University of Wisconsin, M.A. (1964), Ph.D. (1967) (Organic Chemistry)
Luther College, B.A. (1962) summa cum laude (Chemistry)
Public schools of Marshalltown, IowaScholarships and Fellowships:
National Merit Scholar, 1958-62 (Luther College)
Danforth Graduate Fellow, 1962-67 (University of Wisconsin)
NSF Graduate Fellow, 1962-64 (University of Wisconsin)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 1967 (Iowa State University)
Lawrence University
Robert McMillen Professor of Chemistry, 1993-
Professor of Chemistry, 1989-
Chair, Department of Chemistry, 1976-79, 1987-89, 1992-1996, 1998-2006
Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1976-89
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1967-1975Cornell University
Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry, 1980-81
University of Toronto
Research Associate, 1973-74
Iowa State University
NIH Post-doctoral fellow, l967; Elected to Sigma Xi, l967
American Chemical Society (Organic and Chemical Education Divisions)
AAAS
Identification and synthesis of natural products, especially those relevant to insect communication or defense
Organic Reaction mechanisms, especially hydrolysis reactions
Applications of nmr spectroscopy;
Functionalized dendrimers.
Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program, 2002, 2003, 2004
Hughes Summer Student/Faculty Research Grant, 1994, 1995, 2002
Appleton Papers, Inc., 1991 ($15,000)
Monsanto Chemical Company, 1987 ($2,500), 1988 ($4,000)
Petroleum Research Fund (American Chemical Society), 1983-86 ($15,000)
Lawrence University Research Grant, 1973,75,76,77,82,88,91,92, 2001, 02, 05
Research Corporation, 1976-78 ($10,600)
NSF 1975, EPP75-04174 (URP)
NSF through University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1971-72, GY-7663
NSF and Lawrence University 1968-70, (COSIP)
Research Corporation 1968-70 ($2,000)
Project Director, NSF ILI Grant DUE 9850795, "Acquisition of a Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) to Enhance Analytical Capability and Improve Analytical and Organic Chemistry Instruction at Lawrence" 1998 (NSF contribution $30,550)
Project Director, Hewlett-Packard Equipment Gift, consisting of a GC/MS instrument package; value: $79,220 (1998).
Project Director, NSF ILI Grant USE8851800, "Acquisition of a High-Field Fourier Transform NMR Spectrometer to Enhance Undergraduate Education in Chemical Spectroscopy," 1988 (NSF contribution $95,250).
Project Director, NSF CSIP Grant CSI-8650298, "Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy," 1986 (NSF contribution $20,250).
Project Director, NSF ISEP Grant SER 77-10245, "Medium Resolution Mass Spectrometer," 1977 (NSF contribution $5,600).
Project Director, NSF ISEP Grant GY-11004, "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer," 1973 (NSF contribution $10,000).
National Science Foundation
NSF--Research in Undergraduate Institutions
Petroleum Research Fund, Administered by the American Chemical Society
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of Organic Chemistry
The Chemical Educator
Canadian Journal of Chemistry
D.C. Heath & Company
W.W. Norton, Inc.
Organic Chemistrty
Advanced Organic Chemistry
Instrumental Analysis
General Chemistry
Presentations and Publications
Revised: 2-AUG-2007