150th Chemistry

Andrew S. Grove

March 25, 2020

Andrew S Grove

In Memoriam

By Ian Cutress & Anton Shilov

Andy Grove (Ph.D. '63, ChemE), a Silicon Valley pioneer and the former CEO and chairman of Intel, passed away aged 79. Mr. Grove joined Intel the day it was incorporated in 1968 and left active roles at the company in late 2004. Andy Grove played a critical role in Intel’s decision to refocus from computer memory to...

James Cason

March 10, 2020

James Cason

By Jane Scheiber, College of Chemistry

James Cason, an emeritus professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, died Nov. 3 at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley after a short illness. He was 91.

For almost...

Peter Armentrout

March 26, 2020

Peter Armentrout

Professor Armentrout (at the College of Chemistry from 1981 to 1986 before moving to University of Utah) was born in Dayton, Ohio on March 13, 1953. He received a B.S. degree with highest honors in 1975 from Case Western Reserve...

Wendell Mitchell Latimer

March 26, 2020

Wendell Mitchell Latimer

By J. H. Hildebrand, K. S. Pitzer, and R. E. Powell

Wendell Mitchell Latimer was one of Gilbert N. Lewis' happiest selections for the building of the Department of...

Robert Elwell Connick

March 29, 2020
Robert Elwell Connick By Gabor Somorjai and Judson King Robert (“Bob”) Connick was born July 29, 1917, in Eureka, California, to Florence and Arthur Connick. His father was a banker. When Bob was 12, his family moved to Berkeley. He attended Berkeley High...

Frederick Richard Jensen

March 3, 2020

Frederick Richard Jensen

By James Cason, Bruce Rickborn, and Andrew Streitwieser

Frederick Richard (Fritz) Jensen, a long-time member of the Chemistry Department at Berkeley, died after a long and...

George Jura

March 12, 2020

George Jura

Chemistry Professor

By Paul A. Bartlett, Rollie J. Myers, and Andrew Streitwieser, Jr.

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Charles Robert Wilke

March 5, 2020

Charles Robert Wilke

Professor of Chemical Engineering

By John Prausnitz and Harvey Blanch

Today (2005) every major chemical engineering department in the U.S. offers an academic program in biochemical engineering. In response to the growing importance of biochemistry in the chemical (and related) industries, numerous university...

Henry Rapoport

March 17, 2020

Henry Rapoport

Professor of Chemistry

By James K. Cason, John E. Hearst, J. Clark Lagarias, Walter H. Moos, and Donald S. Noyce

Professor Henry Rapoport was born in...