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2011-06-03 - Joseph John Ursprung, PhD, 87, passed away Friday, June 3, 2011, at Crown Pointe Senior Living Community in Stevensville, MI. Joseph was born March 19, 1924, in Goedre, Baranya, Hungary, the son of Johann and Theresia (Renner) Ursprung. In 1927 his parents immigrated with him to Leamington, Ontario, Canada. Joseph enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces in 1943 serving with The First Hussars of...

2011-05-29 - Ed Dunlop passed away April 26th at age 95. Eleanor Dunlop, his wife, died May 29th at age 90. They had both resided at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, DE. Ed was born in Center, MO and graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, MO and the University of Illinois where he received his PhD. He retired as Research Manager of the Physical and Analytical Division of Central Research and...

2011-07-07 - Dr. CLYDE E. ARNTZEN Dr. Clyde E. Arntzen, 95, of Juno Beach died Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the Waterford. Dr. Arntzen was born in Crescent City, IL. He lived in Jupiter from 1979-2003, moving into The Waterford Life Care Community in December, 2003. He earned a BS in Chemistry from the University of Illinois and a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Iowa State University of Science and Technology. He...

2011-06-20 - Dr. C. Gordon McCarty, 75, of Dataw Island, SC passed away peacefully at his home on June 20, 2011. Gordon was born on November 26, 1935, in Hutchinson, KS, a son of the late Gerald W. and Dorothy M McCarty. He was a graduate of Wichita High School East (1953), Wichita State University (1957 and 1959), where he received a BS and MS degree in Chemistry at the University of Illinois in Urbana-...

2007-01-12 - When Margaret Kosal isn’t throwing herself out of airplanes, she’s throwing herself into her job with an equal amount of passion.

2016-01-07 - The LAS Alumni Achievement Award is given to the alumnus or alumna who, by outstanding achievement, has demonstrated the values derived from a liberal arts and sciences education.

2009-09-16 - Richard L. "Doc" Kieft, 64, of Monmouth, Ill., died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, at Great River Hospice in West Burlington.

2011-04-14 - Dr. James W. Miles - SAVANNAH - James W. Miles was born in Henderson, Kentucky on September 19, 1918, son of James W. Miles and Isabel Teresa Miles. After graduating from Madisonville High School he attended Western Kentucky University where he received a BS degree in chemistry and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army reserve in 1940. Called to active duty in 1942, he served as a platoon...

2007-02-11 - In 1984, researchers first isolated the HIV virus, the culprit behind the AIDS epidemic that was spreading panic across the United States.

2013-02-10 - Some 40 years ago, Steve Miller was a chemistry doctoral student at the U of I studying DNA. He knew next to nothing about petroleum, and so it was with some dampened optimism one day that he introduced himself to a campus recruiter from Chevron, one of the largest oil companies on the planet.

2013-06-16 - Richard Lampo (M.S. Chemistry, ’79), St. Joseph, Ill., was named Researcher of the Year at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. He was commended for advancing the state of practice for fiber-reinforced polymer composites in infrastructure applications benefitting the Department of Defense and nation. This technology is being used to build and sustain critical military and civil...

2011-01-01 - Elaine Fuchs (B.S. 1972) has received the Madison Medal from Princeton University. Named for James Madison, Princeton's first graduate alumnus, the Madison Medal was established in 1973 by the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA). Upon the recommendation of the APGA Committee on Nominations and Awards and the Madison Meal Selection Committee, this honor is conferred each year on...

2010-01-01 - Nine Department of Chemistry Alumni were named 2010 ACS Fellows.

2017-01-17 - When students return to classes today for the spring semester, they might not recognize their old classrooms. Years in the making, the Chemistry Annex renovations are complete.

2017-01-09 - Paul Hergenrother received the 2017 ACS Cope Scholar Award for innovative use and application of organic synthesis to solve critical problems at the frontiers of chemical biology and translational drug discovery.