A Symposium to Honor

Professor Gerasimos J. Karabatsos

 
G. J. Karabatsos (28819 bytes)
 

Saturday, May 16, 1998

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Room 138 Chemistry Building

Michigan State University

 
 
Biography.
 
Pictures from the Day's Activities:
Symposium.
Banquet.
After Dinner Speakers.
Karabatsos Family.
 
Students Receiving Degrees with G. J. Karabatsos.
 

Program

Moderators: Dr. Floie Vane
  Dr. Chris Papaioannou
 
Time Title Speaker
9:00 – 9:10 a.m. Welcoming Remarks Lou Anna Simon
Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs, MSU
9:15 – 10:00 a.m. "Reactivity of Enolate Aggregates" Professor Andrew J. Streitwieser, Jr.
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break  
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. "From Molecular Squares to Dodecahedrons via Self-Assembly Using Coordination as the Driving Force" Professor Peter J. Stang
Department of Chemistry
University of Utah
11:15 – 12:00 p.m. "Silicon Hydrides: From Solution to Surface" Professor James L. Fry
Department of Chemistry
University of Toledo
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch Break  
2:00 – 2:45 p.m. "Molecular Rubber Gloves" Professor Kurt M. Mislow
Department of Chemistry
Princeton University
2:45 – 3:30 p.m. "Fullerene C60 Chemistry: Thermal and Photochemical Reactions" Professor Michael Orfanopoulos
Department of Chemistry
University of Crete
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break  
4:00 – 4:45 p.m. "Creating Chemistry – A Report from the Undergraduate Laboratories" Professor Thomas A. Evans
Department of Chemistry
Denison University