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I h o p ey o u w i l l e n j o yt h i s f o u r t he d i t i o no f
our departmentalnewsletter.lt containsnews
about current happeningsin the departmentas
well as itemsabout our former students.We
THE CHEMISTRYDEPARTMENTNEWSLETTER1983 especiallyappreciatethose of you who took
time to send us news of your current activities.
TexasTech University Lubbock,Texas
It is alwaysgratifyingto learnof the successes
of our graduates.
The past year has beena period of change
a n d c o n t i n u e dd e v e l o p m e nf to r t h e d e p a r t m e n t .
of all, there was a changeof leadershipas
EditorialAssistant:Jane Bradley First
I becamethe permanentChairmanand Dr.
Holwerdaagreedto serveas Associate
C h a i r m a nM
. y a d m i n i s t r a t i vgeo a l i s f o r
a d d i t i o n agl r o w t hi n o u r e d u c a t i o n aal n d
researchactivitiesby enhancingboth the scope
and statureof our undergraduateand graduate
programs.
We havejust completedthe selectionof three
new faculty members(net replacements),
who
w i l l j o i n u s n e x t f a l l .T w o o f t h e m w i l l
strengthenour expertisein the areasof
analytical,organometallic,and synthetic
organicchemistry.The third is a permanent
Coordinatorof GeneralChemistrywho has
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e x c e l l e nct r e d e n t i a l isn c h e m i c a el d u c a t i o na n d
will developour use of comouterassisted
instruction.
U n d e r gr a d u a t ee n r o l l m e n t sp,a r t i c u l a r l iyn
g e n e r a cl h e m i s t r ya, r e c o n s i d e r a b lhy i g h e r
than last year.The numberof graduate
studentsis at an all-timehigh. Unfortunately,
these increasedenrollmentshaveolacedan
even greaterburdenon our instructionaland
researchequipmentresources.
L i k e m a n yc h e m i s t r yd e p a r t m e n tas c r o s st h e
n a t i o n ,w e h a v ea c o n t i n u i n gp r o b l e mw i t h
inadequateand out-datedequipmentfor
instructionand research.Thesedeficiences
span the breadthof our programfrom balances
for generalchemistryto a massspectrometer
for graduatestudentand faculty research.
During the pastyear we madesome progressin
this area.Microcomputerhardwareand
softwarewas acquiredfor the physical
c h e m i s t r yl a b o r a t o r i e sT.h i s e q u i p m e nat l l o w s
f o r s i m u l a t i o no f e x p e r i m e n tw
s h i c ha r e t o o
sophisticated,
too expensive,or simply
impossibleto performat the bench.With funds
f r o m a n N S F E q u i p m e nG
t r a n ta n d m a t c h i n g
moniesf rom TTU, we were able to up-grade
o u r E P Re q u i p m e ntto p r o v i d ea n e s s e n t i a l l y
state-of-the-art
i nstrument.Desoitethese
advances,the overallsituationregarding
instrumentationleavesmuch to be desired.
O n e a d d i t i o n apl r o b l e mi s t h a t o f
undergraduatescholarships.Although we do
h a v ea f e w s c h o l a r s h i pasv a i l a b l et ,h e n u m b e r
is inadequate.We lose many good prospective
chemistrymajorsto other universitieswhere
s c h o l a r s h i fpu n d sa r e m o r ea v a i l a b l el .f y o u
haveany innovativeideason this matter,please
contact me.
Exceptfor the problemsmentionedabove,
I'm very optimisticabout the prospectsfor
continuedgrowth and developmentof both the
undergraduateand graduatechemistry
programsat TexasTech University.We are all
d o i n go u r b e s t .
M6#4
RichardA. Bartsch
Chairman,Departmentof Chemistry
years)for studiesof "Periodic
D r . J e r r y M i l l ss h e dt h e m a n t l eo f
officeof associatechairman(handing
Trajectoriesi n Atom-Diatom
Dr. Joe Adamcikcontinuesto serve
it with reliefand pleasureto Bob
with the AmericanChemicalSociety. ExchangeReactions".
Holwerda).To show that he is not
was
of
A.
Holwerda
Dr.
Robert
He has been appointedChairman
e n t i r e l ys a n e ,t h o u g h ,h e i s
appointedAssociateChairmanof the
the ACS Board Committeeon
c o n t i n u i n gt o g i v e h i s t i m e t o t h e
Deapartmentin September1982.In
Professional
and MemberRelations
Departmentas FacultySponsorof our
this positionDr. Holwerdais
for the 1983calendaryear.During
ACS
StudentAffiliate(namedas an
particular
the
ACS
Board
for
responsible
1982,as a memberof
outstanding
c h a p t e r )H
. e i s a l s ot h e
duties,such as
administrative
of Directors,he attendedBoard
the
Preorofessional
Chairman
of
, hio),
graduateadmissionsand registration.
m e e t i n g si n J u n e ( C o l u m b u sO
Committee,and to top it all has
Novemberand December
In September1982Dr. Holwerda
l hairmanship
( W a s h i n g t o nD, . C . ) .H e a l s oa t t e n d e d attendedthe NationalACS meetingin a c c e p t e dt h e G e n e r a C
for the 1984RegionalACS meeting
KansasCity, Mo. with graduate
meetingsof the SocietyCommittee
w h i c h w i l l b e h e l d i n L u b b o c ki n
studentR
, a n d yJ o h n s t o n a, n d
on ChemicalAbstractsin February
December,1984.
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presented
papers
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two
on studiesof
and November
Dr. Roy E. Mitchellhas been
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proEressively
makinga namefor
reactivities.
representedthe ACS in presentingan
h i m s e l fa n d T T U d u r i n gt h e l a s t
OutstandingLocalSectionAward to
Dr. John L. Kice has been appointed
severalyearsin the chemistryof wine
t h e W i c h i t aF a l l s - D u n c a n l o c a l
AssociateVice Presidentfor
m a k i n g .B y s o r t i n go u t t h e
Midwestern
on
the
campus
of
section
Research.In this importantpost Dr.
parameters
that makea good wine Dr.
University,WichitaFalls.
Kice is the Directorof the Officeof
participatedin the joint
Mitchell
has
Researchand is responsiblefor many
Dr. John A. Andersonattendedthe
and
TTU in producingan
effort
of
UT
research-related
mattersth roughout
30th Congressof the "Gesellschaft
wine
that won another
experimental
u ng"
the University.As a resultof
f r-ir Arzneipflanzenforsch
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the
Fair
of
Texas.
Wine from
State
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, n d D r . K i c ew i l l d e c r e a s eh i s t e a c h i n g
i n G r a z ,A u s t r i a J, u l y 1 2 - 1 7 1
grapes
grown near
French
Colombard
presenteda paperon "Conversionof
dutiesin our department,a necessary
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but regretablelossto us. He will,
Elymoclavineto PaspalicAcid by a
p r i z e .O n J u l y 1 3 ,1 9 8 2 ,D r .
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graduate
however,continueto direct
ParticulateFractionfrom an
the
studentand post-doctoralresearchers Mitchellrepresented TexasGrape
Ergotamine-ProducingStrainof
Association
at the WineGrowers
Clavicepssp". Followingthe meeting i n t h e d e p a r t m e n tD. u r i n gJ a n u a r y grape
meeting
Association
Growers
Dr. Andersonvisitedthe laboratoryof February1983Dr, and N{rs.Kicewere
in
Washington,
D.C.
At
the
reception
i n J a p a n ,w h e r eD r . K i c ew a s a F e l l o w
Prof. Detlef Grdgei, lii6titut ftjr
that followedthe meeting,Dr. Mitchell
, a l l e ,E a s t
of the Japan Societyfor the
B i o c h e m i ed e r P fl a n z e n H
servedmany nice Texaswines.On
Promotionof Science.There,he
G e r m a n ya, n d g a v ea s e m i n a ro n
Decembe1
r - 3 ,1 9 8 2 ,D r . M i t c h e l l
"OxidativeStepsin Ergot Alkaloid
visitedand gave lecturesat eight
"WineriesUnlimited"
attended
the
gave
a
and also
Biosynthesis".
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W
a s h i n g t o nD, . C . ,t o o .
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Dr. RichardA. Bartschwas appointed plenarylectureat a Symposiumon
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O r g a n i cS u l f u rC h e m i s t r ya t T s u k u b a
Chairmanof the Departmenton
ones work! ls there a
of
enjoying
September1, 1982.Of course,he was University.
grapetreaders
stomp,Roy?
alreadywell establishedin that
Dr.
Robinson,
Welch Professor,
Wilse
the
visited
Dr. DavidB. Knaff has also
position after servingas interim
presented
lectures
has
on his
O r i e n t ,g o i n gf i r s tt o J e j u l s l a n d ,
chairmanfor the precedingyear. Dr.
picosecond
research
in
spectroscopy
South Korea,in May, 1982,to present
Bartschwas host in late September
places
in
in
the
United
States
several
a paper"RecentAdvancesin
f o r t h e 1 9 8 2R o c k yM o u n t a i n
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Transport"
at
PhotosyntheticElectron
ChemistryDepartmentChairman's
Topical
at
the
Third
session
chairman
the I nternationalPhotobiology
Conference.This is an annual attair,
Meetingon PicosecondPhenomena
Workshop.Followingthat Dr. Knaff
gathered
and at this time 40 chairmen
at
Germany.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen,
at TTU to discusscommon problems spentthreeweeksin Japan,giving
at
the
He
also
chaired
a
session
lectureson his researchwork at
in chemicaleducationand research.
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U n i v e r s i t i eisn C h i b a ,F u k u o k a ,
Dr. Bartschpresentedinvitedpapers
at
St.
Jovite,
Conference
Quebec.
Osaka,Saitama,and Tokyo. In
in Symposiaon Macrocyclesin
Canada,and presentedpapersat
FebruaryDr. Knaffalso spoke about
AnalyticalChemistryand on
v
a r i o u su n i v e r s i t i eisn M e l b o u r n e ,
"Cation
Transportin
his work
TheoreticalOrganicChemistryat the
Sydney
and Canberra,Australia,on
PhotosyntheticPurpleBacteria"at
38th SouthwestRegionalMeetingof
"GaugeTransformations"
and
the 26th meetingof the Biophysical
the ACS. held in El Pasoin
" C h e m i c aR
l e a c t i o n si n S o l u t i o n " .
Societyin Boston.Dr. Knaff has also
December,1982.
Later.he attendedthe International
bittenthe appleof authorshipDr. WalterChesnavichattendedthe
and
on Photochemistry
Conference
temptationby signinga contractwith
FirstSymposiumon Applicationsof
in
Alexandria,
Egypt,
Photobiology
to co-authora
Springer-Verlag
TheoreticalChemistryin Industry,
and presenteda paper,"Chemical
graduate-level
in
textbook
A u s t i n ,T X , O c t o b e r1 4 ,1 5 ,1 9 8 2 .D r .
R e a c t i o n si n S o l u t i o n : T h eN e w
yet
told
us
As
he hasn't
Bioenergetics.
Chesnavichhas been awardeda
Photochemistry".
Welch Foundationgrant of $54,000(3 the nameof Eve.
FacultyNews
Dr. RobertW. Shaw has been nicely
s u c c e s s f ui ln o b t a i n i n gs u p p o r tf o r
his researchwork, an effortwithout
w h i c h r e s e a r c hi n U n i v e r s i t i ews o u l d
not be able to prosper.He has
receiveda grant from the RobertA.
Welch Foundation($45,000for three
years)and one from the Research
A very happy
Corporation($12,500).
p i e c eo f n e w si s h i s h a v i n go b t a i n e da
cost-sharinggrant of $80,500from the
N S F ' sB i o l o g i c aIl n s t r u m e n t a t i o n
Programto updateour ElectronSpin
Resonance
i n s t r u m e n tA. n e q u a ls u m
of moneywas suppliedby TTU. With
t h i s m o n e yt h e E S Ri n s t r u m e n t
( a c q u i r e db y t h e h o n .e d i t o ri n 1 9 6 2 )
will be madesuitablefor Dr. Shaw's
w o r k i n t h e b i o l o g i c aal n d
bioinorganicaspectsof ESRand also
bettersuitedto ESR in organic
chemistry.
D r . H e n r yJ . S h i n em a n a g e dt o f i n d
yet againa way of visitinghis
homelandas a researchchemist.He
attendedthe 1Othlnternational
O r g a n o s u l f uC
r o n f e r e n c ei n B a n g o r ,
Wales,in September,1982,and talked
about his work "Reactionof
O r g a n o s u l f uC
r a t i o nR a d i c a l sw i t h
D i a l k y la n d D i a r y l m e r c u r i a l s " .
D r . R i c h a r dE . W i l d ea l s oc r o s s e dt h e
briny this year,to attendthe 8th
InternationalConferenceon Raman
Spectroscopy,in Bordeaux,France,
during the first week of September.
Dr. HeribertMAnsterer,Dr. Dillip K. Mitra,
and ProfessorCharlesShoppee.
N EW FACULTYAPPOINTMENTS
We are very pleasedto announce
the appointmentof three new
membersof the faculty,effectivein
the fall, 1983.Detailedinformation
will appearin our next newsletter,but
i n t h e m e a n t i m ew e i n t r o d u c et o o u r
readers:
D r . D a n i e l W .A r m s t r o n ga, p p o i n t e d
as AssociateProfessorin the
A n a l y t i c aD
l i v i s i o nD
. r . A r m s t r o n gw i l l
b e j o i n i n gu s f r o m t h e D e p a r t m e not f
Chemistry,GeorgetownUniversity,
W a s h i n g t o nD, . C . ,w h e r eh e i s
currentlyan AssociateProfessor.Dr.
Armstrong'sresearchexpertiseis in
phasetransfercatalysisand
pseudophaseliquid chromatography.
Dr. RussellD. Larsen,appointedas
AssociateProfessorand Coordinator
o f G e n e r aC
l h e m i s t r yw, i l l b e j o i n i n g
us from the Departmentof Chemistry,
Universito
y f M i c h i g a nw
, h e r eh e
h o l d sa n a n a l o g o u sp o s i t i o n D
. r.
L a r s e n ' sd u t i e sw i l l b e i n t h e
c o o r d i n a t i o na n d r e - v a m p i n g
of our
programin GeneralChemistry.
Dr. RobertE. Walkuphas been
appointedas AssistantProfessorin
t h e D i v i s i o no f O r g a n i cC h e m i s t r yD
. r.
Walkupis currentlya post-doctoral
fellow with Prof.A. L Meyersat
ColoradoState University.Dr.
Walkup'sresearchinterestsare in
syntheticmethodsand organic
syntheses,and will broadenthe
OrganicDivision'sresearchcapability
w i t h h i sc o n t r i b u t i o n s .
Prof.CharlesShoppee,
Prof.RobertRekers.
Reception
for Prof.Shoppee,
October4,
1982.
ProfessorCharlesShoppeeRevisits
TTU
CharlesW. Shoppee,first RobertA.
WelchProfessor
of Chemistry(19701975)in our Department
returnedto
Lubbockfor one weekin October'82.
Prof.Shoppeewason a round-theworldtrip,havingbeenfirstto lsraelin
earlySeptember
to be a speakerin the
International
Congressof Hormonal
Steroids.FromthereShoppeewentto
h i sf i r s th o m e l a n dE, n g l a n dt ,o s e e
friendsand relatives,
and thenceto the
USA and Lubbock,his adopted
ProlessorsPiII -Soon Song,
homeland,beforereturningto his
Henry Shine,CharlesShoppee secondhomeland,
Australia.
Whilein
and RobertRekers.Reception LubbockShoppeespokeat the weekly
for ProfessorShoppee,
departmental
seminaron "5-chloro-Sp
October4, 1982.
cholestane:
the FirstSimple5pchlorosteroid".
and met former
colleagues
at a receptionfor him held in
the DennisRoomon October4, (see
photos).Shoppeehas now "retired"
positions,
twicefrom University
first
from the University
of Sydneyin 1969,
and nextfrom TTU in 1975.But,he
hasn'tretiredfrom chemistry.During
the years1976-1979
he wasan Hon.
Professional
Fellowin Chemistry,
Macquarrie
University(NewSouth
Wales)and havingthen movedto
Melbournewasappointedin 1980as
Hon.VisitingProfessor
of Organic
Chemistry,at La Trobe University.At La
Trobe,as at Macquarrie,
Shoppee
consultswith facultyand students,
and
evenstillworks"at the bench"in his
own laboratory.
Y'allcomebackagain
Charles,and we'llgiveyou a lab to work
in here,wheneveryou wish.
Dr. KatherineLynn Rogers,M.D.(8.S.
1955)Honoredas "Distinguished
Alumna"by Ex-SludentsAssociation
On October29,Dr. KatherineRogers
was one of four alumni(alumnae?
alums!)honoredby TTU'sex-student
association
at a banquetin the
University
Center.Earlierthat day,
the
though,Dr. Rogersrevisited
recognizing
ChemistryDepartment,
muchthat had not changed(andmost
l i k e l yn e v e rw i l l )i n t h e o l d b u i l d i n gb, u t
marvelling
at the comparative
spaciousness
and functionality
of the
new.Dr. Rogersevenrecognized
herselfin the photoof the 1953classof
C h e m3 3 1 ,s t i l lh a n g i n gi n t h e s e c o n d
f l o o rc o r r i d o o
r f t h e o l d w i n g .A
receptionwas heldin the DennisRoom,
sponsoredby the Department
and the
Pre-medSocieties,
who did mostof the
work (seephotos).Dr. Rogersobtained
her M.D.from UT at Southwestern
MedicalSchooland wascertifiedas a
pediatricphysicianin 1964,practicing
in SanAntonio.Shewasthe firstfemale
to serveas chiefof the 1O0O-member
SantaRosaMedicalCenter(San
A n t o n i o )i,n 1 9 7 8S
. h ei s c u r r e n t l a
ylso
a staffmemberof SanAntonio's
Methodist,
NlX,Metropolitan,
and
BaptistHospitals,
and is a clinical
professorof pediatrics
at the UT Health
SciencesCenter in SaAAnlgnis- tn
addition,Dr. Rogersdoesvolunteer
work as a pediatrician
for the Texas
CradleSocietyand the BarrioClinicfor
the Poor,in SanAntonio.We tip our hat
to a distinguished
alum,whosework
servesso manypeoplein need.
Dr. KatherineRogers,Mrs. Nancy
( Dalton) Tarwater(pre-med
advisor),with pre-medsfudenfs
Frank Burns and RichardHarrison,
Receptionfor Dr. Rogers,October
28, 1982.
DeanLarryGravesand
Dr. KatherineRogers.
Instrumenlsfor Instruclionand Research
is plagued
applicants
f rom otherUniversities
for a
Our Department
continuallywith the shortage(evenlack limitedamountof moneyavailablein
in someareas)of modernsophisticated t h e N S F .
Fundsfor the purchase
This yearwe havebeenfortunatein
instrumentation.
piecesof
obtainingfundsto updateour Electron
of large,vitallynecessary,
Paramagnetic
Resonance
equipment,
costingin the hundredsof
thousandsof dollars,are not ordinarily Spectrometer,
boughtoriginallyin 1962.
The grantapplication
from the University's
State
waschairedby
available
to
Dr. RobertShaw,and coveredthe
monies.That is,we find it impossible
go to the University
researchneedsof severalother faculty
and saywe need
$200,000for a new massspectrometer, membersincluding:Drs.DavidB. Knaff,
RobertA. Holwerda,
The
or new NMRinstruments.
JulianSpallholz
(Foodand Nutrition),and HenryJ.
doesnot havesuchsums
University
The usualway out of this
Shine.
available.
On the otherhand.we werenot
d i l e m m ai s t o a p p l yf o r a n N S F
successful
in our application
to replace
InstrumentGranton a costsharing
That is,we
our massspectrometer,
which is now 12
basiswith the University.
yearsold, in its terminalillness,and too
applyfor a grantfor an instrument
with the
old for finding neededparts.We face
costing,say,$200,000
the sameproblemswith our 12-yearold
to pay
commitmentfrom the University
100megahertz
NMR instrument.
halfthe cost if the NSFwill supplythe
The prospectsfor the future are not
otherhalf.Of course.in such
entirelybleak,though.Otheravenues
we competewith other
applications
Dr. KatherineFogers with Pre-med
sludentsHarry Weaver,Richard
Harrisonand JarvieMcKenzie.
for possiblehelpareavailable
and
maybewe can find our way alongthem.
The Perkin-Elmer
Companyhas
announcedthat it will donate
for an
instruments
valuedat $16,500
alumnior othersourcedonationof
towardscertainPE instruments
$50.000
(but not NMRand massspec).The
causeof PE'smakingthis
wasthe reportby the
announcement
N.Y.Timesthatvisitorsfrom the
PeoplesRepublicof Chinahad
expressed
surpriseat the outmoded
equipmentbeingusedat a leading
midwestern
This report
university.
pointsup the dilemmamanyAmerican
universities
are in,that fundingfor
researchand equipmentcomesmainly
from externalsources.Whenit comes
to largepiecesof equipmentthe
d i l e m m ai s m o s tp a i n f u lT. h e p a i no f
this dilemmais beingfelt severelyat
TexasTech.whereour NMRand mass
New PostdoctoralFellows:
Dr. HeribertMUnsterer,
Technical
University,
Munich(Prof.G. Kresze)
j o i n e dD r .S h i n ei n J u n e1 9 8 2
Dr. Karamjeet
Arya,BombayUniversity,
IndiaD
, r .R i c h a r dD . G r i f f i nP
, urdue
University,
Dr. WayneA. Jalenak,
University
of Nebraska,
and Dr. Jamine
Lee,ColoradoStateUniversity
have
joinedDr. Robinson's
group
research
"Who'sWho Among Studenlsin
AmericanUniversities
and College"
Two chemistryseniors,David
Womackand LyndraBills,wereamong
the 48 Techand TTUSMstudents
selectedfrom the junior,senior,and
graduaterostersfor recognitionin
Who'sWho this year.Selectionfor
outstanding
achievement
in
scholarship,
leadership,
and service
whileattendingTTU,was madeby a
committeeof faculty,staffand students.
Dr. HenryJ. ShinereceivesDads
AssociationD istinguished Faculty
ResearchAward, February5, 1983,
from Dr. Robert C. Albin, representing
TTU's Researc
h Counci l.
Itsnowjoke
EditorReceivesDadsAssociation
The DadsAssociation
Awardto
Award for Research
EditorShine(seeabove)wasto have
Dr. HenryShinehasreceivedthe 1982beenpresented
at a luncheonon
83 Distinguished
FacultyResearch
February5. But,on Friday,the 4th,the
Awardfrom TTU'sDadsAssociation.
snowmanvisitedLubbockfor the third
This awardhasbeenmadeyearlyfor
t i m et h i sw i n t e r b
, r i n g i n ga n e a tl i t t l e
the pastsevenyearsand is for "that f ullblizzardthat closeddown the campus
time professor
who duringthe
by 12:30p.m..So, discretionbeingthis
precedingcalendaryearhas published
time the lesserpartof valor,the Dads
distinguished
research".
Selectionis
Association
luncheonwascalledoff
madefromten nomineesby the
TeachingAwardsto GraduateStudents and the awardwas madeto Shineat a
University
Research
Counciland a
shortbusinessmeetingon the Sth.By
TexasTech University
committeeof the DadsAssociation.
Outstanding
that time,of course,the fine WestTexas Presentation
GraduateStudentTeacherAward,
of the awardto Shinewas
sun hadvanquished
the snow.But,all
R a n d yJ o h n s t o n
madein the University
Centeron
of this bringsus to pointout to thoseof
February
5.
(for
Department
Awards
of Chemistry
you who are now far afieldthat
superiorperformance
as a teaching
Lubbockhashad record-breaking
Our PolishConnection
assistant).
snowsthisyear,totalling,so far,34.8
Hoon Hwang
Returningto Polandto resumeduties
inches.The secondone,a 17-incher,
W i l l i a mM c D o w e l l
in his homelanduniversity
was Prof.
alsoclosedthe campusand just about
LouisStewart
(Technical
Witold
Charewicz
University,
everything
elsein Lubbockon January
Wroclaw).
Dr.
Henryka
Slebocka-Tilk
21.Yes,we knowthat that'snot the way
it goesup in the trozennorth,but how'd (Academyof Sciences,Lodz)has left
TTU (Dr.Kice)to continueresearchin
you thinkyou'dget on in one of our
C a n a d aJ. o i n i n gT T U i s D r . L u d m i l l a
d usters?
Weclas(TechnicalUniversity,
Wroclaw)
to work with Dr. Kice,and Dr. Anna
ACS StudentAffiliateChapter
Czechand Dr. BronislawCzech,
Commended
husbandand wifeteamfrom Katowice.
spectrometryfacilitiesare now in a very
Our studentaffiliatechapterof the
to work with Dr. Bartsch.
bad way indeed,and wheresome
AmericanChemicalSocietywas
moderninstrumentation
facilities(x-ray awardeda rating
And OtherConnections
of commendable
by
crystallography,photo-electron
Newsof former postdoctoralfellows:
the SocietyCommitteeon Chemical
spectroscopy)are non-existent.Hence,
Education.
In
a
letter
to
President
Dr. A. L. K. Aljibury(postdoctoralfellow
participation
in the Perkin-Elmer
'68-'69)spentthe pastyear
Cavazos,
the
chairman
of
the
committee
in the
yr,a
program, a donationof $50,000or
writes"out of a total of 776 chapters,
Chemistry
Department,
University
of
more,wouldbe mosttimelyfor us.
judged34 to be
the Committee
California,
Berkely.
On the homefrontTexasTech,in
commendable.
The students(of the
Dr. ShimonCohen(postdoctoral
fact, has appliedto the StateLegislature
fellow
TTU Chapter),the chapteradvisor,Dr.
1976,1977
with Dr. Wilde)and formerly
for a grantapproximating
for JerryMills,
$1,250,000
and the chapterpresident, at the Technion,lsrael,is now at the
equipmentfor the sciences,
for
Ms. LyndraBills,haveset an excellent
GeneralElectricResearchLaboratories.
inclusionin the nextbiennialbudget.
examplefor othersto follow."The
Schenectady,
We hopethat the Legislature
N.Y.
will be
Department
is fortunatein havinghad
sympathetic
and generous.
Thatsum
(Dr.Kice)from
Dr.
Holger
Hansen
suchdedicatedofficers,members,and
seemslikea lot of money,but whenone
Kemisk
Institute,
Aarhus
University,
advisorof the studentaffiliatein 1982.
realizesthat a modernmass
Denmark,hasreturnedto Denmark.
spectrometer
or 250MHZ NMR
Dr. Ja Hong Kim (Drs.Holwerdaand
instrumentmay cost $200,000250,000
Mills)hasreturnedto JeonbugNational
it can be seenthat a milliondollarsmay
University,
Korea.
not go veryfar. We are open to all ideas
Dr.
Dilip
K. Mitrahasleftthe
and largedonations!
department
aftercompletinghis year
w i t h D r .S h i n e .
promotedto full professor.
Dr. Wolfe
hasenteredthe agricultural
and food
sciencescenein Albertawith great
v i g o ra n d g u s t o .H e i s C h a i r m a o
nf theAlbertaDairymen's
Association
subcommitteeon contaminati
ng
substances.
He is a memberof the
NationalAdvisoryCommitteeto the
FederalDepartment
of Agriculture
ExpertCommitteeon Meats,and of the
AdvisoryCommitteeon pig project
researchto the AlbertaHog Producers
MarketingBoard.ThisJanuary(1983),
his department
beganthe firstof a
programson
seriesof innovative
"Topicsof lmportance
to FoodScience
Research
and Educationin Canada".
The seriesconsistsof seminarsby
Newsfrom Alums
respond,Bill,bothto you and us.
'79)
guestsfrom otherinstitutions,
mainly,
BurtonK. Andrews(BS'82)is
Dr. RobertD. Fugate(Ph.D.
has
and is supportedby the Endowment
continuingat TTU for an MS degree
beenpromotedto VicePresident
of
Fundfor the Future.
with Dr. Chesnavich.
Research
as an
Salesfor SLM Instruments,
Inc.Dr.
All of that seemsfar removedfrom
undergraduate
with Dr. Chesnavich
has F u g a t el i v e si n C h a m p a i g nl l,l , w i t h
physicalbiochemistry,
resultedin co-authorshio
but the
w i f e ,L i n d aa, n d s o n s ,J o h n ( ' 1 0a) n d
of one
connectinglinkscan be seenin Wolfe's
researchpaper.
Jim (2).Earlierin 1982perceptive
ultrastructural
readerscouldseeBob Fugate's
smiling researchinterests:
K e l i a( A l l e n )B a l l o u( B S ' 7 2 )n o w
changesand physicochemical,
face(nowbearded)in the full-pagead.
"retired"from chemistry,livingin
b i o c h e m i c aal n
, dp h y s i o l o g i c a l
for SLM-Aminco,
when Bob was
Houstonwith husband(Troxel),son
properties
muscleduringthe
of
beef
Customer
Applications
Manager
for
and youngerdaughter,describes
onsetof rigorand underdifferent
daysduringhis
herselfnow as motherand homemaker. SLM.In earlier-yet
conditions.Dr. Wolfeis a
P h . Dw
. o r kB o b F u g a t ew a st h e g u i d i n g processing
Keliaworkedin the TTU Agronomy
co-author
the textbook"Foodin
of
a
n
d
o
p
e
r
a
t
i
n
l
g
i
g
h
t
f
o
r
t
h
e
c
i
r
c
u
l
a
r
Department
for a whileand thenfor
(PicaPicaPress,
Perspective"
d i c h r o i s mi n s t r u m e ni nt P r o f .S o n g ' s
Dow Chemicalin Freeport.
Keliasends
Edmonton
1978).
group.
Dr.Wolfeaskedfor
instrumentation
So,
has
newsof Sandra(Carson)Hufsmith,
the addressof Jim Burton(MS'66,
r e m a i n e tdh et h i n gw i t hh i m .
M.D.,(BS'70) now livingrin-Hjtlsboro,
P h . D .Y a t e ' 7w) ,h i c hw e p r o m p t l yc u l l e d
O r e g o nM
. a n yt h a n k sK e l i aa, n do u r
Tzu-LiJu (MS'79)writesfrom
f
r o mo u r c o m p u t epr r i n to u t .B u t ,J i m
greetingsand bestwishesto you.
GaithersburS,
Md.,whereshe is a
you out there?SendFreda "howdy"
are
senior
systems
analyst
with
M/A COM
J o e lC . B u d g e( B S ' 8 1 )i s a c h e m i s t and
a lineor two to us.
toxicologist
with the TexasDepartment SigmaData,lnc.,and sendsher
Kenneth
F. Rash(8.S.'69)is a pilot
appreciation
for the assistance
and time
of PublicSafety.Joelwrotefrom
c irlines
at TTU.Thanks,Tzu-Li.That helpseven f l y i n gB o e i n g T 2 Tfso r R e p u b l i A
Odessathat he wouldbe movingto
seeminglyimpassive
chemistrypundits. out of Atlanta,GA. Kenspent5 yearsas
Templeto work for the DPSand would
a pilot in the USAFand then returnedto
be marryinganotherchemist,Sondra
; S ' 6 1 )i s
W e l d o nE . S c h a e f e(rB S ' 5 9 M
graduateschoolat the University
of
( M S ,P . H . , ' 7 6 ) .
Frisbie
l i v i n gi n B e t h l e h e mP,a . ,a n d r u n n i n g
California
at
Davis.
There
he
completed
SchaeferIndustries,
Inc.,in Allentown,
S a m u eJl . C a m p b e l M
l , . D .( B A ' 7 6 )
all of his coursework and his oralsfor
Pa.,whichmakesceramiccastingsfor
beganhis generalsurgeryresidencyat
the
Ph.D.whenalongcametemptation
industrialuse.Weldonand family
T T U H S Ci n J u l y .D r .C a m p b e l(lM D
in the form of a job offerwith Republic.
visited
us
after
a
long,
long
absence
in
June'82)was inductedas a charter
As Ken said it, he "tossedtest-tubes
July '1982.
memberof the AlphaOmegaAlpha
asideand took to the skies,"and now
'82)
MedicalHonorSocietyat TTUHSCon
DouglasA. Webb(BS
is now a
seesLubbocksometimes
from 35,000
graduatestudentat CornellUniversity.
May 28,1982.He receivedthe RobertJ.
feetup.Well,somepeoplewouldfeel
Salemaward"for the graduating
While
senior
at Tech,Webbdid undergraduate that's
pointof view,but
a reasonable
at TTUHSCwho hasdemonstrated
researchin theorticalphysical
thentherearethe otherswho staya
excellence
in scholarship
and
chemistrywith Dr. Chesnavich
and is a
littlecloser.All was not lostat UC,
performance
duringhis surgical
co-authorof two researchpapers.
either,
for with his wingsKen hasan
clerkship".
Dr. FredH. Wolfe(Ph.D.'66)has been
M . S .( ' 7 7 ) .
W i l l i a mJ . D u n n( B A ' 8 1 )i s i n D e n t a l
madeChairmanof the Department
of
Dr. BongRaeCho (Ph.D.'80),now on
Schoolat UTHSC,Houston.Bill has
FoodScience,University
of Alberta,
the facultyof KoreaUniversity,
and Dr.
writtenaboutthe maturingyearhe
Edmonton,Canada.FredWolfegot his
l l - W o oY a n g ( P h . D' 8. 2 ) ,n o w o n t h e
spentin oil fieldservicefollowing
Ph.D.in physicalbiochemistry
with
facultyof KoreaMilitaryUniversity,
graduationin 1981and priorto entering formerchairmanand "founding
havebeenawardedyoung-scientist
DentalSchool.He alsocommentson
researcher"at TTU, professoremeritus, researchgrants
from the KoreaScience
the supportand helphe receivedfrom
Joe Dennis.He wentto Albertain 1966 F o u n d a t i o n .
Dr. Millsduringthat period.Forthis,we
as a researchassociatein the
Dr. Jong Gun Lee (Ph.D.'78)hasjoined
thankhim. Bill asks"how are Steve
Department
of Biochemistry,
and was
the
facultyof the Department
of
Harrelson('81),Stephanie
Nelson('81)
appointedassistantprofessorin Food
Chemistry,
Pusan
University,
Korea.
and RezaFathi"?Let'shope they
Sciencein 1968.ln 1975he was
Otficersof the Departmentof
ChemistryGraduateStudent
Mary Ettel
Association:
(President),JesseYeh(Vice
President),Louis Stewart
(Treasurer)and ClintonAnderson
(Secretary).
Scholarshipsand Awardsto
ResearchDegrees
UndergradualeStudents,1982
LarryAvens(Ph.D.'82,Dr. Mills)
The SamuelHunt LeeMemorialAward " C o n t r i b u t i o nt os t h e G r o u pV - G r o u pV
Bond"
(to an outstanding
freshman
c h e m i s t rm
y a j o r )G
, i r i s hV a l l a b h a n
D o n g - H a kB a e( P h . D'.8 2 ,D r .S h i n e )
"Scopeand Mechanism
of the
T h e C R C P r e s sI,n c . 3 5 t hA n n u a l
D e c o m p o s i t i oonf 1 , 4 - D i m e t h y l -41-,
Freshman
ChemistryAchievement
d iaryl-2-tetrazenes".
Award,(to an outstanding
studentin
freshmanchemistry),
Donald
V i c t o rL . D a v i d s o (nP h . D . ' 8 2 , D K
r .n a f f )
Braswell
"lon Transportin Photosynthetic
Purple
Bacteria".
AmericanChemicalSocietyStudent
AffiliateScholarship
(to an
P a u lD . D o b r o w o l s k( M
i .S.'82,Dr.
outstanding
sophomorechemistry
Marx)"TotalSynthesis
of
student),KarenMikkelson
Catalpalactone".
The "AnalyticalChemistry"
Award(to
D e l p h i aF . H a m i l (l P h . D'.8 2 ,D r .
t h e b e s tj u n i o rc h e m i s t r m
"Vibrational
y a j o ri n
Redington)
Studiesof
analyticalchemistry),
StephenStults HydrogenFluoride".
The TexasInstituteof the American
Yen-long
V i n c e nH
t o n g( P h . D . ' 8 2D, r .
Instituteof Chemists,
StudentAward Marx)"MigrationTendencyof Some
( f o ro u t s t a n d i nagc c o m p l i s h m einnta Substituents
in CationicRearrangement
programin chemistry Reactions".
baccalaureate
o r c h e m i c ael n g i n e e r i n a
gn
,d
S u k o nP i r a k i t i g o o(nP h . D . ' 8 2D, r .M i l l s )
potential
professional
as
a
chemist),
"RingSizeInterconversions
Howto survivein theU.S.Airforcestationed
of
DouglasA. Webb
in Papillion,Nebraska:
CaptainGerald
Cyclopolyphosph
i nes".
Walzel(M.5.1976).
The MerckIndexAward(for
RupaAnanthanarayan
(M.S.'82,Dr.
outstanding
achievement
by a
Bartsch)"CationComplexation
by
graduatingsenior),HarryWeaver
Multidentate
Ligands'.
Energy-Conservation
Renovations
The Weymouth-Campbell
Scholarships:
As the Springsemester('83)
for superiorperformance
(asa
progresses,
visitorsand occupantsof
freshmanchemistrymajor),Girish
t h e c h e m i s t r by u i l d i n gw i l l b e c o m e
Vallabhan
moreand moreawareof energy(as
a sophomorechemistrymajor),
( . u r r s t svr r r l g C O n S t r u C t i O iw
i Ork
L e n n i sD i p p e l ,
underway.
A contractfor 91,045,130
has
G e n eM c D o n a l d
beenlet for makingextensive
a l t e r a t i o ni sn t h e a i r h a n d l i n g
and
( a sa j u n i o rc h e m i s t r m
y ajor),
energybalancingsystemsin the
FloydBarry,
b u i l d i n gT. h e s ea l t e r a t i o nasr ed e s i g n e d L y n d r aB i l l s ,
The LastStage.......
to providemorefume hoods,improve
RicardoMatos,
The hon.editor'spracticeis to write
e x i s t i n gh o o df a c i l i t i e sa,n d i m p r o v et h e
StephenStults,
the roughcopy for thesenewsletters
temperature
controlin the building.At
DavidWomack
d u r i n gt h e C h r i s t m ahso l i d a yp e r i o dA
. tl
t h e s a m et i m e ,m o r ee c o n o m i c a l
are assembled
in the months
The Dow Scholarships
(for outstanding materials
h e a t i n ga, i r - c o n d i t i o n i nagn,da i r
previously.
Photographs
are madefor
achievement
by a chemistrymajor),
h a n d l i n gw i l l b e a c h i e v e dT.h ea i r
u s b y C a r o lK i n g ,t h e c h i e f
LeeSommitz
pressure(fromheatingand coolingair
photographer
of the University's
News
Rob Tschauner
f l o w )i n t h e b u i l d i n gw i l la l s ob e b e t t e r
and Publications
office.The Newsletter
controlled.
At the presenttime the
is typedin Januaryand thentakenover
TexasTech DadsAssociation
negativeair pressurein the building
to
Tech Press,and handedoverto
Scholarshipsfor 1982-83
oftenmakesthe openingof outside
ElaineAtkinson,the notorious
Floyd
Barry,
senior.
doorsfeasibleonly to the well-muscled
"Misselaineous"
of the University's
K a r e nM i k k e l s o nj u, n i o r .
a m o n gu s .C h a n g e si n t h e b u i l d i n g
Publications
(whereshe is
Bureau
junior.
Tracey
Price,
hoodshavebeencalledfor, not only by
AssistantManager).
puts
Misselaineous
James
Ryder,
senior.
the needto adustair-pressure
balance,
our copy intothe attractive
layoutof the
but alsoto meetsafetystandards
and
f inalform,chooseseachyearthe
researchemphases.
Construction
work EditorialAssistant
photographic
designfor the f ront page,
is beingcarriedout at one siteat a time
and
sees
the
Newsletter
throughthe
i n t h e b u i l d i n gs o a s t o c a u s em i n i m u m Mrs.Sharon(Gerald)Grant,who saw
printingstages.Misselaineous
putsher
us
through
the
first
threenewsletters,
interuptionof classand laboratory
mark
on
the
design
of
many
of
Tech's
leftTexasTech in Juneto work in one
work.
publications,
particularly
the
Theatre
of
of the locallaw offices.Sharonset up
Supervising
the logisticsof the
Center.Our thanks,then,to
much
of
the
logistics
of
the
newsletter,
renovations
is in the handsof Dr.
Misselaineous.
We offeredher,as a sign
of exes,mailing,as wellas
RobertRekers,who wasthe liasonman addresses
of
our
thanks,
the
f ree,life-longauditof
the experttyping.Shehas handedover
for the department
and builderswhen
all chemistrycourses.But,shesaid
the
reigns
to
Mrs.
Jane
Bradley
who
has
the new chemistrybuildingwas built
she'djust as soon havethe second
takenthemoverfor Newsletter
4.
over10 yearsago.Completionof
prize,the trip to LasVegas(theone in
renovations
shouldoccurin May,1983.
Nevada,of course).
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We would be very pleasedto hear from the Department'sgraduates.Send
us your updatedaddressand descriptionof what your are now doing
professionally
or otherwise.lf there is a particularinquiryyou may have
for news of the Department,let us haveit please.
Name:
Dateof Graduation(or Associationwith Department):
Address:
C u r r e n tP o s i t i o n :
Item of news for us:
l n q u i r yo f n e w sf r o m u s :
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TexasTech University
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When thesenewsletterswere begun
in 1980we had no preconceptions
about the future years.Here,
though,the fourth newsletteris out
and we seemto be in harnessfor
the forseeablefuture.But, the
newsletterdoes dependso much
on our graduatesfor news.Writeto
us about yourselvesand your work.
A l l t h e b e s tu n t i l n u m b e rf i v e .
H.J. Shine