Chester Dewey, Chair - University of Rochester
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1861 Chester Dewey, Chair 1867 M id-19th Century Classroom I m p o r t a nt A cco m p l i s h m e nt s and Happenings • Professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy; received four honorary degrees in divinity • Was the first University scientist: a chemist, botanist, geologist, meteorologist, and clergyman • Scientific studies expanded in 1862, when Dewey recommended that the University acquire a cabinet of minerals and fossils from a young Rochester naturalist, Henry A. Ward. • Recorded temperature, barometric pressure, precipitation, winds, storms, comets, meteors, and auroras; his weather sheets are archived in Rush Rhees Library and cover more than 30 years • A leader among professional educators in Rochester and a consistent exponent of the university idea. Outspoken fund-raiser for the early University • In 1930, a building, Dewey Hall was named in his honor and housed Biology, Botany, and Geology • Dr. Charles A. Dewey (class of 1861), his son, left a fortune to the University in memory of his father 5 1867 Samuel A. Lattimore, Chair 1908 Anderson Hall, Home of Chemistry Department from 1861-1887 I m p o r t a nt A cco m p l i s h m e nt s and Happenings • His appointment prompted the establishment of a separate department of chemistry at the University • At the University taught Chemistry, as well as Geology, Zoology, and Physics • Established the first chemistry laboratory in the basement of Anderson Hall, used by students as well as Rochester physicians, pharmacists, mechanics, and farmers • In 1887, established a building exclusively for Chemistry • Chemist to the Board of Water Commissioners of Rochester and to the New York State Board of Health • Acting President of the University for two years • Established the Rochester Microscopical Society in 1879; In 1881 became the first president of the society • His importance to the University is commemorated by Lattimore Hall, a building that up until 1972 was devoted to teaching and research in chemistry on the River Campus. Today Lattimore Hall houses the Deans’ offices, as well as various humanities departments. • Several institutions conferred honorary degrees on Lattimore; he was a charter member of the American Chemical Society and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 6 1908 Victor J. Chambers, Chair 1938 Reynolds M emorial Hall, Home of Chemistry Department from 1887-1930 I m p o r t a nt A cco m p l i s h m e nt s • • • • • • • • • • and Happenings Victor Chambers’ chairmanship lasted for three decades. In 1925 became the first Charles F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry, a professorship he held until 1939 Collaborated with Ralph Helmkamp to start the Ph.D. Program in the Chemistry Department in 1927 Dean of Graduate Studies for six years Promoted introduction of Ph.D. programs throughout the University In 1916, Victor J. Chambers set wheels in motion to secure a charter for Rochester from Sigma Xi, an honor society which recognizes superior achievement in science. Recruited D. Stanley Tarbell In 1927, under President Rhees, ground was broken for the River Campus on the banks of the Genesee River After his death, the Victor J. Chambers Lectureship was established in his honor Victor J. Chambers is also remembered by a residence hall bearing his name in Hill Court on the River Campus. 7 Victor J. Chambers 1908 1938 Anderson Hall, circa 1900 Early 20th Century Laboratory Victor Chambers, 1930s R alph W. Helmkamp D o c to ra l D e g re e s A wa rd e d Bernhard Ernst Landow Linus Montague Webb Casselman B. Hess Robert E. DeRight William Orlin Kenyon Chester M. White Paul W. Aradine 1932 1932 1934 1935 1935 1935 1936 Line Chambers Chambers Wiig Chambers Sunier Line Clark Hall Dale Ethel Louetta French Willard A. Payne Victor Stanley Chambers Ellsworth McSweeney Charles Eugene Sunderlin 1936 1936 1936 1938 1938 1938 Helmkamp Chambers Chambers Chambers Chambers Chambers T h e F i r s t D o c t o rat e s The first chemistry doctoral degrees, also representing the first Ph.D.s granted from the College, were conferred in June 1932 to Linus M. Webb and Bernard E. Landow. Furthermore, the first female doctoral graduate at the College, Ethel L. French (Ph.D. ‘36), was also from Chemistry. 8 1938 W. Albert Noyes, Jr., Chair 1955 R iver Campus from the Genesee I m p o r t a nt A cco m p l i s h m e nt s and Happenings • From the 1940’s through the mid-50’s, propelled the Chemistry Department from a liberal arts chemistry program into a nationally recognized modern research department • Raised the visibility of the University to that of an institution with a national reputation in chemical education • Considered the father of modern gas-phase photochemistry; world leader in the field of photochemistry • Recruited Marshall D. Gates, Jr., first to work on the Journal of the American Chemical Society for which Noyes was editor-in-chief, and later as instructor and professor. • In 1950, Marshall D. Gates, Jr. created the first laboratory preparation of morphine, a landmark achievement in chemical synthesis. This discovery, helped raise the Department of Chemistry and the University’s reputation to national and international prominence. • Together, Virgil Boekelheide and Marshall Gates in synthetic organic chemistry, and D. Stanley Tarbell who bridged both mechanism and synthesis, built a major research operation in organic chemistry • Similarly, W. Albert Noyes, A. B. F. Duncan, Winston Walters, and Edwin Wiig established a major research operation in physical chemistry • Hired William H. Saunders in physical organic chemistry 9 1938 1955 W. Albert Noyes, Jr. M arshall D. G ates, Jr., 1953 W. Albert Noyes, Jr., circa 1950 I m p o r t a nt A cco m p l i s h m e nt s and H a p p e n i n g s ( co nt .) • Boekelheide, Tarbell, and Gates were subsequently elected to the National Academy of Science for work done in Rochester • Named Charles F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry in 1939, a chair he held until 1960 • First American President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry since World War II • Vice President and member of the executive committee of the U.S. National Commission for the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) • Elected President of the American Chemical Society in 1947 • Won the highest American award in chemistry--the Priestley Medal in 1954, his father also won in 1935 • Editor of Chemical Reviews from 1939 to 1949 • Received the King’s Medal from the British Empire in 1948 • Honorary member of the Society Chimique de France, Officer of the French Legion of Honor, honorary member of the Royal Society of Physics and Chemistry of Spain and the Chemical Society of Belgium • Served as Dean of the Graduate School, 1952-1956; served as Dean of the College, 1956-1961 • During this period, the University of Rochester became a research university. In 1955, the Colleges for Men and Women were merged into what is now the College. 10 1938 1955 W. Albert Noyes, Jr. D o c to ra l D e g re e s A wa rd e d Eugene Joseph Agnello Cameron Ainsworth Gordon Ainslie Allen Albert Edward Anderson Frank Jervey Ball William Thomas Barry Howard Dean Batha John Caleb Bill David A. Bittker Joseph F. Bunnett Elizabeth H. Burkey Wade Lee Callender David Bennett Camp Albert A. Caretto Lloyd Hillyard Conover Nathan Allen Coward Louis Elwood Craig Wallace Davis James Warner Drenan Bruce Dropesky Jean-Thomas Henri Dubois Victor R. Ells Paul Edward Fanta Richard Walter Fink John H. Fletcher Hans Richard Frank Peter Edgar Frankenburg David K. Fukushima Walter George Gall George Gantz John Carl Godfrey Martin Goldman Robert Gomer Charles Webster Gould Robert J. Grabenstetter Harold John Groh William Benton Guenther Thomas Joel Hall Donald Philip Harnish Clarence George Heininger Frederick C. Henriques Donald S. Herr Clifford E. Herrick Arthur Hermann Herz Joseph William Hickey H. Peter Hirschler Lawrence John Edward Hofer Philip Hoffman Robert Sehon Holdsworth Jerome J. Howland Roy Edward Hunt 1950 1949 1949 1953 1944 1951 1954 1951 1953 1945 1940 1951 1949 1954 1950 1954 1948 1947 1949 1953 1951 1939 1946 1953 1942 1947 1953 1946 1953 1940 1954 1953 1949 1940 1941 1952 1954 1953 1948 1954 1940 1940 1944 1954 1942 1950 1941 1954 1947 1943 1947 Boekelheide Boekelheide Gunning Boekelheide McPhee Walters Walters Tarbell Walters Tarbell Unknown Wiig Helmkamp Wiig Tarbell Noyes Tarbell Noyes Hill Wiig Noyes Noyes Tarbell Wiig Cairns Tarbell Friess Tarbell Boekelheide Walters Boekelheide Boekelheide Noyes Chambers Wiig Noyes Walters Tarbell Boekelheide Wiig Duncan Noyes Wiig Tarbell Wiig Tarbell Wiig Tarbell Duncan Noyes Noyes Everett Ramon Johnson Arvo John Juhola Walter Edward Kaskan Hikmet Raouf Kazimi Henry Marcell Kissman Erwin Klingsberg Charles H. Klute Kenneth Otto Kutschke William Enberg Langeland Clifford Everett Larrabee Martha Harriet Lawson Laurence C. Liberatore Eddie Gustave Lindstrom William Joseph Linn Robert H. Linnell Ta-kong Liu Chu-tsin Liu James P. Lodge James Edgar Longfield George William Luckey John J. Madison Sherwin Paul Malchick Frank Basil Marcotte Robert Bruce Martin Michael Martin-Smith Max S. Matheson Marvin Anthony McCall Karl H. Meng George Moe Stewart Robert Montgomery 1949 1947 1949 1954 1950 1944 1942 1951 1950 1949 1944 1941 1944 1953 1950 1949 1952 1951 1951 1950 1946 1952 1951 1953 1955 1940 1951 1939 1950 1955 Walters Wiig Duncan Tarbell Tarbell McPhee Walters Noyes Boekelheide Boekelheide Duncan Wiig Tarbell/McPhee Boekelheide Noyes Duncan Boekelheide Boekelheide Walters Noyes Flagg Gates Noyes Noyes Gates Noyes Tarbell Chambers Duncan Helmkamp Cutler Union, the Women's College in the 1950s 11 W. Albert Noyes, Jr. 1938 1955 D o c to ra l D e g re e s A wa rd e d ( co nt .) Norman L. Morse Kurt Herbert Mueller Robert Gilman Nelb Dan Neuberger Paul Noble Elbert Dickerson Nostrand William Ralph Nummy Eduard Ott Joseph D. Overman Gerald George Palmer Mark Clements Paulson Harry Milton Peek Frank Cook Pennington John Christos Petropoulos Ellis Rex Pinson John Thomas Plati Donald Gray Powell Warren Addison Reckhow Edward McCreery Roberts Seymour Rothchild Yoshio Sato William Martin Schilling George P. Scott George Frederic Sheats Zachary D. Sheldon Albert Louis Sieg Lewis Oliver Smith Stanton Burgess Smith Virgil C. Boekelheide, circa 1950 12 1943 1949 1949 1953 1950 1954 1950 1952 1945 1948 1943 1950 1951 1952 1951 1940 1952 1950 1955 1948 1947 1949 1949 1955 1948 1954 1947 1948 Kincaid Walters Walters Duncan Tarbell Duncan Tarbell Tarbell Kincaid Wiig Tarbell Hill Boekelheide Tarbell Friess Strain Tarbell Tarbell Boekelheide Boekelheide Tarbell Boekelheide Tarbell Noyes Noyes Boekelheide Boekelheide Wiig Richard Frederick Smith Albert Herman Soloway Charles Marvin Stevens Alexander Napier Strachan K. Nolen Tanner Helen Thayer Robert J. Thompson Charles W. Todd Charles W. Todd Don W. Vanas James Robert Vaughan Gerald Keith Vick Paul Wagner Genevieve Dwyer Wagner Bernard Wargotz Clay Weaver William Gatewood Webb Joseph Weinstock Leonard Weisler Russel E. Wellman Joseph Edward Wilson James W. Wilson Harold F. Wilson V. P. Wystrach J. William Zabor Leo Zeftel C. Richard Zobel Albert B. F. Duncan 1953 1951 1953 1954 1950 1942 1946 1943 1943 1946 1944 1955 1952 1952 1954 1941 1954 1952 1939 1955 1942 1942 1950 1944 1940 1951 1954 Tarbell Friess Tarbell Noyes Duncan Helmkamp Duncan Tarbell Tarbell Walters Tarbell Boekelheide Duncan Wiig Tarbell Tarbell Gates Boekelheide Helmkamp Walters Noyes Tarbell Tarbell Tarbell Noyes Tarbell Duncan Frank P. Buff
