Southern Methodist University - Rotunda Yearbook (University Park, TX)

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DEDICATION The 1965 ROTUNDA is dedicated to Professor blames Ogden Baine whose death in April 1962 was a great loss to SMU, Ile came to SMU in 1944 and in 1945 became Chairman of the Chemistry Department. Organic analysis, organic synthesis, and toxicology were his specialties in Chem- istry. , Professor Baine received his B.S. from Southwestern College, Memphis, Tennesseeg his Ph.D. from New York University, and did postdoctoral work at Iowa State College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Munich. Wfhile at Southwestern he lettered in track and later coached tennis. Also he enjoyed sailing and was an excellent photographer and woodworker. An expert toxicologist, he worked with Doctor Getler at the Bellevue Hospital in New York. Professor Baine was a consultant for the Cotton Coun- cil and in 1955-1956, was the Chairman of the Dallas-Fort Wforth section of the American Chemical Society. Recognizing the importance of the beginning course, Professor Baine devoted much of his time and effort to the teaching of general chemistry for both the science major and the arts student. He was an excellent lecturer, possessed a keen sense of humor, and had a unique ability to simplify complex ideas. I-Ie was a master in conducting the lecture demonstrations for which he was well known and was a skillful organizer of the vast amount of highly varied subject matter that must be covered in the general chemistry course. The excellent facilities of the Department of Chem- istry are largely the result of Professor Baine's leadership, vision and planning. For years he served as Chairman of the Uni- versity Committee on Libraries, was active in the planning of the new Science Information Center, and served on numerous University committees. In addition to many scholarly papers, he was Senior author of the LECTURE NOTES and LABORA- TORY MANUAL used in the freshman course. Professor Baine will always be remembered with respect and esteem by his students and faculty colleagues for his great dedication to teaching, his high standards of scholar- ship, and his unusual creative ability. i . ' .v i. X ,t 1... .f!, I - - ON. 'F -V. 5' E .. If -I . ! 'mi C

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PROFESSOR JAMES OGDEN BAINE

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