• 2012-07-12 - Donald Vidican M.D., 60, of Rockford passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at his home, surrounded by his loving family, after a long battle with cancer.
     Posted: 2012-07-12
  • 2012-07-06 - Roger Lee Benson, 72, of Woodstock, passed away at home Wednesday, July 4, 2012, after an extended illness. Roger was born Dec. 30, 1939, in his grandmother's home in Huntley. He was the oldest of three sons of the late Violet and Gordon Benson. He grew up in Wonder Lake, graduated from McHenry High School in 1958, and received his undergraduate education in zoology and chemistry at the...
     Posted: 2012-07-06
  • 2012-07-01 - The Department of Chemistry is delighted to announce that Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer will be joining our faculty in August 2012. Hammes-Schiffer is currently a Professor of Chemistry and the Eberly Professor of Biotechnology at Penn State University.
     Posted: 2012-07-01
  • 2012-04-14 - Scientist and long-time sailor, Donald Anderson, passed away on April 13, 2012, aboard his boat, Summer Passage.
     Posted: 2012-04-14
  • 2012-03-17 - Cal Meyers, Southern Illinois University’s only Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and one of the country’s great organic chemists, passed away peacefully in Carbondale on Friday, March 16, 2012.
     Posted: 2012-03-17
  • 2012-03-01 - James Douglas McCullough Jr. of Houston, Texas passed away February 28, 2012 in a Houston hospital.
     Posted: 2012-03-01
  • 2012-02-28 - Lester John Dankert passed away on Feb. 27, 2012. Lester was born in Saginaw, on March 30, 1914.
     Posted: 2012-02-28
  • 2012-02-19 - Dr. Harry Jacob Neumiller Jr., 82, of Galesburg, Ill., died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, at Cottage Hospital.
     Posted: 2012-02-19
  • 2012-02-16 - John C. Robinson Jr. "Robby", age 94, of Wilmington, DE, passed away on Wednesday February 15, 2012 at Methodist Country House.
     Posted: 2012-02-16
  • 2012-02-04 - Katherine Louise Junnila Sholtz ("Katie"), 80, of Golden Valley, Minnesota departed this world on February 3, 2012.
     Posted: 2012-02-04
  • 2012-02-04 - Donald Gabriel Miller, a California native, lifelong civic activist and highly respected scientist, died on February 3, 2012 in Livermore California at the age of 84 of cancer.
     Posted: 2012-02-04
  • 2012-01-02 - Eleanor Clayton Cogan Sept. 22, 1909 - Dec. 27, 2011 Born in Chicago, IL to Thomas and Nora Clayton, Eleanor grew up in Dixon, in northern Illinois.
     Posted: 2012-01-02
  • 2011-12-31 - Congratulations to the following faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants who were ranked excellent by their students during the Spring 2011 course evaluation process. Professors and InstructorsGretchen Adams Peter Beak Martin Burke Scott Denmark Christian Ray Teaching Assistants Cynthia...
     Posted: 2011-12-31
  • 2011-12-31 - In conjunction with the Spring 2011 ACS Meeting in Anaheim, California, the Department of Chemistry will be hosting an Alumni and Friends Reception. All Alumni and Friends of the Department are invited to attend. Monday, March 28, 2011 5:00 - 8:00 pm Doubletree Guest Suites Anaheim Convention Center (Tuscany Room A) 2085 South Harbor Blvd....
     Posted: 2011-12-31
  • 2011-12-31 - The UN has declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry, placing UNESCO and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in charge of events. Read more at http://www.chemistry2011.org/
     Posted: 2011-12-31