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<CENTER><B><FONT face=3DTimes>A Century of Chemistry at Millikin=20
University</FONT></B>=20
<P><A href=3D"http://faculty.millikin.edu/~gbennett/index.html">George D.=
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Bennett</A>, <A href=3D"http://www.millikin.edu/">Millikin University</A> =
</P>
<P><I>August 2000, all rights reserved</I></P></CENTER>
<P>Classes began at Millikin University on September 15, 1903. The next da=
y,=20
student agitation in the chemistry laboratory led to the creation of campu=
s=20
athletic programs. Since that time, the <A=20
href=3D"http://www.millikin.edu/chemistry">Department of Chemistry</A> has=
=20
continued to play a major role in the life of Millikin University. </P>
<P>James Millikin, a cattle herder, realtor, banker and philanthropist in=
=20
Decatur, Illinois, teamed with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and the =
city=20
of Decatur to provide funding for a college </P>
<P>"&#8216;where the scientific, the practical and industrial shall have a=
 place of=20
equal <BR>importance, side by side with the literary and the classical.&#8=
217;"(1)=20
</P>
<P>Millikin's eponymous institution was founded on April 30, 1901 and dedi=
cated=20
by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 4, 1903.(2) Ninety-seven classes h=
ave=20
since been graduated, and the university is poised to celebrate a centenar=
y of=20
fulfilling James Millikin's vision. </P>
<P><B>A Smaller, Downstate University of Chicago?</B> </P>
<P>Several parallels between the fledgling Millikin University and the=20
University of Chicago, Millikin's senior by ten years, are worthy of note.=
 Both=20
institutions were among the first in the country to combine liberal and=20
vocational education. The above quotation from James Millikin found its=20
counterpart in the words of Albion W. Small, Dean of the Graduate School o=
f Arts=20
and Literature at the University of Chicago: </P>
<P>"&#8216;. . . we are adopting in practice the calling conception of edu=
cation. . .=20
We <BR>are about to declare in practice that we will no longer defer and d=
efraud=20
<BR>preparation for our vocations out of deference to an illusory standard=
 of=20
<BR>mental depth and breadth. . . college education is become rudimentary=
=20
<BR>professional education.&#8217;"(3) </P>
<P>The first president of the University of Chicago, William Rainey Harper=
, was=20
committed to </P>
<P>"an education that prepared students for practical life."(4) </P>
<P>Both institutions began with seed money from a wealthy benefactor combi=
ned=20
with funds provided by a Christian denomination. James Millikin's bank was=
 the=20
largest in Illinois outside of Chicago. The banker contributed half of the=
=20
initial funds, as well as the land, for his college and challenged his cit=
y and=20
the Presbyterian Church to match the monetary gift.(5) In the case of the=
=20
University of Chicago, the benefactor was John D. Rockefeller, and the=20
denomination was Baptist. However, the proposal and planning for the Unive=
rsity=20
of Chicago did not originate with Mr. Rockefeller as the proposal and plan=
ning=20
for Millikin University did with James Millikin.(6) </P>
<P>Both universities were located in rapidly-growing "western" cities. The=
=20
population of Decatur in 1860 numbered approximately 3,800.(7) By the 1880=
s, it=20
had reached 12,000, on its way to 41,000 in 1915.(8) Chicago tripled in si=
ze=20
between 1870 and 1890 and had become the second largest city in the countr=
y.(9)=20
This explosive growth was caused in no small way by the spread of railroad=
s.=20
Decatur's position, roughly equidistant from Chicago, St. Louis and=20
Indianapolis, made it an ideal depot for overland shipping between those a=
nd=20
other cities. Between 1849 (five years before the first train rolled throu=
gh=20
town) and 1857, the population of Decatur more than quadrupled from 900 to=
=20
3,650.(10) Similarly, Chicago was situated such that much cross-country tr=
affic=20
passed through it. Incidentally, both communities played a prominent role =
in the=20
presidential election campaign of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Decatur was the=
 site=20
of the Illinois Republican nominating convention, and Chicago played host =
to the=20
national Republican nominating convention.(11) </P>
<P><B>Faculty and Students in the Department of Chemistry</B> </P>
<P>The Department of Chemistry was part of Millikin University from the=20
beginning. It, like any other department, acquired a culture through the=20
contributions of both its faculty and students. Exemplary individuals from=
 both=20
groups are profiled below. Although these lists are intended to be=20
representative, they are not intended to be exhaustive. Readers should not=
=20
interpret the omission of someone as a criticism of that person's=20
contribution(s) to either the department or chemistry. </P>
<P>Of the forty-five chemistry faculty members employed at Millikin during=
 its=20
first century, Dr. John Charles Hessler stands out above all others becaus=
e of=20
his contributions to both his discipline and the college. </P>
<P>Hessler received his Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Chicago in=
 1899=20
under the direction of John Ulrich Nef(12), the head of Chicago's chemistr=
y=20
department whose research was well-known in both America and Germany.(13) =
Nef's=20
goal at the University of Chicago was to develop a program of chemistry th=
at=20
would be </P>
<P>"&#8216;comparable with the best in Germany.&#8217;"(14) </P>
<P>Nef has been described as </P>
<P>"a man intent upon advanced instruction and research."(15) </P>
<P>It is fair to say that Hessler followed his example. </P>
<P>At the age of 20, while still an undergraduate at the University of Chi=
cago,=20
Hessler passed a qualifying examination to become a high school chemistry =
and=20
physics teacher. Over the next ten years, he continued to teach at the hig=
h=20
school level and completed both his Master&#8217;s degree and doctorate. A=
fter working=20
as a chemistry instructor at his alma mater, Hessler arrived at Millikin i=
n=20
1907. His tenure lasted until 1920. For the first seven years of his stay,=
=20
Hessler was the only faculty member in the department. By the time he left=
, the=20
department had grown to three faculty members. However, this expansion too=
k=20
place in part because Hessler became dean in 1917 and acting president in =
1919.=20
After the 1919-1920 academic year, Hessler left Millikin to become the ass=
istant=20
director of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (Pittsburgh, PA). =
In=20
1921, he joined the faculty at Knox College. In 1934, he put his retiremen=
t=20
plans on hold and returned to Millikin to serve as the sixth president of =
the=20
university. He fulfilled the duties of his office until his death on July =
29,=20
1944 at the age of 75.(16) </P>
<P>Hessler contributed to the field of chemistry by organizing the Illinoi=
s=20
Academy of Science in 1908(17) and by writing two textbooks. He shared=20
authorship of his first book, <I>Essentials of Chemistry</I>, with Albert =
L.=20
Smith. The original book was published in 1902, and a revised edition with=
 an=20
accompanying laboratory manual was publishd in 1912. The book was necessar=
y,=20
according to the authors, because a: </P>
<P>"knowledge of Chemical Sciences is necessary for the intelligent study =
of=20
<BR>other natural sciences, such as geology, astronomy, biology, physiolog=
y,=20
etc., <BR>for these sciences make <U>special</U> applications of the ideas=
 of=20
Chemistry. <BR>Chemistry is also very practical, for the facts and methods=
 it=20
teaches are <BR>in the most common use in the arts and every-day life."(18=
,=20
emphasis in original) </P>
<P>The book extensively described industrial methods of preparation of var=
ious=20
elements and compounds. It also stressed experimental methods: </P>
<P>"<U>Equations mean nothing unless they are the result of experiment.</U=
>"(19,=20
<BR>emphasis in original) </P>
<P>The laboratory manual consisted of 87 experiments, each designed for a =
one-=20
to two-hour lab period.(20) </P>
<P>Hessler's second book, <I>The First Year of Chemistry</I>, was publishe=
d in=20
1931. While similar in organization to the first book, the rationale for t=
his=20
second effort was, in part, to </P>
<P>"justify the science [of chemistry] to those who have only one school y=
ear in=20
<BR>which to become acquainted with it."(21) </P>
<P>Hessler included some of the history of chemistry </P>
<P>"in order to show glimpses of the path along which the minds of the gre=
at=20
<BR>discoverers had to travel."(22) </P>
<P>The efficacy of this approach is underscored by the recent publication =
of a=20
book that argues for the inclusion of the history and philosophy of scienc=
e=20
rather than adherence to the latest fads of education theory as a superior=
 way=20
of promoting scientific understanding.(23) </P>
<P>Hessler endeavored to make his book current with the latest findings. F=
or=20
example, he included pictures of G.N. Lewis' cubes to illustrate the octet=
 rule,=20
and he defined periodicity in terms of atomic number as opposed to atomic=
=20
weight.(24) Throughout, he retained his characteristic emphasis on the=20
application of chemical knowledge to practical problems of manufacturing a=
nd=20
common life. </P>
<P>Despite not being at a large research university, Hessler remained an a=
ctive=20
scholar while at Millikin.(25) By including undergraduate students in his =
work,=20
he began a tradition of undergraduate research that continues to this day.=
(26)=20
</P>
<P>As university president, Hessler continued to influence the future of=20
chemistry at Millikin by proposing the construction of a building dedicate=
d to=20
the sciences. Although he did not live to see the realization of his dream=
,=20
construction began on a new science building on May 24, 1953.(27) The new=
=20
facility was dedicated on September 21, 1955 and named Scovill Science Hal=
l(28),=20
in honor of Guy and Rose Scovill, two then-recently-deceased residents who=
 gave=20
more than one million dollars to Decatur's educational, religious and char=
itable=20
organizations.(29) </P>
<P>Hessler's contributions to Millikin University are commemorated with a =
plaque=20
in Scovill Science Hall and with a residence hall that bears his name. </P>
<P>James H. Ransom was the first of four Millikin chemistry professors to =
serve=20
the department for at least 20 years. He remained a member of the chemistr=
y=20
faculty from 1921 until 1941. The trajectory of his career bears some=20
resemblance to that of Hessler. He also received his Ph.D. from the Univer=
sity=20
of Chicago in 1899 but under the direction of Julius Stieglitz.(30) Stiegl=
itz,=20
like Nef, was published in both American and German journals.(31) Thus, fo=
r 33=20
of its first 38 years and for one-third of its existence, the Millikin che=
mistry=20
department benefitted from the wisdom of a product of the University of Ch=
icago.=20
</P>
<P>Ransom also contributed to his discipline by writing textbooks and othe=
r=20
course materials, including <I>General Chemistry</I> in 1915, <I>Experimen=
tal=20
General Chemistry</I> in 1916, <I>Outline of Qualitative Analysis</I> in 1=
922,=20
and <I>Experimental Chemistry: General and Qualitative</I> in 1938. </P>
<P>Other faculty members of note include the following (years at Millikin =
in=20
parentheses): </P>
<P><U>Charles Meserve</U> (1903-1907), Millikin's first chemistry professo=
r;=20
</P>
<P><U>Esther McCredie</U> (1918-1921), Millikin's first woman chemistry=20
professor; </P>
<P><U>Carl Weatherbee</U> (1952-1982), Millikin's longest-serving chemistr=
y=20
professor; </P>
<P><U>Homer Smith</U> (1985-1997), named the 1996 Illinois College Profess=
or of=20
the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; </P>
<P><U>Mauri Ditzler</U> (1994-1999), professor of analytical chemistry, De=
an of=20
the College of Arts and Sciences, and nationally-known developer of discov=
ery or=20
guided inquiry chemistry; </P>
<P><U>Anne Rammelsberg</U> (1994-present), Millikin's first full-time=20
biochemist; and </P>
<P><U>George Bennett</U> (1997-present), Millikin's most recent addition a=
nd=20
first second-generation chemistry professor (George's father <U>Richard=20
Bennett</U> taught at Millikin from 1961 to 1963). </P>
<P>Over 350 alumni of the Millikin chemistry department live today in 40 s=
tates,=20
one U.S. commonwealth and two countries. They, and the alumni who are now=
=20
deceased, have all achieved a measure of success in their chosen fields.=20
However, several have made notable contributions to the fields of chemistr=
y,=20
biochemistry, chemical engineering and chemical education. </P>
<P>John Leighty, a Decatur resident, became attracted to chemistry after=20
performing undergraduate research and was graduated from Millikin in 1931.=
 He=20
matriculated at Purdue University, where he received both his Master's and=
 Ph.D.=20
degrees. Upon completion of his doctorate, Dr. Leighty began a career at E=
li=20
Lilly and Company in Indianapolis. He was a member of the team that first=
=20
produced penicillin for the company in the 1940s and was involved in devel=
oping,=20
producing and supervising the production of such pharmaceuticals as=20
erythromycin, vancomycin, streptomycin and propoxyphene. His 33-year caree=
r was=20
capped by his tenure as Executive Director of Scientific Research, a posit=
ion=20
which made him responsible for 650 Lilly scientists in seven research divi=
sions.=20
</P>
<P>Leighty's love for Millikin and gratitude for his undergraduate educati=
on=20
compelled him to give generously of his time and money to his alma mater. =
He=20
served on the Board of Trustees from 1967 until 1970. He and his wife, a=20
Millikin biology alumna, established the John and Ula Leighty Research Awa=
rd in=20
Biology, and later he began the John and Ula Leighty Science Scholars Prog=
ram.=20
Leighty served as the Honorary Chair of the Campaign for Science and donat=
ed=20
over $2 million toward a new science building that is scheduled to open in=
 the=20
2001-2002 academic year. </P>
<P>In 1962, Leighty received the Alumni Merit Award. Nine years later, he =
and=20
his wife were named Alumni of the Year. Leighty received the Millikin Univ=
ersity=20
Presidential Leadership Award in 1995. Three laboratories in the new scien=
ce=20
building will be named in his honor. </P>
<P>Dr. Leighty passed away on February 27, 2000. </P>
<P>Robert Penneman was graduated from Millikin in 1941. He completed Maste=
r's=20
and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Illinois. Penneman has more than 50=
 years=20
of experience in inorganic and nuclear chemistry, including 37 years as ma=
nager=20
of Los Alamos National Laboratory. He now serves the lab as a consultant a=
fter=20
semi-retirement. During his career, he patented a method to remove water f=
rom=20
rocket fuel. He also taught for several years at the University of Califor=
nia=20
and was an adjunct professor for the University of New Mexico. </P>
<P>Millikin awarded Penneman an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1961.=
 He=20
received the 1995 Glenn T. Seaborg Actinide Separations Award for outstand=
ing=20
accomplishment in the field of actinide separations science. In 1999, he=20
received the Alumni Merit Award from Millikin. </P>
<P>Other noteworthy chemistry alumni include the following individuals in=
=20
chronological order of graduation (year of graduation in parentheses): </P>
<P><U>James Fritz</U> (1946), Distinguished Professor of chemistry at Iowa=
 State=20
University, developer of ion chromatography and solid phase extraction,=20
recipient of the 1976 ACS Award in Chromatography, the 1985 ACS Analytical=
=20
Chemistry Award, the 1991 Dal Nogare Award and the 1969 Millikin Alumni Me=
rit=20
Award; </P>
<P><U>Maurice Armstrong</U> (1948), who came to Millikin on the promise of=
 being=20
allowed to perform undergraduate research and taught in the Millikin chemi=
stry=20
department from 1952 until 1957 prior to becoming a research associate at=
=20
Dupont; </P>
<P><U>Wilfred Chen-Sun Ling</U> (1950), retired senior development enginee=
r,=20
Abbott Labs; </P>
<P><U>Guido Guidotti</U> (1954), Higgins Professor of Biochemistry, Depart=
ment=20
of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University; </P>
<P><U>Paul Hung</U> (1956), retired as Assistant Vice President, Wyeth-Aye=
rst=20
and currently President of Global Biotech, Inc. and Chairman of the Board =
of=20
RDNA Corporation; </P>
<P><U>Richard Quisenberry</U> (1956), former Vice President of [World-wide=
]=20
Research at Dupont, Executive Director of AMTEX Partnership (a research an=
d=20
development partnership between the integrated textile industry and twelve=
 of=20
the largest R&amp;D laboratories of the United States government) and one =
of the=20
most talented sprinters to ever attend Millikin;(32) </P>
<P><U>Albert Ho</U> (1957), chairman of Yuen Shen Enterprise Co., Ltd., a =
paper=20
milling company in Taichung, Taiwan; </P>
<P><U>Ken Spitzer</U> (1964), Assistant Dean of Sciences at Washington Sta=
te=20
University; </P>
<P><U>Bruce Kowalski</U> (1965), professor of chemistry at the University =
of=20
Washington and developer of chemometrics; </P>
<P><U>Henry Scobell</U> (1970), senior research fellow, A.E. Staley=20
Manufacturing, Co.; </P>
<P><U>Paul Rosteck</U> (1976), senior research scientist of BioResearch=20
Technologies and Proteins at Eli Lilly and Company and contributor to the =
Human=20
Genome Project; </P>
<P><U>Gordon Weatherbee</U> (1976), senior chemical engineer at W.R. Grace=
 &amp;=20
Co.; </P>
<P><U>Mark Matlock</U> (1977), research director at Archer Daniels Midland=
; </P>
<P><U>John Hoots</U> (1978), senior research scientist at Nalco Corp. and =
member=20
of the Inventors Hall of Fame; </P>
<P><U>Cathy Johnson</U> (1989), research chemist at Nalco Corp.; </P>
<P><U>Ann Louise Sumner</U> (1996), graduate student at Purdue University=
=20
studying chemistry north of the Arctic Circle who found that formaldehyde =
is=20
produced photochemically at the air-snow interface;(33) and </P>
<P><U>Emilie Porter</U> (1998), graduate student at the University of Wisc=
onsin=20
who recently helped develop a non-natural peptide that is active against f=
our=20
species of bacteria.(34) </P>
<P>Since 1985, an average of approximately eight chemistry majors have bee=
n=20
graduated each year from Millikin. An annual average of about 50% of these=
=20
alumni pursue graduate or professional degrees. </P>
<P><B>The University and the Department of Chemistry Today</B> </P>
<P>At the dawn of its second century, Millikin University is a private,=20
four-year, comprehensive, primarily undergraduate institution that consist=
s of=20
four main divisions: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Fine=
 Arts,=20
the Tabor School of Business and the School of Nursing. The Department of=
=20
Chemistry within the College of Arts and Sciences has one full-time, tenur=
ed or=20
tenure-track faculty member representing each of the five main sub-discipl=
ines=20
(Biochemistry was added in 1994). The department has been certified by the=
=20
Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical Society since =
1988.=20
Although students who major in chemistry choose one of four emphases (rese=
arch,=20
biochemistry, business or secondary education), all chemistry majors have =
been=20
required to complete at least one semester of undergraduate research since=
 1986=20
and at least one semester of research at Millikin under the direction of a=
=20
Millikin faculty member since 1998. Making undergraduate research a priori=
ty is=20
one of the oldest and proudest traditions of the department. </P>
<P><B>Conclusion</B> </P>
<P>According to Alfred North Whitehead: </P>
<P>"[t]he antithesis between a technical and a liberal education is fallac=
ious.=20
<BR>There can be no adequate technical education which is not liberal, and=
 no=20
<BR>liberal education which is not technical: that is, no education which =
does=20
not <BR>impart both technique and intellectual vision."(35) </P>
<P>For one hundred years, Millikin University has operated with this philo=
sophy.=20
The school was founded and shaped, whether by coincident or by intent, acc=
ording=20
to the model set by the University of Chicago. In that sense, it is fittin=
g that=20
the life of Millikin University began in the twentieth century. Part of a=
=20
liberal education involves introducing students to the best traditions of =
the=20
culture. A modern, western university was arguably in the best position to=
=20
introduce students to the modern, western elements of the liberal traditio=
n,=20
viz. the fusion of classical and vocational education. </P>
<P>The faculty and alumni of the Department of Chemistry have left a signi=
ficant=20
mark on Millikin University since its infancy. The words of Chicago's Prof=
essor=20
Nef serve as both a description of the Millikin department's past and a=20
prediction for its future: </P>
<P>"&#8216;There is not the slightest reason why this country should not d=
evelop men=20
<BR>[and women] who love chemistry for its own sake and who will be willin=
g=20
<BR>to sacrifice much for it.&#8217;"(36) </P>
<P>That is the ambition of the Millikin chemistry faculty, and to that end=
 the=20
faculty will devote their strength and enthusiasm in the department's seco=
nd=20
century. </P>
<P><B>Acknowledgements</B> </P>
<P>The author thanks Jason Butterick, Coordinator of Centennial Archives f=
or=20
Millikin University, and Anne-Marie Berk for information about Millikin's=
=20
chemistry faculty and alumni. The author thanks Renee McKinney and Jay=20
Satterfield, librarians at the University of Chicago, for information abou=
t that=20
institution's chemistry faculty and alumni. </P>
<P><B>References and Notes</B> </P>
<P>1. <I>1996-1997 Millikin University Bulletin</I>, Millikin University,=
=20
Decatur, IL, <B>1996</B>, 5. </P>
<P>2. "President Theodore Roosevelt Comes Today to Dedicate the James Mill=
ikin=20
University," <I>Decatur </I>Herald, June 4, 1903, 2. The original James Mi=
llikin=20
University consisted of two campuses, one in Decatur and one in Lincoln,=20
Illinois. The Decatur campus was formally known as the Decatur College and=
=20
Industrial School. The university was consolidated at Decatur under the na=
me=20
"Millikin University" in 1953. </P>
<P>3. R.J. Storr, <I>A History of the University of Chicago: Harper's=20
University: The Beginnings</I>, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, =
IL,=20
1966, 305. </P>
<P>4. Ref. 3, p. 133. </P>
<P>5. Ref. 1. </P>
<P>6. Ref. 3, p. 31. </P>
<P>7. O.R. Kyle, <I>Abraham Lincoln in Decatur</I>, Vantage Press, New Yor=
k, NY,=20
1957, 100. </P>
<P>8. D.C. Irwin, <I>Decatur Serving Others: A Pictorial History</I>, G. B=
radley=20
Publishing, Inc., <BR>St. Louis, MO, 1998, 22-26. </P>
<P>9. Ref. 3, p. 11. </P>
<P>10. Ref. 7, pp. 56-59. </P>
<P>11. Ref. 7, pp. 100-115. </P>
<P>12. J.C. Hessler, "On Alkyl Malonic Nitriles and Their Derivatives," <I=
>Am.=20
Chem. J.</I>, <B>1899</B>, </P>
<P><I>22</I>, 169-198. </P>
<P>13. D.S. Tarbell, A.T. Tarbell, <I>Essays on The History of Organic Che=
mistry=20
in the United States, 1875-1955</I>, Folio Publishers, Nashville, TN, 1986=
, 41.=20
</P>
<P>14. Ref. 3, p. 72. </P>
<P>15. Ref. 3, p. 127. </P>
<P>16. "J.C. Hessler, Millikin President, Dies," <I>Decatur Herald and=20
Review</I>, July 30, 1944, 1,3. </P>
<P>17. Ref. 8, p. 134. </P>
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