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The School
of Chemistry was organized and a single course in Analytical Chem. was
offered through the College of Science, Liturature and the Arts.
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1896-
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-1902
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The first Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Minnesota is awarded to Paul Maurice Glasoe for "A Study of Camphoroxine." | |||||
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The Board
of Regents makes the School of Chemistry an independent unit with G.B.
Frankforter as Dean.
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1904-
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Smith Hall
is built and provides laboratory and office space for the Chemistry
Department.
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1913-
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-1913
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Lillian Cohen completes a thesis on "Equilibria in Systems of Acetone, Water, and Salts" and becomes the first women to receive a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the U of MN. | |||
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Kolthoff
and Sandell publish the first edition of "Text book of Quantitative
Inorganic Analysis," establishing Analytical Chemistry as a major area
of chemical science.
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1936-
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-1938
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Vitamin E is synthesized by Lee I. Smith, then head of the Division of Organic Chemistry. |
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Samuel C. Lind becomes the first U of MN chemist to be president of the American Chemical Society. |
1940-
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-1948
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William N. Lipscomb publishes the first definitive X-ray crystal structure of B5H9. |
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Bryce Crawford publishes the first in an influential series of papers on vibrational spectral intensities. |
1950-
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-1954
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Lloyd Reyerson and Lowell Peterson discover the process leading to non-woven fabrics. The University patents it. | |||||
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The Department
of Chemistry expands into the newly built Kolthoff Hall.
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1970-
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-1990
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Paul G. Gassman serves as president of the American Chemical Society. |
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