Born in Washington, DC, and raised in Alexandria, VA, my father’s membership in the US Marine Band and my mother’s political activities gave me opportunities to visit the White House and to meet many national leaders…opportunities that, regrettably, are no longer possible for children today. I received a B.S. in chemistry from Wittenberg University (Springfield, OH), a M.S. in chemistry (physical) with a minor in physics from the University of Wisconsin (Madison), and a Ph.D. in chemistry with a concentration in polymer science from Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH). I came to Utica College in September, 1970 and I’ve never been out of school nor have I ever held a “real” job. My teaching responsibilities have concentrated on general chemistry and its laboratories, physical chemistry and its laboratories, and quantitative analysis and its laboratory. Utica College has always been a wonderful place for me to work with students in the classroom, in the laboratory, and in research. If you like chemistry and like to work hard on scientific problems, come join us.

 

 

My research interests have generally concentrated in the transfer of mass and energy. These interests have led me to studies of diffusion of gases in liquids, possible experiments for Spacelab, methods for storage of solar energy, and photophysics and photochemistry of small molecules in the gas phase and of semiconductors in the colloidal phase.