Lin, Jeong-Long, d. 1989. 林炯隆 (age 53)
June 13, 1989
A memorial service for Jeong-Long Lin, chairman of the chemistry department at Boston College, will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in Gasson Hall at the college's Chestnut Hill campus.
Mr. Lin apparently drowned in a boating accident June 4 while fishing on Sabattus Pond, Maine, where his family has a cottage. He was 53 and lived in Newton.
A member of the BC faculty since 1966 and a full professor since 1974, Mr. Lin taught general chemistry, physical chemistry and thermodynamics and was prominent for his research into the properties of electrolytes. He headed the chemistry department from 1977 to 1983 and was reappointed in 1986.
Jeong-Long Lin Fellowship Program
Contact Person: Professor Mary Roberts; mary.roberts.1@bc.edu
The Chemistry Department at Boston College established the Jeong-Long Lin Summer Research Fellowships Program in 2008. The Program provides opportunities for undergraduate students to work in any of our faculty research laboratories along with Boston College undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Three summer research fellowships are available every summer for college students outside of Boston College, who are finishing their sophomore and junior years and who are under-represented in professions related to the chemical sciences. Under-represented groups include persons with disabilities; those from economically disadvantaged backgrounds; and persons from racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented in the chemical sciences. Applicants are selected based on careful consideration of a variety of factors, including their academic record, experience, and personal background. The stipend is $4,000 for 10 weeks during the summer. An announcement of this opportunity is posted on the department’s website in the spring and is also sent out to area chemistry departments.
Professor Jeong-Long Lin, a visionary physical chemist, served as Chair of the Chemistry Department at Boston College during a pivotal period in the department’s history. His leadership emphasized the high standards of scholarship that have sustained the department’s excellence and continue to inspire us into the future.
The Chemistry Department has named three Jeong-Long Lin Summer Research Fellows. For ten weeks over the summer, Lin Fellows are engaged in research in faculty laboratories at the Merkert Chemistry Center, where they join teams of postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.