{"id":5095,"date":"2017-08-01T23:24:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T06:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/?p=5095"},"modified":"2017-12-13T13:43:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T21:43:41","slug":"alumni-news-from-reed-magazine-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/chemistry_news\/2017\/08\/alumni-news-from-reed-magazine-december-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni News from Reed Magazine, December 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite Hum colleagues, Prof. David Gerratt [1998-], graces the cover of the December 2016<\/strong><\/a> issue of the Reed magazine. Characteristically, he is bent over in order to reach just a little further out … whether to make a point, to invite student participation, maybe both? … you be the judge, but he is just one of 7 Reed faculty\u00a0profiled under the title article: Teaching. Reaching. Inspiring<\/a>.<\/strong> Another one of the magnificent 7 is Reed atmospheric chemist and Arthur F. Scott Professor of Chemistry, Prof. Juliane Fry [2008-]<\/strong><\/a>. There you’ll learn why Julie used a sabbatical to attend law school, the foreboding nickname students have given Julie, the main driver of Julie’s research, and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n

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The December issue also reflected on another hot campus issue: student\u00a0protest (Eliot Circular: Protest Amplifies Discussion of Race on Campus<\/strong><\/a>, p. 7). Early demonstrations focused on issues of race, both on campus and in the larger community, but the scope of the protests quickly expanded, and one wonders what the coming academic year will bring. One thing is already\u00a0clear, however: we have much to learn and the changes that will follow will take time.<\/p>\n

The Letters to Reed section contained a lovely tribute to The Polymath Hancocks<\/a><\/strong>, p. 4.\u00a0The letter came from David Cherry ’62, a classmate of\u00a0Prof. Virginia Hancock ’62<\/strong><\/a> [music 1991-2016], and a short-lived student of organic chemistry under\u00a0Prof.\u00a0John Hancock<\/strong><\/a> [chemistry 1955-89]. Cherry claims that he “didn’t belong there” [in organic chemistry], but his letter does a nice job of summarizing John’s longstanding interest in the total synthesis of dodecahedrane, (CH)20, as well as John’s eclectic interests in computers, organ music, and technical writing. As the following photo shows, John’s musical talents extended well beyond the organ…<\/p>\n

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Chemists also popped up\u00a0elsewhere in the magazine. BMB major,\u00a0Trevor Soucy ’18<\/strong>, was part of a team of Reed runners that raised more than $41K for Portland public schools (p. 11) …\u00a0Luke Kanies ’96<\/strong> (Puppet Labs) joined a long-list of generous supporters of Reed’s new Computer Science program (Reaching Higher<\/strong>,\u00a0p. 16). The article also identified chemistry\u00a0Prof. John Hancock<\/strong> as the person who built Reed’s first computer (DIMWIT<\/strong><\/a>), and mentions that a\u00a0large-scale renovation of Chemistry research and teaching labs is also underway … and not-so-camera-shy\u00a0students,\u00a0Audrey Dannar ’17<\/strong> (chemistry) and\u00a0Akanksha Majumdar ’18<\/strong> (BMB, not<\/em> ‘biology’), appeared in photos on the back cover and p. 21, respectively.<\/p>\n

Class Notes listed\u00a0Chantal Sudbrack ’97<\/strong> as one of the first “Reed friends” Megan Geigner (MALS ’08) has made since moving to Chicago … and published wedding photos (p. 35) containing\u00a0Lauren Sanders ’11<\/strong> (top),\u00a0Cosmo Buffalo ’05<\/strong> (center), and\u00a0Stephen von Kugelgen ’11, Sarah Jablonski ’10<\/strong>, and\u00a0Fluffy Cass ’10<\/strong> (bottom).<\/p>\n

In Memoriam<\/strong><\/a> listed the passing of 5 chemists from the Reed community:<\/p>\n