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Parsons Rededication Celebration!
May 31, 2013
Please pre-register at: https://www.events.unh.edu/RegistrationForm.pm?event_id=14929
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Check in at Iddles Lobby 8:30 am
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Alumni Presentations 9:00 am - N108 Iddles
Welcome - Chuck Zercher, Chair of the Chemistry Department
Mark Turnbull - Professor, Clark University
Mary Kirchhoff - ACS Director of Chemical Education
Break
James Mack - Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati
Tim Pifer - Director of the NH State Police Forensic Lab
Simon North - Professor, Texas A&M
Lunch in the Courtyard Noon to 1:15 pm
A time to eat and meet old friends!
Attendees can also eat in the various conference rooms throughout the building.
Formal Parsons Hall Presentation and Dedication Ceremony 1:30 pm
Formal Dedication of Parsons Hall - UNH President, Mark Huddleston and other Distinguished Persons
Clarence (Tiny) Grant - Professor Emeritus, University of New Hampshire
Robert L. Caret – President, University of Massachusetts
Sam Mukasa – Dean of CEPS
Chuck Zercher - Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department
Tours and poster sessions 2:30 to 5:00 pm
Locations: Second Floor area of Iddles Auditorium and the Southwest Entrance foyer.
Dinner at Huddleston Hall to celebrate the day! 6:00 pm
Reservations Required.
2013 Undergraduate Research Conference Award of Excellence Winner-Chemistry/Biochemistry Division
Kelsey Packard, Chemistry Major (Advisor: Tomellini), for her poster "Understanding the Whirlpool Process in the Beer Brewing Industry by Monitoring Iso-Alpha-Acid Concentration." Congratulations Kelsey!
Professor Sandy Amell
Dr. Alexander “Sandy” Renton Amell, beloved father and grandfather, passed away on February 26, 2013 at his home in Durham, surrounded by his four children.
Sandy was born March 3, 1923 in Clarksburg, Massachusetts to Agnes (Renton) and Louis Amell. He attended Drury High School in North Adams, MA, graduating in 1940. He went on to enter college at Massachusetts State College in Amherst, MA, but his college career was interrupted by WWII, and in June of 1943 he entered the US Army. Upon his return from Guam in the fall of 1945, he married his college sweetheart, Allison Moore, then returned to MSC in September of 1946. After graduating with the class of 1947, the first class to graduate from the newly appointed University of Massachuestts, he attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, and in 1950 was awarded a PhD in Chemistry. He went on to become a faculty member at Hunter College in New York City from 1950-1952; Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania from 1952-1955; and finally the University of New Hampshire from 1955 until his retirement in 1988. While at UNH he was Head of the Chemistry Department for 15 years; Fulbright Professor of Chemistry, University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru in 1964; and Interim Dean of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences from 1981-1983.
A service to celebrate Sandy’s life will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at the Durham Community Church. Red socks and bow ties welcome.