Wooster Chemistry Annual Report 2001-2002

ERNEST B. YEAGER AWARD, 2002

Richard Bargerwas the 2002 recipient of the Ernest B. Yeager Award. In 1962, the Cleveland Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy established the Earnest B. Yeager Award, consisting of a certificate of recognition, a one-year membership in the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, and a stipend. Dr. Yeager, of Case Western Reserve University, was one of the first chemistry professors to teach instrumental analysis as part of the chemistry curriculum in the Cleveland area. This award is made annually to an outstanding undergraduate student who is attending a college or university in Northeastern Ohio, and who has demonstrated an interest in some phase of spectroscopy. Richard presented a talk at the SASACS May Conference held May 22, 2002, at John Carroll University. The title was "Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of (2R)-N-Benzyl-2-Benzylaziridine." Drs. Burns and Williams also attended the conference. Dr. Williams gave a Keynote Address: "The Joy of Teaching." Seven Wooster graduates have previously received this award:

1963 John H. Konnert
1967 Richard D. Ash, Jr.
1968 Jon Mynderse
1969 Virginia E. Coates
1980 Alexander Kondow
1986 Anne M. Mulichak