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 their research and the impact of this work on our environment and society.
Gassman Memorial Seminar Series Speakers:
PROFESSOR EMILY A. WEISS
Department of Chemistry
"Chemistry with Nanoparticles"
PROFESSOR PHIL S. BARAN
Department of Chemistry
"Studies in Natural Product Synthesis"
PROFESSOR MELANIE SANFORD
Department of Chemistry
"Tackling Global Challenges in Sustainable Chemistry"
PROFESSOR GEOFFREY COATES
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
"Making Environmentally Friendly Plastics from Thin Air"
PROFESSOR CAROLYN BERTOZZI
Department of Chemistry
"Probing the Biology of Cell Surface Sugars with Chemical Tools"
PROFESSOR HARRY GRAY
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
"Fuel from Sunlight and Water"
PROFESSOR JERROLD MEINWALD
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
"Chemical Communication and Defense Mechanisms in the Insect World"