2012-10-28 - Clifford Wayne Childers was born September 26, 1924 in Carterville, Illinois, to Lula and Paul Childers and passed away on October 27, 2012 at the age of eighty-eight. Upon graduating from high school at the age of 16 Wayne attended Southern Illinois University and earned a Bachelor of Science...Posted:- 2012-10-25 - University of Illinois chemistry professor Douglas Mitchell has been named a Packard Fellow in science and engineering. He is among 16 early career researchers honored by the ...Posted:
2012-10-24 - William Donald Foglesong Jr. died at home with his wife at his side on October 23, 2012 at the age of 70. Bill was born and raised in Mason WV where he graduated from Wahama High School. After graduating from Marshall University in 1963, he received a Ph.D. Degree in 1968 in Organic...Posted:
2012-10-15 - Wimer, David 86, of Winthrop Harbor, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born July 20, 1926 in Champaign, Illinois to David Cleveland and Lillian McGee Wimer. He attended school in Urbana, IL and graduated from Urbana High School in 1944...Posted:
2012-10-13 - Robert William Green Died on October 12, 2012, a week before his 80th birthday, after years of declining health and a hospitalization for pneumonia. Bob was born on October 20, 1932 in Los Angeles, California to Elizabeth and Lester Green. He showed exceptional talent in music from an early age and...Posted:- 2012-10-05 - The Women Chemists Committee (WCC) of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce that Ms. Kristin Nuzzio is one of 9 recipients nationally of the Eli Lilly Travel Award. This award provides funding for female undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral fellows to travel to a national meeting...Posted:
2012-10-05 - Walter Smith, Jr., known as "Tom," was born in 1922 in Havana, IL, where he enjoyed fishing and boating on the Illinois River. He attended the University of Illinois and received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Indiana University in 1945.Posted:- 2012-10-05 - On October 6, 2012, Professor Sharon Hammes-Schiffer will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As a Fellow of the AAAS, he joins the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Professor Hammes-Schiffer joined the Department of Chemistry in August 2012 after...Posted:
2012-10-02 - John D. McCollum, 83, a retired Amoco Oil chemist, died in Naperville, IL in September. John was born in Evanston, IL in 1929. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1949, and he went on to earn A.M and Ph.D. degrees in organic chemistry...Posted:
2012-09-27 - Elodie Emelda Diodene Fleming Born January 20, 1927 in Gretna, Louisiana and passed away on September 26, 2012 She was the Devoted wife of the late Calvin A. Fleming, II, and Beloved mother of her only child, Calvin, III.Posted:
2012-09-09 - Dr. Alfred Raymond Gould, long-time resident and icon of West Feliciana Parish, died in his sleep on Saturday, September 08, 2012, in Sugar Land, Texas, of Alzheimer's disease. He was 84. Doc, as he was known to all, was a gifted healer, who practiced medicine his own way - slowly and thoroughly....Posted:
2012-08-27 - Myrle C. White passed away Sunday, August 26, 2012, at Indiana University Health hospital. She was born April 11, 1920, in Superior, WI, to the late E. Gilmore and Bertha E. (Swensen) Wagner.Posted:
2012-08-27 - Jurgen Diekmann, age 77, died Sunday August 26, 2012 at home. He was born in Ludwigshafen, Germany to Heinrich and Paula Diekmann. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Kalamazoo College and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. He started work for DuPont in 1959 in the...Posted:
2012-08-08 - Robert E. Allen Dec. 27, 1919 - Aug. 7, 2012 Resident of Walnut Creek Robert E. Allen, husband of Betty M. Allen, died at 92 years of age. Bob was born and grew up in Hampton Iowa. A graduate of Grinnell College and a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois, Bob conducted research...Posted:
2012-08-01 - The Department of Chemistry is saddened to announce the passing of alumnus and longtime supporter of the department, Dr. Herschel D. Porter who passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2012. He was born in Silverton, Ohio on Aug. 9, 1924 and earned his B.S. from Wilmington College in 1944 and his Ph.D. from...Posted: