History

Department Chair:
Matthew J. Elrod

Administrative Assistant:
Patricia West

Department Email:
chemistry@oberlin.edu

Phone: (440) 775-8300
Fax: (440) 775-6682

Location:
Science Center A263
119 Woodland St.
Oberlin, OH, 44074

Much of the history of our faculty, alumni, facilities and instruments has been chronicled in the Department's Annual Reports over the past two decades. Those histories are available to you upon request. The year of the article's appearance in the Annual Report is given in parenthesis below.

CURRENT FACULTY:

Jason M. Belitsky (2005-present)
Matthew J. Elrod (2001-present)
William H. Fuchsman (1970-present)
Albert R. Matlin (1984-present)
Manish A. Mehta (1997-present)
Michael W. Nee (1983-present)
Catherine M. Oertel (2006-present)
Robert Q. Thompson (1982-present)
Rebecca J.Whelan (2004-present)

EMERITI:

Martin N. Ackermann, emeritus (1966-2006)
Terry S. Carlton, emeritus (1963-2001)
Norman C. Craig, emeritus (1957-2000)
Peter Hawkins (1952-1984)
William B. Renfrow (1945-1978)
Richard C. Schoonmaker (1960-1993)

PAST FACULTY:

Sarah L. Stoll (1993-2003)
Leverett R. Smith (1978-81)
James E. George (1963-1966)
Carl W. Kammeyer (1956-1959)
Barbara H. Bunce McGill (1951-1964)
J. Arthur Campbell (1945-1956)
Werner H. Bromund (1937-1975)
Luke E. Steiner (1928-1966)
Edna H. Shaver (1922-1925)
Alfred P. Lothrop (1921-1934)
Edwin H. Cox (1917-1921)
Harry N. Holmes (1914-1945)
James C. McCullough (1907-08)
William H. Chapin (1906-11)
Thomas M. Taylor (1901-1906)
Frank F. Jewett (1880-1912)
William K. Kedzie (1878-80)
James Dascomb (1834-78)

ALUMNI HISTORY

Charles Martin Hall

Oberlin Heritage Center

Charles Martin Hall article

Oberlin College Archives

Charles Martin Hall, Alumni Magazine

Charles Martin Hall Honored

Charles Martin Hall Discovery Honored

More distinguished Oberlin Alum

INSTRUMENTATION

Vibrational spectroscopy (1987)
UV-Vis spectroscopy (1990)
Computer graphics (1991)
Column chromatography (1992)
X-ray diffraction (1997)
Raman spectroscopy (1999)
Thermal analysis (2000)
NMR spectroscopy (1986, 2001)
Fluorometry (2004)
Beckman instruments (2004

CHEMISTRY FACILITIES HISTORY

Cabinet Hall
Severance Chemical Laboratory [opened in 1901]
Kettering Hall [opened in 1961]
Oberlin Science Center [opened in 2001

FEATURED PAST ARTICLES

CHEMWEEK

DAVID OERTEL

NANNETTE LACUESTA

CARNIGIE ART MUSEUM EXHIBIT

SCIENCE CENTER TIMELINE