Department of Chemistry's New Seminar Room

The Chemistry Department opened their new seminar room during a ceremony on December 12, 2001. The room was officially opened by Dr. Iwao Ojima, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry; assisted by Dr. Gail S. Habicht, Vice President for Research, Research Foundation Operations Manager, and Professor of Pathology and Dr. Alvin J. Silverstein, Executive Officer.

It was a nicely catered and well-attended ribbon-cutting ceremony, which included the dedication of a plaque in appreciation of those donors who made this room possible. Also mentioned, were the efforts of Alvin Silverstein, assisted by Ms. Donna Barrington-Stotsky, Mr. Ed Jourdan and Mr. David Jutting, for excellent project management. Immediately following the ceremony, Professor Ojima delivered his State of the Department address from the podium of the new room. The new room provides comfortable seating for 90 persons and is equipped with a PA system and digital LCD projector. The state-of-the-art room was made possible through the generous donations of the following corporate and private sponsors:

Sponsored by: Honeywell Foundation

Benefactors: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Stephen and Rachell Heller, Iwao and Yoko Ojima.

Patrons: American Home Products, Kenneth Aron, Thomas Nittoli, Yan Xu and Pei Tang.

Supporters: James V. DiLorenzo, Peter J. Heffron, Paul R. McGuirk, Pfizer, Inc., William R. Schoen, Leo Zafonte.

Friends: Gauri Bhave, Marcus Boehm, Stephan M. Brandstadter, Joel E. Bueb, Douglas T. Corwin, Jr., Cleveland Dodge, James. P. Hickey, Zheng Hou, Kenneth R. Leopold, Marc Lesnick, Edward W. Ng., Stewart Novick, John J. Piwinski, Albert Porter, Zhilei Qiu, Stephanie E. Sen, Bradford Tooker, Shiow-Jyi Wey, Zhaoda Zhang, Matthew M. Zhao.