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History of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department

Much of the history of our faculty, alumni, facilities and instruments has been chronicled in the Department's Annual Reports over the past two decades. Those histories are available to you upon request. The year of the article's appearance in the Annual Report is given in parenthesis below.

Alumni

Charles Martin Hall Bio
Charles Martin Hall article
Charles Martin Hall, Alumni Magazine

More distinguished Oberlin Alumni

Faculty History

Current and 20th Century

CHEMISTRY FACILITIES

Cabinet Hall
Severance Chemical Laboratory [opened in 1901]
Kettering Hall [opened in 1961]
Oberlin Science Center [opened in 2001]

INSTRUMENTATION

Vibrational spectroscopy (1987)
UV-Vis spectroscopy (1990)
Computer graphics (1991)
Column chromatography (1992)
X-ray diffraction (1997)
Raman spectroscopy (1999)
Thermal analysis (2000)
NMR spectroscopy (1986, 2001)
Fluorometry (2004)
Beckman instruments (2004)

FEATURED PAST ARTICLES

CHEMWEEK

DAVID OERTEL

NANNETTE LACUESTA

CARNIGIE ART MUSEUM EXHIBIT

SCIENCE CENTER TIMELINE