PrintDepartment Pioneers
Dr. Neil E. Gordon |
 The
founder of the Gordon Research Conferences, rose through the university
ranks (1919 - 1921) at the University of Maryland, then known as the
State Agricultural College at College Park, to be appointed Department
Chair and State Chemist in 1921. He was the first Secretary of the
Division of Chemical Education (1921) and the founder (1924) and first
editor of the Journal of Chemical Education while at Maryland.
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Dr. Marjorie Gardner |
 Dr. Marjorie Gardner was devoted to the teaching of
science throughout her life. Beginning as a high school teacher in
Utah, she was instructor in chemistry and science education at Ohio
State University before coming to the University of Maryland in 1964 as
professor of chemistry and secondary education. She established her
reputation as a crusader for science education while at Maryland and in
1984 accepted the position of Director of the Lawrence Hall of Science
at Berkeley. |
Dr. Nathan L. Drake |
 Head of the university's
chemistry department from 1940 until his death in 1959, joined the
faculty at the University of Maryland as professor of industrial
chemistry in 1926 and became professor of organic chemistry two years
later. He instituted the Institute for Molecular Physics at Maryland in 1950, and he edited Volumes 21 and 24 of Organic Synthesis. |
Dr. William Bailey |
 joined the chemistry faculty at the
University of Maryland in 1951 where he distinguished himself and the
university by his research and public service. A dominant figure in
the field of polymer synthesis, he invented a new class of polymers and
processes for preparing biodegradable polymers, and in 1990 was elected
to the National Academy of Engineering. President of the American
Chemical Society in 1975. He was also chairman of the ACS Board of
Directors. |
Dr. Morris Selig Kharasch |
 Dr. Morris Selig Kharasch, noted organic chemist and
founder of the Journal of Organic Chemistry, was born in Kremenetz, in
the Ukraine, in 1895. He came to the University of Maryland in 1922 as
Associate Professor after having obtaining his B. S. (1917) and Ph.D.
(1919) degrees, and holding a NRC Fellowship at the University of
Chicago. When he was at the University of Maryland, he carried out
theoretical studies on thermochemistry and valuable experimental
research on the chemistry of compounds of mercury. In 1924 he was
appointed Professor at Maryland, and during that academic year he is
listed as teaching separate courses in Advanced Organic Chemistry,
Identification of Organic Compounds, Carbon-Hydrogen Analysis, Organic
Preparations, Dyes, Carbohydrates, Synthetic Drugs, Selected Topics,
and Research. He returned to the University of Chicago as Associate
Professor of Chemistry in 1928. |
