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Gooch - Stephens Lectures
March 3 - 4, 2020: Scott McLuckey, PhD
John A. Leighty Distinguished Professor - Analytical Chemistry, Purdue University
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Reception: 4:00 PM (BSB, A-Wing, 2nd Floor Landing)
Lecture: 5:00 PM BSB B.110
Creativity with a Capital "C": Laying the Framework for Making a Lasting Difference
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Graduate Student Coffee Hour: 2:30 - 3:30 PM, BSB E.234
Lecture: 4:00 PM BSB D.110
Ion / Ion Reactions: New Chemistries in the Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Bio-Molecules
The Gooch-Stephens Lectures were established as a permanent annual event in recognition of the outstanding contributions of two long-time, highly respected chemistry professors and former department chairmen. Dr. W.T. Gooch became an instructor at Baylor University in 1908 after receiving two degrees from Baylor. His mentor was E.E. Reid, who later became an internationally known chemist at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Gooch received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago, where he studied with such eminent chemists of that day as Nef and Stieglitz. Dr. Gooch was especially known for his organic chemistry courses, which were taken by all chemistry majors and pre-medical students. From 1909 to 1949, Dr. Gooch served as chairman of the chemistry department at Baylor University. He died April 21, 1973, at the age of 87.
Dr. W.R Stephens, who joined the Baylor faculty in 1922, came to Baylor from Meridian College where he had been dean. Dr. Stephens received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Auburn University and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa, where he was associated with some of the best-known chemists of that period. Dr. Stephens succeeded Dr. Gooch as chairman of the department in 1949. As chairman, Dr. Stephens enlarged the staff of the chemistry department and, in 1952, initiated and developed the Doctor of Philosophy program in chemistry. While chairman, Dr. Stephens devoted much of his energy and talents to the details of construction during the building of our former facilities in the Marrs McLean Science Building. He died January 10, 1988, at the age of 95.
Distinguished Lecturers:
2019: Geraldine L. Richmond, PhD, Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry, University of Oregon
2017: Steven G. Boxer, PhD, Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
2016: Jon Clardy, PhD, Hsien Wu & Daisy Wu Professor of Biological Chemistry & Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard University
2015: Kendall N. Houk, PhD, Winstein Chair in Organic Chemistry, University of California-Los Angeles
2013: Donald R. Blake, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, University of California-Irvine
2010: Nathan S. Lewis, PhD, George L. Argyros Professor, California Institute of Technology
2009: Omar M. Yaghi, PhD, Jean Stone Professor of Chemistry, University of California-Los Angeles
2008: Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, PhD, 2016 Nobel Laureate, Board of Trustees Professor, Northwestern University
2007: Sir Harold W. Kroto, PhD, 1996 Nobel Laureate, Francis Eppes Professor, Florida State University
2006: Stephen J. Lippard, Arthur Amos Noyes Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005: Barry M. Trost, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor, Stanford University
2004: Charles P. Casey, Homer B. Adkins Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2003: Alan G. MacDiarmid, 2000 Nobel Laureate, Blanchard Professor of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania & James Von Ehr Chair, University of Texas-Dallas
2002: Robert H. Grubbs, 2005 Nobel Laureate, Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor, California Institute of Technology
2001: K. Barry Sharpless, 2001 Nobel Laureate, W.M. Keck Professor of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute
2000: Ahmed H. Zewail, 1999 Nobel Laureate, Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
1999: F. Sherwood Rowland, 1995 Nobel Laureate, Donald Bren Research Professor, University of California-Irvine
1998: Robert G. Bergman, University of California-Berkeley
1997: Richard E. Smalley, 1996 Nobel Laureate, Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor, Rice University
1996: Richard N. Zare, Marguerite Blacke Wilbur Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
1995: Tobin J. Marks, Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
1994: Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, Darlene Shiley Professor of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute
1992: Per-Olov Lowdin, Uppsala University & University of Florida
1992: M. Frederick Hawthorne, University of California-Los Angeles
1991: Yuan T. Lee, 1996 Nobel Laureate, University of California-Berkeley
1991: Allen J. Bard, Norman Hackerman Welch Regents Chair in Chemistry, University of Texas-Austin
1989: Johann Deisenhofer, 1988 Nobel Laureate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1988: Paul C. W. Chu, University of Houston
1987: Derek H. Barton, 1969 Nobel Laureate, Imperial College & Texas A&M University
1986: Bruce Merifield, 1984 Nobel Laureate, Rockefeller University
1986: F. A. Cotton, W.T. Doherty Welch Foundation Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
1985: Neil Bartlett, University of California-Berkeley
1983: Roald Hoffman, 1981 Nobel Laureate, Cornell University
1983: Ilya Prigogine, 1977 Nobel Laureate, Free University of Brussels & University of Texas-Austin
1982: Rosalyn S. Yalow, 1977 Nobel Laureate, VA Hospital-Bronx
1980: Henry Taube, 1984 Nobel Laureate, Stanford University
1980: William N. Lipscomb Jr, 1976 Nobel Laureate, Harvard University
1978: Elias J. Cory, 1990 Nobel Laureate, Harvard University
1977: Glenn T. Seaborg, 1951 Nobel Laureate, University of California-Berkeley
1976: Willard F. Libby, 1960 Nobel Laureate, University of California-Los Angeles
1975: Herbert C. Brown, 1979 Nobel Laureate, Purdue University
1974: Melvin Calvin, 1961 Nobel Laureate, University of California-Berkeley
1972: Harry B. Cray, Arnold O. Beckman Professor, California Institute of Technology
1971: Byron Riegel, G.D. Searle & Co
1970: Irving M. Klotz, Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
THE ENDOWMENT FUND THAT SUPPORTS the Lectures derives from donations by alumni, faculty, and friends of the honorees. The original endowment was raised under the leadership of Dr. James C. Kirk, retired Vice President, Research and Development. Continental Oil Co.
If you have enjoyed this lecture series and would like to become a donor, please send your donation to the following address: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97348, Waco, TX 76798-7348. Your check should be clearly marked as a contribution to the Gooch-Stephens Endowment Fund. All donations will be acknowledged and are matched dollar-for-dollar by the University.
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