Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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Jeannette Bonsack Ralph Dashner Elizabeth Montcalm Ann Dorsey r Valerie Reindollar Biology 25

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24 Biology Dr. Edgar Gwynn, Chairman

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j Department Chairman Dr. Frank Creegan. back this fall from a sabbatical that took him to Germany, explains the chemical process of bonding in a classroom lecture. Chemistry Though, with only nine senior majors the Chemistry Department is not one of the largest academic fields at Washington College, it is, in addition to English, one of the most well-en- dowed. Grants from the National Science Foundation as well as from commercial laboratories support the purchase of equipment and research aids. Perhaps financial support is at- tracted to the Department by the good-names of its three faculty members. Dr. Joseph McLain, Presi- dent of Washington College, is a sci- entist in his own right and the well- known holder of several patents. Dr. Conkling, featured this July in the pages of The Washington Post and on television ' s Good Morning, America, is perhaps the nation ' s leading expert on fireworks. Dr. Creegan, department chairman, re- cently returned from a sabbatical to Germany where he conducted chemical research. No publish or perish philosophy holds among the faculty at Washington College, but the Chemistry Department is among the departments whose faculty pro- mote the College in the larger world through their own work outside the classroom. Dr. John Conkling examines the Chemistry Department ' s new $20,000 SRM, purchased with matching funds from the National Science Foundation and the Crystal Corporation of Delaware Senior Leah Truitt, back from a semester at the Argonne Institute. Washington College President Dr. Joseph McLaih stepped out of Bunting to teach some classes on solid state chemistry. 26 Chemistry