R.P. Scherer 50th Anniversary Chemistry Seminar Series
1983
| Name |
Position |
Lecture Title |
| Harry Gray, Ph.D. |
Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology |
"Bioinorganic Electron Transfer Mechanisms" |
| Barry M. Trost, Ph.D. |
Vilas Research and Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, Wisconsin |
"A Pursuit for Selectivity in Organic Synthesis" |
| William N. Lipscomb, Ph.D.* |
Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Chemistry, Harvard |
"Allosteric Regulation of Enzymes" & "How do Enzymes Work?" |
1984
| Name |
Position |
Lecture Title |
| Melvin Calvin, Ph.D.* |
Department of Chemistry, U. California-Berkeley |
"Photoredox Quantum Conversion" & "Renewable Fuels for the Future" |
| John A. Pople, Ph.D.** |
Department of Chemistry, Carnegie-Mellon |
"Chemistry as a Computational Science" |
| Leo A. Paquette, Ph.D. |
Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University |
"Ingenane Derivatives鈥揘ature's Tumor Promoters: Synthetic Considerations and Stereochemical
Concerns" |
1985
| Name |
Position |
Lecture Title |
| Herbert C. Brown, Ph.D* |
Wetherill Research Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Purdue University |
"Asymmetric Syntheses via Chiral Organoboranes" & "Adventures in Research" |
| Fred Basolo, Ph.D. |
Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University |
"Mechanisms of Reactions of Metal Carbonyls Revisited" |
| Klaus Bieman, Ph.D. |
Professor of Chemistry, MIT |
"Mass Spectrometric Studies of Biologically Significant Large Molecules" |
* indicates Nobel Laureate
** indicates Nobel Laureate after visit