L. Carroll King Memorial Lectures
2012 L. Carroll King Memorial Lectures
SPEAKER:
Professor James G. Anderson
Harvard University
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Technological Institute, L211
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL
Title: Chemistry, Physics And The Setting Of National Objectives: Strategic Choices In University Curricula |
Friday, Janaury 13, 2012 at 12:00 noon
Technological Institute, LR2
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL
Title: Radicals, Isotopes And Spectroscopy: Dissecting Feedbacks In The Coupled Energy-Climate System |
Light lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. on Friday, January 13, 2012
Contact: 847-491-5371
Speaker Bio: Professor James G. Anderson
James G. Anderson was born in 1944 in Spokane, Washington. He earned his B.S. in Physics from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. in Physics and Astrogeophysics from the University of Colorado. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pittsburgh, and a Research Scientist at the Space Physics Research Laboratory of the University of Michigan. He joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1978 as the Robert P. Burden Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry; and in 1982 he was appointed the Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry. Professor Anderson served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology from July 1998 through June 2001. Anderson was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a frequent contributor to National Research Council Reports. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship; the E.O. Lawrence Award in Environmental Science and Technology; the American Chemical Society’s Gustavus John Esselen Award for Chemistry in the Public Interest, and the University of Washington’s Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Achievement Award. In addition, he received the United Nations Vienna Convention Award for Protection of the Ozone Layer in 2005; The United Nations Earth Day International Award; Harvard University’s 1989 Ledlie Prize for Most Valuable Contribution to Science by a Member of the Faculty; and the American Chemical Society’s National Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science and Technology.
The Anderson research group addresses three domains in the physical sciences: (1) chemical reactivity viewed from the microscopic perspective of electron structure, molecular orbitals and reactivities of radical-radical and radicle-molecule systems; (2) chemical catalysis sustained by free radical chain reactions that dictate the macroscopic rate of chemical transformation in Earth’s stratosphere and troposphere; and (3) mechanistic links between chemistry, radiation, and dynamics in the atmosphere that control climate.
The L. Carroll King Memorial Lecture Series was established in 2001 by Sybil E. and Edward C. Ferguson III. They did so in appreciation for Prof. King's dedication to education and innovation in chemistry. L. Carroll King was born in 1914 in Maryvale, Utah. He received a BS degree from Utah State University in 1936 and a PhD degree from Michigan State University in 1942. He joined the faculty at Northwestern in 1942.
At Northwestern Professor King was a devoted educator. He served on many departmental and College committees, his concern for pedagogy and his outstanding teaching has had a impact on large numbers of Northwestern students. In1955 he developed one of the first courses anywhere for the gifted chemistry student and he authored numerous articles dealing with subject matter, methodology of instruction, lecture demonstrations, and experiments for chemistry courses.
Professor King's reputation as a teacher was recognized nationally and internationally. He served as a Visiting Associate for the ACS Committee on Professional Training for 16 years; directed the ACS Foreign Visiting Scientist Program for three years, participated as Visiting Lecturer at NSF Summer Institutes for secondary school chemistry and science courses; was appointed Director of the Chicago Section of ACS during 1953-55, Chairman of the NSF Advisory Council on College Chemistry, and Director of the Chicago Area NSF CHEM Studies Project; and a leader in various programs and conferences devoted to chemical education in India, Argentina and Japan. King was the first Chicago area chemist to appear on Chicago Educational Television (1955) and he later appeared on "The Reviewing Stand" (Mutual Broadcasting System). For 1961-1962 he was elected Chairman of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. The 40th Science and Engineering Open House at Northwestern in 1987 was dedicated to Carroll King in recognition of his starting "High School Night" in 1944 and giving annual lecture demonstrations seen by an estimated 75,000 visitors. In 1969 he received the American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Education,"in recognition of an impressive record of multilateral contributions to chemical education, both at home and abroad, as teacher, lecturer, and administrator of chemical education programs," and in 1988 the Chicago Area Sigma Xi Award was presented to King for his many contributions to chemistry and chemical education.
Professor King was among the first Northwestern faculty to have research supported by the National Institutes of Health. One of Professor King's discoveries, the reaction of ketones with iodine and nitrogenous bases, came to be known as the "King reaction," perhaps the only reaction named for a Northwestern chemist, and a patent for the reaction was issued to Northwestern. Professor King synthesized various compounds designed for the prevention of sickle cell anemia in collaboration with Irving Klotz. In 1969 he was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Professor King retired from active teaching and research in 1988.
Past
| 2012 | James G. Anderson | Harvard University |
| 2010 | Luis A. Echegoyen | University of Texas at El Paso |
| 2009 | Joseph S. Francisco | Purdue University |
| 2008 | Geraldine Richmond | University of Oregon |
| 2007 | Nicholas Turro | Columbia University |
| 2006 | James E. Hutchison | The University of Oregon |
| 2005 | Angelica M. Stacy | University of California, Berkeley |
| 2004 | Herbert Roesky | Georg-August-University |
| 2002 | Arthur B. Ellis | National Science Foundation |
| 2001 | Richard Zare | Stanford University |
