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In Memoriam

Former UW-Madison Chancellor Irving Shain dies at 92

Posted on March 7, 2018

By Eric Hamilton, University Communications Irving Shain, a chemistry professor and UW–Madison chancellor emeritus who advanced the university’s interests in China and established University Research Park, died peacefully Tuesday, March 6, in Madison after a …

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Howard W. Whitlock (1936-2017)

Posted on February 21, 2017

Professor Emeritus Howard Whitlock, age 80, died Jan. 27, 2017. He attended the University of Maryland and received a degree in chemistry in 1957. He became a graduate student in organic chemistry at the UW-Madison, …

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Howard W. Whitlock (1936-2017)

Posted on February 21, 2017

Professor Emeritus Howard Whitlock, age 80, died Jan. 27, 2017. He attended the University of Maryland and received a degree in chemistry in 1957. He became a graduate student in organic chemistry at the UW-Madison, …

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Former UW-Madison Chemistry Professor Edward King Dies

Posted on November 10, 2015

Edward L. King, a former UW-Madison chemistry professor, died Aug. 17 in Boulder, Colo. at age 95. Born in 1920 in Grand Forks, N.D., King grew up in North Dakota, Minnesota, and other Midwestern cities …

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Carl Djerassi, UW grad who helped create ‘the pill,’ dies at 91

Posted on January 31, 2015
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Some Sad News – Richard Ferdinand “Dick” Fenske Has Died

Posted on December 19, 2011

Richard Ferdinand “Dick” Fenske, age 82, of Las Vegas, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011. Richard was born May 23, 1929, in Milwaukee, as one of 10 children to the late Bernard and the late …

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Graduate Student Michael McCoy Dies

Posted on April 26, 2010

Mike McCoy, a 2nd-year graduate student in the Hamers group, suffered a heart attack while jogging on Tuesday morning, and died Saturday. A memorial service was held in the Department on Sunday. We extend our …

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Professor Ralph F. Hirschmann, 1922-2009

Posted on September 28, 2009

An article written by Emeritus Professor Daniel H. Rich, a retrospective of our distinguished alumnus Emeritus Professor Ralph F. Hirschmann, Professor of Medicinal and Organic Chemistry, School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, University of …

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Professor John Schrag Dies at Age 70

Posted on February 11, 2008

John Schrag, Emeritus Professor of Analytical Chemistry, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, at his Madison home in the loving care of his family. He was 70. John joined the Department in 1970, and retired in …

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Professor Chuck Curtiss Dies at Age 86

Posted on January 7, 2008

Chuck Curtiss, longtime Professor in the Theoretical Chemistry Institute, died on Christmas Eve. The following obituary appeared in the Capital Times December 27, 2007. “Charles F. Curtiss, age 86, passed away on Monday, Dec. 24, …

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