Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
History

Tenured Faculty
(in chronological order of joining the faculty, appointment and retirement years are given)

1	1867	1870	Crafts, James M.	Organic Chemistry	Chair 1867-1869
2	1867	1908	Caldwell, George C.	Agricultural Chemistry	Chair 1869 – 1886 Chair 1887 - 1902
3	1869	1887	Schaeffer, Charles A.	Analytical Chemistry	Chair 1886 - 1887
4	1870	1873	Wing, Chester H.	Industrial Chemistry
5	1875	1882	Breneman, Abram A.	Industrial Chemistry
6	1882	1892	Newbury, Spencer B.	Organic Chemistry
7	1890	1927	Orndorff, William R.	Organic Chemistry
8	1891	1932	Dennis, Louis M.	Inorganic Chemistry	Chair 1903 - 1931
9	1892	1908	Trevor, Joseph E.	Physical Chemistry
10	1895	1937	Bancroft, Wilder D.	Physical Chemistry
11	1898	1938	Chamot, Émile M.	Chemical Microscopy
12	1905	1938	Cavanaugh, George W.	Agricultural Chemistry
13	1906	1945	Browne, Arthur W.	Inorganic Chemistry
14	1912	1923	Cross, Lewis J.
15	1915	1952	Briggs, Thomas R.	Physical Chemistry
16	1920	1938	Rhodes, Fred H.	Chemical Engineering
17	1923	1962	Nichols, Melvin L.	Analytical Chemistry
18	1923	1925	Rice, Frank
19	1925	1950	Papish, Jacob	Spectroscopy	Chair 1932 - 1939
20	1927	1942	Mason, Clyde W.	Chemical Microscopy
21	1927	1965	Johnson, John R.	Organic Chemistry
22	1928	1966	Laubengayer, A. W.	Inorganic Chemistry
23	1935	1947	Kirkwood, John G.	Theoretical Chemistry
24	1936	1971	Hoard, James L.	Physical Chemistry
25	1936	1977	Miller, William T.	Organic Chemistry
26	1937	1979	Long, Frank A.	Physical Chemistry	Chair 1950 - 1960
27	1939	1977	Bauer, Simon H.	Physical Chemistry
28	1940	1962	Debye, Peter J. W.	Physical Chemistry	Chair 1940 – 1949
29	1941	1971	Blomquist, Alfred T.	Organic Chemistry
30	1947	1992	Scheraga, Harold A.	Bio-physical Chemistry	Chair 1960 - 1967
31	1947	1983	Sienko, Michell J.	Inorganic Chemistry
32	1948	1957	Flory, Paul J.	Physical Chemistry
33	1951	1987	Cooke, W. Donald	Analytical Chemistry
34	1952	1974	Plane, Robert A.	Inorganic Chemistry	Chair
35	1952		Meinwald, Jerrold	Organic Chemistry
36	1954		Widom, Benjamin	Physical Chemistry	Chair
37	1955	1991	Porter, Richard F.	Physical Chemistry
38	1956	2002	Albrecht, Andreas C.	Physical Chemistry
39	1957	2004	Wilcox, Charles, F.	Organic Chemistry
40	1959	1966	Geske, David H.	Analytical Chemistry
41	1959	1986	Goldstein, Melvin	Organic Chemistry
42	1960	1964	Bruice, Thomas C.	Organic Chemistry
43	1961	1992	Morrison, George H.	Analytical Chemistry
44	1962		Fay, Robert C.	Inorganic Chemistry
45	1963		Freed, Jack F.	Physical Chemistry
46	1964	1980	Hughes, Robert E.	Physical Chemistry
47	1965	1989	Hammes, Gordon G.	Physical Chemistry	Chair
48	1965	2004	Burlitch, James M.	Inorganic Chemistry
49	1965		Hoffmann, Roald	Theoretical Chemistry	Chair
50	1965		Usher, David A.	Organic Chemistry
51	1966	1971	Muxfeldt, Hans	Organic Chemistry
52	1966	1992	Fisher, Michael E.	Theoretical Chemistry	Chair
53	1968	1992	McLafferty, Fred W.	Analytical Chemistry
54	1968	1980	Elson, Elliot L.	Bio-physical Chemistry
55	1968	1978	Semmelhack, Martin F.	Organic Chemistry
56	1971	1975	DeVigneaud, Vincent
57	1973	1978	Muetterties, Earl L.	Inorganic Chemistry
58	1973	199?	Wiesenfeld, John R.	Physical Chemistry	Chair
59	1973		Houston, Paul L.	Physical Chemistry	Chair
60	1974		Ganem, Bruce	Organic Chemistry	Chair
61	1975		Carpenter, Barry K.	Organic Chemistry	Chair 2001 - 2004
62	1978	2003	Clardy, Jon C.	Organic Chemistry	Chair
63	1980	2004	McMurry, John E.	Organic Chemistry
64	1980		Baird, Barbara	Bio-physical Chemistry
65	1980		Collum, David	Organic Chemistry
66	1981		Wolczanski, Peter T.	Inorganic Chemistry
67	1982		Ezra, Gregory S.	Theoretical Chemistry
68	1983		Abruña, Héctor D.	Analytical Chemistry	Chair 2004 - present
69	1986		DiSalvo, Francis J.	Inorganic Chemistry
70	1986		Begley, Tadhg P.	Organic Chemistry
71	1987	1998	Frechet, Jean M. J.	Organic Chemistry
72	1987		Loring, Roger F.	Physical Chemistry
73	1990		Sogah, Dotsvei Y.	Organic Chemistry
74	1990		Zax, David B.	Physical Chemistry
75	1994		Hines, Melissa A.	Physical Chemistry
76	1995?		Davis, H. Floyd	Physical Chemistry
77	1997		Coates, Geoffrey W.	Organic Chemistry	Associate Chair
78	1998		Lee, Stephen	Inorganic Chemistry
79	1998		Ealick, Steven E.	Bio-physical Chemistry
80	2000?		Cerione, Richard A.	Bio-organic Chemistry
Current Untenured Faculty
	1999		Marohn, John A.	Physical Chemistry
	2000		Crane Brian R.	Bio-physical Chemistry
	2001		Chirik, Paul J.	Inorganic Chemistry
	2002		McQuade, D. Tyler	Organic Chemistry
	2004		Chan, Garnet K.-L.
	2004		Njarðarson, Jón T.

Source:  Wilcox  (revised lrs 10/2004)