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w, Spring 1989

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A Message from the Chairman
The Department has experienced a number General Chemistry, Inorganic, Organic, and in extramural grants. We are pleased that
of changes in the course of the last year. We Biochemistry. Professors Butterfield and Pat- several of our newest faculty, Assistant Pro-
have invested considerable effort in revising terson have volunteered to help launch these fessors Leonidas Bachas and John Richard,
the General Chemistry program and with the new courses. Since a number of students in have received extramural NIH awards. We
able assistance of Professor Robert Kiser, the our undergraduate program will only take one are also pleased to welcome Assistant Professor
current Director of General Chemistry, we year of college chemistry, we feel it is ap- J. David Robertson to our faculty.
devised a two-track system. We will continue propriate to introduce them to several facets We very much want to thank the large
[0 Offer the traditional one-year COUFSC 36- of the discipline which hopefully will enable number of alumni who contributed to our En—
quencc (CHE 105-107-115) taken by Chem~ them to read the popular press with a more dowment Drive and we look forward to see—
istry majors, engineering students and pre- critical eye. ing any of you whenever you are in the Lex-
professional school students and we have also We have also seen a continued growth in ington area.
developed a one-year course sequence (CHE the Department’s research effort and we now David S, Watt, Chairman
104-106) which covers selected topics in rank first in the College of Arts and Sciences
Department Receives a Major Bequest
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from Col. A. Sidney Behrman

Col. A. Sidney Behrman, who died April “(v Germany to make a survey of public utilities
30, 1988, after a prolonged illness has willed ﬂ. X‘s, in the OCCUpied area and later in northern
his estate, ultimately amounting to over ,/ ‘ France. After his discharge from the Army in
$1,000,000, to the Department of Chemistry / 1919 he started his productive career in the
in memory of Professor Franklin E, Tuttle, g: 3 chemistry of water treatment with Interna—
who was head ofthe Department of Chemistry 5%, ”4%,, W7?“ ‘3 tional Filter Company (Chicago).
while Col. Behrman was attending the univer- g; , 11 if," f . if He was “called [0 ﬂCtiVC CIULY in World
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s1ty. Col. Behrman was born in Cov1ngton, cf 3“ ._ _ a; War II and after two years in classrhed
KY, December 15, 1892 and received a B.S. , 1'3 assignments in Hawaii, Washington, DC, and
in Industrial Chemistry in 1914. While at the ’11 3Z1 ”may! 2 elsewhere, he returned to Chicago to become
university he also took a prominent part in 1 1‘1“ Vice President, Director of Research of
musical activities: a member of the Glee and ' MMWWMBX ‘ Velsicol Corporation, manufacturer of
Mandolin Clubs and piano accompanist to petroleum chemicals. Later he resigned and
both and sang in church choirs. After gradua- 6,3,1 1 entered the consulting field. He was granted
tion he taught science at Sue Bennett 1, 1 “mfg/gig?" 56 U- 3' patents mainly in the area 011 water
Memorial School in London, KY for one year 5,» '1” ,3 _ 3 1, treatment, the most important one issued
before going to the Philippine Islands, where 53 ’ 9 November 11, 1924 covering the preparation
he taught school and later made a comprehen- 1%; g of “gel zeolites”, which dominated the field
sive survey of Philippine water supplies which 1'th. ”,1 .1 of ion exchange products for household
was published in 1918. He enlisted in the f % ‘,. '5 softeners until 194-4. The “gel zeolites” later
Army in 1917 as Captain, Quartermaster W a €33 ’ 1i 1 ”W11 found major use in the petroleum industry for
Corps, and served in the Sanitary Corps in 1 “,3“ , ,3» 3 i1 ., catalytic cracking. His invention ofa new low-
France where he was responsible for providing g1 % , i? 2 density type of silica gel led to a microporous
safe water supplies to the troops on the French A ’ ‘ * ’ ‘1 separator for electric storage batteries.
front. After the Armistice he was assigned to C01. A.S. Behrman He was active in the ACS Division of

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