Professional History

Professional History

1947-48 Instructor, Washington University

1948-51 Assistant Professor, Washington University

1951-59 Associate Professor of Chemistry, Washington University

1959-89 Professor of Chemistry, Washington University

1970-1976 Chairman of Department of Chemistry, Washington University

1989- Professor Emeritus, Washington University

1989-2002 Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Texas Christian University

2002-2008 Visiting Scholar, University of Arizona

Honors and Awards

Phi Beta Kappa, 1943

Du Pont Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1946<

ACS Award, St Louis Section American Chemical Society, 1971

Alumni Foundation Teaching Award, Washington University, 1976

Guggenheim Fellowship, 1981

Elected Fellow AAAS, 1985

Midwest Award of the American Chemical Society, 1988

Doherty Award, Dallas/Fort Worth Section of American Chemical Society, 1998

Izatt-Christensen Award in Macrocyclic Chemistry, 2002

Professional Services

Petroleum Research Fund Advisory Board, 1971-1974

St Louis Section of ACS.: Councilor, 1955-1975; Section Chairman, 1969

ACS Publications Committee, 1974-1977

ACS Committee on Committees, 1977-1980

Executive Officer, National Organic Chemistry Symposium, 1975

Medicinal Chemistry Study Section of NIH, 1977-81 (chairman 1978-1981)

CS Committee on Professional Training, 1981-89; consultant 1989-1998

Editorial Board of Organic Preparations & Procedures, 1966 - present

Editorial Board of Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1980-1984.

Editorial Board of Journal of Inclusion Phenomena, 1993- 2001

Qualifications Committee, Phi Beta Kappa, 1992-1998

Community Services

St Louis Symphony Young Audiences, 1960-1965

St Louis Conservatory of Music and Arts (CASA) Board, 1970 - 1976

Fort Worth Chamber Music Board, 1994-2001

Olympic Peninsula Festival Concerts Board, 2008 - 2009

Consulting Engagements

Petrolite Corporation, Webster Groves, MO, 1949-1989

Monsanto Chemical Co, St Louis, MO, 1955-1975

Texaco Corporation, 1991-1992

Research Interests:

Diazoalkane-Carbonyl Reactions, Carbene Chemistry, Photochemistry, Boroxazolidines, Polylfunctional Catalysis, Enzyme Mimics, Micellar Catalysis, Calixarene Chemistry.

Avocational Interests

Music (listening and playing oboe, cello, piano), Woodworking, Photography, Sailing, Reading, Architecture