
L a s C r u c e s ,N . M . t h a td a u g h t e rK a r e n
is a medicalstudentat TTUSM.
From Bishop,Tx., comes news of two
exes.LeanneMayerleHarvey(B.S.
'75) writes returning
of
to her position
as Group Leaderover the Special
ProblemsSectionat Celanese
C h e m i c a lL
. e a n n ea n d h u s b a n dM i k e
broughta new Texan into the world
o n A u g u s t2 , 1 9 8 3 ,J e n n i f e rD e n i s e .
Leanne'sreturnto work followedher
maternityand vacationleave.News
also of John Clemmer at Celanese,
who will soon transferto the vinyl
acetate unit as a processsupport
chemistafter a three-yearstint in the
b u t a n o la n d p r o p a n o lu n i t s .J o h n a n d
Grace havetwo children,Mary (4)
and Rebekah(3).
ResearchGrant News. Grants Active
in 1983
Dr. John Anderson
"Biosynthesisof FungalPigments,"
Welch Foundation, 6/83-5/85,
$35.000.
Dr. Dan Armstrong
"Use of FunctionalizedSurfactants
in Flameand Luminescence
Analysis,"DOE 11/83-12/86,$65,000.
"PseudophaseLiquid
Ch romatography," NSF 8/83-6/84,
$25,416.
"Researchin AnalyticalChemistry,"
Whatman Chemical,8/83-8/84.
$2.000.
Dr. RichardBartsch
"SyntheticMacrocyclic
MultidentateCompounds,"Welch
ResearchGrant News. Grants
Foundation, 6/83-5/84,$17,000.
Awarded lor 1984.
"ComplexingAgents for Metal
Dr. RobertHolwerda
lons," SerpentixConveyorCorp.,
"ReactivityStudiesof Transition
9/83-8/84,$20,000.
metal lons," Welch Foundation,6/84"lon-SelectiveCompounds,"Miles
5/87, $60,000.
Laboratories,6/83-5/84, $15,750.
"Crown Ethersfor Determinationof
Dr. David Knaff
Sodium and Potassiumin Blood,"
"Electron-Transfer
Mechanismsof
metallo-Proteins,"
Welch Foundation, TechniconlnstrumentsCorp.,
4/83-5/84,$52,260.
6/84-5/87,$60,000.
"Complex Base Promoled1,2Dr. John Marx
EliminationReactions,"
"Synthetic Routesto
PRF,5/83-8/84,$4,000.
Sesquiterpenes,"
Welch Foundation,
" M i n o r i t yH i g h S c h o o lS t u d e n t
6/84-5/87,$60,000.
ResearchApprenticeProgram,"NlH,
D r . H e n r yS h i n e
3/83-2/84,$4,500.
"Radicaland Cation Radical
"lonic Crown Ethers,"DOE,4/8312/84,$138,500.
Reactionsat NitrogenCenters,"
"BiomedicalResearchSupport
Welch Foundation. 6/84-5/87.
Grant," PHS,4/83-3/84,$19,209.
$81.000.
"Energetics,TransitionStates,and
Dr. WalterChesnavich
Mechanismsof Aromatic
"PeriodicTrajectoriesin Atom
Rearrangements
and Cation Radical
Diatom ExchangeReactions,"Welch
Reactions,"NSF, 1/84-12/86,
Foundation, 6/83-5/84,$18,000.
$357,000.
"EnergySurfacesand Heavy-Atom Dr. Sandy Dasgupta
"ContinuousDeterminationof
Kinetic lsotope Effects in
Ambient HydrogenPeroxide,
Photochemical Reactions."
Formaldehyde,
and Sulfur (lV) in
PRF,4/84-8186,$35,000.
Gas-Phase
and
Cloud Water,"US
"MatchingFunds,"CER/TTU,
EPA,10/83-9/85,$90,103.
$20,000.
"MatchihgFunds,"Centerfor
Dr. Pill-SoonSong
EnergyResearch,TTU, $20,000.
"Excited Statesand
Dr. RobertHolwerda
Photochemistryof Photobiological
"ReactivityStudiesof Transition
Mofecules,"Welch Foundation,6/84- Metal lons,"Welch Foundation,
6/835/87, $63,000.
5/84,$19,500.
"An Ethanol-BasedFuel Cell."
Dr. RobertWalkup
"SyntheticStudiesDirectedToward cER/TTU, $17,000.
(+)Osillatoxin-A
and RelatedNatural
Products,"Welch Foundation.
6/84-5/87,$60,000.
*-*@,
,I
"Mac" McPherson as he is now, and surrounded by the tout departmental chairmen with whom he
served:RichardBartsch,Joe Dennis,Henry Shine,John Kice.Reception,December1o,1ggs.
D r .J o h n K i c e
"Mechanismsof Reactionsof
Organoselenium
C o m p o u n d s ,N
" SF,
3/83-8/84,$38,300.
"Mechanismsof Reactionof
O r g a n i cS u l f u rC o m p o u n d s ,W
" elch
Foundation,6/83-5/84,$28,000.
Dr. David Knaff
"ElectronTransferReactionsof
Copper-Contain
ing Proteins,"Welch
Foundation, 6/83-5/84,$18,000.
"Protein-Protei
n Complexesin
PhotosyntheticElectronTransfer
Reactions,"USDA,9/83-8/85,
$80.000.
"Electron-Flowand Metabolite
Uptakein Photosynthetic
Organisms,"
NSF, 6/83-11/84, $50,000.
D r .J o h n M a r x
"SyntheticRoutesto
Sesquiterpenes,"
Welch Foundation,
6/83-5/84,$17,500.
D r . J e r r yM i l l s
"Stereochemistry
and Coordination
Chemistryof Some Group Va
C o m p o u n d s ,W
" e l c hF o u n d a t i o n
6/83-5/84,$19,000.
Dr.RoyMitchell
" O p t i m u mV i n i f i c a t i o n ,U" T ,
9/83-8/84,$65,000.
D r . R i c h a r dR e d i n g t o n
"VibrationalAnalysisof HydrogenBonded Molecules."Welch
Foundation,6/83-5/84,$20,000.
D r . W i l s eR o b i n s o n
"RobertA. Welch Chair in
Chemistry," 6/83-5/84, $80,000.
"SubnanosecondPrimaryEventsin
Biology,"N I H, 7/83-6/84, $37,412.
"ChemicalReactionsin Condensed
Phase,"NSF,5/83-11/84,$61,000.
Dr. RobertShaw
"The Role of Metal lons in the
Mechanismsof Enzymatic
Reactions,"Welch Foundation,6/835/84,$15,000.
D r . H e n r yS h i n e
"Studiesof Radicaland Cation
RadicalIntermediatesin Organic
Reactions,"Welch Foundation,6/835/84, $27,000.
"Role of Cation Radicalsin Organic
Reactions,"NSF,3/83-1/84, $71,300.
"SeedGrant,"CER/TTU,$10,000.
Dr. WayneSmith
"ElectrochemicalInvestigationof
the CatalyticPropertiesof Palladium
and PlatinumPolypyridyl
Complexes,"Welch Foundation6/835/84,$14,000.
D r . P i l l - S o o nS o n g
"PrimaryMolecularProcessesof
Photomorphogen
ic Receptor:
Phytochrome,"NSF,6/83-11/84,
$50,000.
"AneuralPhotosensory
Transductionin SfentorCoeruleus
NrH, 8/83-7184,
$35,879.
"ExcitedStatesand
Photochemistryof Photobiological
Molecules,"Welch Foundation,6/835/84,$21,000.
D r . R i c h a r dW i l d e
"Solid StateStudies,"Welch
Foundation 6/83-5/84,$20,000.
Au Revoir "Mac"
Dr. C. M. McPherson Retires
A l o n g ,l o n g a s s o c i a t i o w
n iththe
Departmentcame to an end on
D e c e m b e r1 7 , 1 9 8 3 ,w i t h t h e e n d o f
the Fallsemester.Or, should we say
that a long, long associationentered
yet anotherphase?That very colorful
character,Dr. C. M. McPherson,has
retiredfrom our faculty.A farewell
party was held at the Bartsch'es
h o u s ei n M a c ' sh o n o r o n D e c e m b e r
1 0 .H u n d r e d s( t h o u s a n d s !o)f
freshmanchemistrystudentshave
encounteredthe man we all know as
" M a c , "e i t h e ri n t h e l a b o r a t o r yo r i n
the classroom.Hundredsof pren u r s i n g( a s t r a n g en a m e ,t h a t )
s t u d e n t sh a v eg o n e t h r o u g hh i s
chemistry-for-nurses
classeson their
w a y t o n u r s i n gs c h o o l .A l l o f t h e m
w i l l r e m e m b e tr h e i n f o r m a l i t yo f t h e
teacherwho treatedchemistryas if it
were as informalas himselfand
deliveredit to his studentsoften in
the vernacularof WestTexas.
" M a c " c a n c l a i mt h e l o n g e s t
associationwith the Departmentof
any of the current faculty.He first
enteredthe Departmentas a student
i n t h e F a l l ,1 9 3 8 ,t o m a j o ra s a
chemicae
l n g i n e e r I. n t h o s ed a y s ,a s
m a n yo f y o u k n o w ,c h e m i c a l
e n g i n e e r i n ga n d c h e m i s t r yw e r eo n e
department.Mac almost made it, but
i n t h e F a l l ,1 9 4 1 t, h e l o n ga r m o f
U n c l eS a m c l a i m e dh i m f o r s e r v i c ei n
W o r l dW a r l l , a n d p l a c e dh i m i n t h e
U . S .A i r F o r c e .B y S e p t e m b e r , 1 9 4 2 ,
our WestTexascolleaguewas flying
m i s s i o n s" o v e rt h e H u m p " ,t a k i n g
suppliesf rom basesin Assam,
n o r t h e a s It n d i at o t h e U . S .b a s e si n
K u n m i n ga n d L u c h o w C
, h i n a .T h e
" H u m p " w a s t h e H i m a l a y am o u n t a i n s .
Mac, like so many modestpeopleof
those days rarelyspeaksabout this
period of service.A popularWWll
Historysays:"Only men of special
c a l i b e rc o u l d l i v e u p t o t h e d e m a n d s
p l a c e do n t h e m b y t h e H u m p . "M a c
was a navigatorin the 24th Combat
M a p p i n gU n i t ,a n d s o o n a f t e r1 9 4 2
w a s f l y i n go v e r B u r m a ,C h i n aa n d
I n d i a ,f r o m b a s e si n C h i n aa n d I n d i a ,
mappingfuture battleareas
photographically.
When the war ended Mac returned
t o T T U i n t h e F a l l ,1 9 4 6 ,a n d
graduatedin the Spring 1947, making
up the semesterhe lost five years
e a r l i e rA
. f t e r r u n n i n ga s m a l l
m a n u f a c t u r i n cgo m p a n yu n t i lt h e
F a l l ,1 9 4 9 ,h e j o i n e dt h e S l a t o nH i g h
School as an instructorin science,
servingalso as the bus driverfor
i n s e r v i c et r a i n i n gf o r t h e s c h o o l
teachersin Slaton.This broughtthe
t e a c h e r st o T T U , s o d u r i n gt h i s t i m e ,
a l s o ,M a c t o o k s u m m e rc o u r s e si n
c h e m i s t r ya n d e d u c a t i o na, n d
r e c e i v e dt h e M . E d .i n 1 9 5 3 .
I n 1 9 5 6M a c w a s i n v i t e dt o j o i n o u r
Departmentas an instructor,with the
privilegeof carryingout researchin
t h e e f f i c a c yo f u s i n gv i s u a la i d s i n
t e a c h i n gf r e s h m a nc h e m i s t r yT. h i s
w o r k g a i n e dh i m t h e E d . D .d e g r e ei n
1959.At the sametime he was the
supervisorof freshmanchemistry
labs,and preparedlecture
demonstrationsfor use in the
freshmancourses.How many
studentsrememberthe hydrogen
canon and the thermitevolcanoes?
ThereafterMac taught in the nurses
chemrstryand fr-eshman
chemistry
programs,as mentionedearlier.He
was made assistantprofessorin 1961
and associateprofessorin 1977.
D u r i n gt h e s ey e a r st h e t r a i n i n gi n
p h o t o g r a p h yM a c g a i n e di n W W l l
came to the aid of our department.
Slidesmade by Mac have been used
by Chemistry'sfacultyall over the
w o r l d i n s y m p o s i aa n d m e e t i n g sW
. e
w i l l m i s st h a t f r i e n d l ys e r v i c ea, n d
h o w .A n d t h a t b r i n g su s t o a n o t h e r
s i d eo f M c P h e r s o nI.n 1 9 6 9M a c
b o u g h t1 0 a c r e so f l a n d s o u t ho f
L u b b o c ko n Q u i r t A v e .H i s c o h o r t ,
Prof.Reedof the Horticulture
Department,bought five acres.
T o g e t h e rt h e y b e g a ng r o w i n gg r a p e s
f o r w i n e ,e x p e r i m e n t a l l yi m
, porting
vine stock from many parts of the
U S A .A w i n e r y ,c a l l e d ,a p t l y ,L l a n o
EstacadoWinery,was constructedin
t h e S p r i n g ,1 9 7 6 ,i n a l i m i t e d
p a r t n e r s h pw i t h o u t s i d ef i n a n c i a l
b a c k e r s I. n t h e F a l l ,1 9 7 6 ,1 6 0 0
g a l l o n so f w i n e w a s p r o d u c e df r o m
grapesgrown in and around the
Lubbockarea.Wine productionand
the winery havegrown eversince.In
."Mac" McPherson as he was then: Physical
Chemistry 441, 1940.Photo by the late Prof. W.
M- Craig.
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son Kim McPhersontook over
t h e m a n a g e m e not f t h e w i n e r ya n d ,
as Mac puts it, becamethe only
e n o l o g yc o l l e g e - t r a i n ewdi n e m a k e r
in Texas.Llano Estacadowines are
n o w b e c o m i n gk n o w n ,n o t o n l y i n
Texas but, of all places,in California.
Some of the winery'swines have
taken gold medalsin State
competitions,particularlythe 1980
CabernetSauvignon,of which sad-to. a c h a sh i s
s a y n o n e r e m a i n sM
retirementplans centeredon the
v i n e y a r da n d e n o l o g y .H e p l a n st o
uproot his vineyardand replantwith
c a b e r n e st a u v i g n o no n l y .A p p a r e n t l y
he knows a good thing when he sees
it. The grapeswon't be readyfor
stompingfor severalyears,but when
t h e ya r ew e h o p eM a c w i l l r e m e m b e r
us and inviteus out for a grapes t o m p i n gf a n d a n g o M
. e a n w h i l et,o
Mac, we say thanksfor the memories,
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