News about emeriti faculty, including their retirement party.
Dr. Morton Z. Hoffman is the 2018 recipient of The Zaida C. Morales Martinez Prize for Outstanding Mentoring of ACS Scholars
Dr. Morton Z. Hoffman, Professor Emeritus in the Chemistry Department of Boston University, is this years recipient of The Zaida C. Morales Martinez Prize for Outstanding Mentoring of ACS Scholars. This prize was initiated by Dr. Robert L. Lichter and his wife Diane Scott Lichter with a grant from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. […]
Professor Emeritus Norman Lichtin, 1922-2012
In this tribute, Professor Scott Mohr remembers his colleague and friend, Norman Lichtin Norman N. Lichtin, longtime member of the faculty of Boston University’s Department of Chemistry and its fifth chairman, passed away on April 30, 2012, aged 89. Norman played a major role in building the department and had a distinguished research career spanning […]
Family, Friends, Colleagues, and Alumni Celebrate Guilford Jones, Our “Newest” Emeritus
Over 200 people turned out to honor Professor Guilford Jones on his retirement and his contributions to Boston University and the Department of Chemistry. At a reception and dinner on Friday, April 23, in the BU School of Management, former students and postdocs from the Jones Group mingled with Chemistry and University colleagues and family […]
Morton Hoffman among inaugural group of ACS Fellows
Election as an American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellow is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers. In this inaugural year, 162 members were elevated to this rank because of their contributions to the chemical enterprise coupled with distinctive service to the society or to the broader world of chemistry. The fellows will be recognized […]
Department Notes the Passing of former Chair, Professor Lowell Coulter
Professor Emeritus Lowell Coulter, passed away on May 2 at the age of 95. Dr. Coulter, a physical chemist by training (PhD, University of California, Berkeley), was Professor of Chemistry at Boston University for over 35 years (1942 and 1977). In an energy related topic that resonates today as much as it did when he […]
Morton Hoffman Honored with Outstanding Professional Achievement Award by Hunter College
Morton Z. Hoffman, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Boston University, will receive the 2006 Hall of Fame Outstanding Professional Achievement Award from the Alumni Association of his alma mater, Hunter College of the City University of New York. Hoffman, a graduate in the class of June 1955 as a chemistry major, will receive the award […]
Professor Emeritus Morton Z. Hoffman receives 2005 James Flack Norris Award from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society
The Chemistry Department is pleased to congratulate Professor Emeritus Morton Z. Hoffman on his receipt of the 2005 James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry from the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society. The Award, the first national award for outstanding achievement in the teaching of chemistry, was established […]
Professor Morton Hoffman Elected Chair of the Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society
Professor Morton Hoffman has been elected Chair of the Division of Chemical Education (CHED) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) for 2005; he will serve as Chair Elect in 2004. The 6,000-member CHED is one of the largest and most active ACS divisions and includes chemistry educators from all levels, as well as individuals from […]