{"id":3909,"date":"2012-02-28T15:11:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T23:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/2012\/02\/28\/alumni-news-from-reed-magazine-september-11\/"},"modified":"2015-06-07T17:05:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T00:05:34","slug":"alumni-news-from-reed-magazine-september-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/2012\/02\/alumni-news-from-reed-magazine-september-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni News from Reed Magazine, September ’11"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cover of the Reed Magazine’s fall issue<\/b><\/a> asked, What is a Reedie, Anyway? That’s a tough one. Perhaps these news items from the magazine can help you figure out what a Reedie chemist might be.<\/p>\n


\n\"Volunteer_GinnyHancock62.jpg\"<\/a>Tucked into various features were items about chemistry\/physics major
\nCollin Perkinson’ 13<\/b> who had won a Goldwater scholarship (p. 6) … Prof.
\nVirginia Hancock ’62<\/b> (chemistry) [music 1991-], who was recognized (along with Jim Kahan ’64 and Barbara Smith-Thomas ’64) for
\nher many years of volunteer work on behalf of the college (p. 7). Among
\nher many doings, Virginia directs the Reed Chorus and the Collegium
\nMusicum which she cofounded in 1996 with Prof. John Hancock<\/b> [chemistry
\n1955-89]. (The Hancocks and the Collegium Musicum also appear
\nagain on p. 66-7 in The Maestro<\/b>, a memorial to Prof. Herb Gladstone
\n[music 1946-80].) …
\n\"NewReactorDirector_MelindaKrahenbuhl.jpg\"<\/a>and a new director of Reed’s nuclear reactor<\/b>, Dr.
\nMelinda Krahenbuhl<\/b>, has taken charge of the famous “blue glow” (p. 9).
\nMelinda arrived in June 2011 after working as reactor director at the
\nUniversity of Utah and scientific researcher at Dow Chemical.<\/p>\n

\"PuppetMaste_LukeKanies96.jpg\"<\/a> An article, the “Puppet
\nMaster”<\/b> (p. 16), profiled Luke Kanies ’96<\/b> and his software company,
\nPuppet Labs<\/b>. Luke told his interviewer, “I didn’t know anything when I first started the
\nbusiness, and I was just going this process of discovery. I’ve spent a
\nlot of time trying to build a model of reality, and science is all about
\ntrying to build a reality, understanding it, adjusting it, rinsing and
\nrepeating. Programming has a lot of overlap with that.” If you didn’t
\ncatch it, let me point out three words, “rinsing and repeating.” It
\nseems like Luke’s chemistry training has served him well.<\/p>\n

The Class Notes<\/b> section prominently displays a picture of UC Santa Cruz Prof. Joe
\nBunnett ’42<\/b> [and a once-upon-a-time Reed chemistry professor and
\ntrustee]. The photo shows Joe standing alongside another
\ninternationally recognized chemist, Dr. Mary Anne Fox, Chancellor, UC
\nSan Diego. Dr. Fox was the invited speaker at the Joseph F. Bunnett
\nResearch Organic Chemistry Lecture, a lecture series inaugurated in 2001
\nby the chemistry department at UC Santa Cruz where Joe taught for
\nseveral decades. … The University of Tennessee gave awards to two
\nReedies on its faculty, Prof. Jeff Kovac ’70<\/b> and Prof. Jed Diamond ’79.
\nJeff, who is on the chemistry faculty, received the Chancellor’s
\nCitation for Excellence in Academic Outreach. … Prof. Kevan Shokat
\n’86<\/b>, UC San Francisco, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and
\nSciences in recognition for his work on kinases, a key part of the
\nbiochemical machinery that keeps our bodies working properly. … Vera
\nSideraki ’90<\/b> recently designed the cover illustration for a book by
\nJames Faubion ’80, An Anthropology of Ethics. Vera says, “my right brain
\nhemisphere has finally had it with science, and has taken over.” She
\nalso reports that even though the climate in her current home, Scotland,
\nclosely resembles that of Oregon, she still misses the Pacific NW. …
\nPhilip Wilk ’95<\/b> has moved to the Washington DC area and is now working
\nat the Office of Basic Energy Sciences. … Wedding bells rang for Jamie
\nFord ’02<\/b> and Jeannette Brugger in Philadelphia last year. Jamie is
\ncurrently a postdoc at U. Pennsylvania studying polymer membranes.
\nJeannette is a city planner. … Julia Robinson-Surry ’06<\/b> shares this
\nmemory, “the only thing I will miss about MIT is sneaking out of lab to
\nattend Chomsky lectures.” Julia recently earned her PhD in organic
\nchemistry and has moved to the Big Apple. … Kristen Grauer-Gray ’07<\/b>
\nhas returned to the US after three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in
\nrural Tanzania. “I miss my village and am readjusting slowly to life in
\nAmerica.”<\/p>\n

In Memoriam<\/b> brought us sad news about the passing of several Reed
\nchemists: Paul Metz ’37<\/b> studied both biology and chemistry at Reed
\nbefore earning an M.D. from the University of Oregon in 1939. Paul
\nworked as a practicing surgeon and medical researcher in Portland until
\nhe retired at age 92. … Hulbert Elmer Sippel ’43<\/b> used his Reed
\nchemistry training to become a research chemist and petroleum engineer
\nfor the Shell Oil Company. He retired in 1982 after spending 40 years
\nwith the company. … Robert Egan Sullivan ’49<\/b> said he could never
\nforget about Reed’s chemistry department and also taking classes from
\nProf. F.L. Griffin [mathematics, 1911-56]. “The most important thing I
\nlearned at Reed was to keep an open mind and to believe very little that
\nI heard without first conducting my own investigation.” After
\ngraduating from Reed in chemistry, Robert earned an MEd from Oregon
\nState University, first teaching chemistry, math, and general science,
\nfor several years, and then working as a physical chemist for the Navy.
\n… Ralph Russell Wilkinson ’53<\/b> took his BA in Reed chemistry first to
\nthe University of Oregon where he earned a PhD in physical chemistry and
\nthen to the University of Missouri where he earned an MBA. A diverse
\ncareer led him to the VA hospital and Midwest Research Institute in
\nKansas City, and then to teaching jobs at Rockhurst College and
\nCleveland Chiropractic College, from which he retired as professor
\nemeritus. … Walter Bruce Clyde ’55<\/b> came to Reed from Franklin High
\nSchool in SE Portland. He transferred to Portland State University after
\nspending three years at Reed. He subsequently worked as a Portland-area
\npaint chemist for nearly 47 years and served as president of the
\nPacific Northwest Society for Coatings Technology.<\/p>\n

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