People Type: Meet the Donors

During his career, Robert Doban (Ph.D. 1952) led scientific and technical operations at Owens Corning and DuPont, served in the US Navy, and served on numerous boards, including for the National Academy of Sciences and National Institute of Standards and Technology. He survived a catastrophic explosion in a chemistry lab and a mid-air collision with …

This fund was established by Robert Fredrick Taylor in memory of his father, Robert Franklin Taylor (Ph.D. 1941, chemistry).

Edward and Marjorie Carlson established this award in honor of their son, Roger (Ph.D. 1989, chemistry).

Sam Slifkin (B.S. 1942, chemistry) established this award to recognize chemistry students who are doing excellent research in organic, inorganic, or organometallic chemistry.

Stephen Morton (B.S. 1954, Ph.D. 1962, chemistry) established this award and attributes his career success to the quality of his education at UW–Madison. This award is given jointly to an undergraduate mentee and a graduate student mentor.

Harold (B.S. 1940, bacteriology; Ph.D. 1944, physiological chemistry) and Regine Deutsch established this scholarship in 1997. Harold passed away in 2017. Read the full obituary from C&E News here.

The Department of Chemistry Academic Staff Award, which started in 2019, recognizes outstanding individual service or contribution to the Chemistry Department. The service or contribution can be a concrete one-time project during the previous year or an ongoing and consistent effort. The award winner is chosen by the departmental Academic Staff Committee. The award consists …

Walter Toy (B.S. 1945, M.S. 1946, chemistry) worked at Rohm and Haas Co. for many years. Because he had received a departmental scholarship in the 1940s, he and his wife, Young-Ja, established this scholarship fund in order to continue the cycle of generosity.

Following college, Wayland Noland (B.S. 1948, chemistry) earned a doctorate in chemistry from Harvard University. He retired as a chemistry faculty member at the University of Minnesota after more than 64 years of service.

This award, which was created in 1989, supports the tuition, laboratory fees, and incidental fees of one or two students.