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Nobel Laureate Gerald M. Edelman lecturing at the First Annual Anna S. Naff
Symposium on Chemistry and Molecular Biology, March 28, 1975.
A NOTE FROM THE CHAIRMAN our department. The incoming class of graduate students for fall,
It has been several years since we last circulated a newsletter to 1975’- should number approXimately .twenty, the llargest Since 1998'
the alumni of the Department of Chemistry. In this period the de- The lOb opportunity bulletin board 18 again getting crowded as m-
partment has continued to change and we hope to improve The dustrial recovery proceeds, but new academic posrtions in some,
early 1970’s brought many problems to universities throughout the areas Of chemistry are Still scarce. The handwriting on the wall
nation. Inflation has eroded real salaries and buying ower on our suggests even larger numbers Of our advanced degree graduates Will
. p . .. . be entering industrial and government positions than in the past.
campus, as on most others. In contrast to public unrversrties in . . u . . . ”
many states however the student enrollment on both the Lexin tori Specral top 105 courses SUCh as Industrial Inorganic Chemistry and
’ ’ . . . g the “Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules” are now being offered
campus and at the Community Colleges has continued to rise. The . . . d -
faculty at the Department of Chemistry has also grown to twenty- in our department and have drawn Significant stu ent interest.
four. One emeritus faculty member, Dr. E. V. Brown, is also still In summary, the Department Of Chemistry has shown a modest
active in research in the department. There are now approximately grOWth m faculty. and undergraduate major and serVice student
21,000 students on the Lexington campus and an additional 14,000 enrollment and, “{lth a stress on effluent procedures, has managed
students at the Community Colleges. The growth is apparently con- to maintain a baSic level 0f supplies and equipment to SUPP“ our
tinuing with up to 3,000 new first-year students expected on the instructional and research programs. Graduate enrollment is_down,
Lexington campus for the fall term 1975’ as compared to 2,785 new but.is improvmg. Unfortunately, little discretionary funding is now
first-year students entering last fall. In addition many students available to the Chairman to increase the level. of support for audio-
transfer in each year at the junior level from the Community College Visual aids, summer research support to all qualified graduate students
system. For the academic year starting in the fall of 1975 we expect and some undergraduates, preparation .Of newsletters, and many other
to have eighty undergraduates and forty—five graduate students en- items 9f program enrichment. The receipt 0f the .Anna SfiNal} Endow-
rolled in degree programs in the Department of Chemistry. While merit 15 an example Of a glft that has had a ma]or DOSll’ve impact on
our undergraduate major enrollment is satisfactory, our graduate 0"" graduate profgram. Thfe symposmm supported by th“ Endowment
student enrollment is well below the optimum number for a faculty W111 be a year y eature-o- our program. . . .
of our size. The decrease in graduate student enrollment in chemistry L3“ year alumni glVlng t0 the Umversrty PIVOVId'Bd only $188
at the University of Kentucky parallels the national trend, which in to the Department of Chemistry to be used at the dlscretion of the
turn is the result of the decreased job opportunities for graduates Chairman for the various purposes outlined above. This was, of
at the Ph.D. level. course, in addition to the Nail endowment. If you contribute to
Fortunately, it appears the trend has bottomed out, at least for the alumni giving rogram and wish your gift to be used specifically
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