Paul G. Gassman (’57), PhD was a distinguished alumnus of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Canisius College. A Regents Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, he also served as President of the American Chemical Society and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Always supportive of his alma mater, he established an endowment at Canisius with regular contributions. After his premature death in 1993, his family generously augmented this fund in order to establish a seminar series in his honor. The Gassman Memorial Seminar series allows science majors to meet with an internationally renowned chemist and to learn about his/her research and the impact of this work on our environment and society.
Gassman Memorial Seminar Series Speakers:
"Chemistry with Nanoparticles"
"Studies in Natural Product Synthesis"
"Tackling Global Challenges in Sustainable Chemistry"
"Making Environmentally Friendly Plastics
"Probing the Biology of Cell Surface Sugars
"Fuel from Sunlight and Water"
"Chemical Communication and Defense Mechanisms