College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physical Science Raises $45,000Enthusiastic Response Breaks Goal Two events highlighted the 1984-85 academic year for the Department of Physical Science. The $ l. 7 million addition to the Science Building was completed and Dr. W.D. Williams, Chairman of the Departmen t , took a Sabbatical leave for the fall semester. The addition gave an additionallaboratory for freshman chemistry, additional classroom space and greatly expanded computer facilities. Dr . Williams visited libraries in Washington, D. C., Philadelphia, Boston and other cities in the northeast working on a bibliography of early American chemistry. While Dr. Williams was on leave, Dr. Joseph E. Pryor, Professor of Chemistry and retired Vice President for Academic Affairs , taught his classes. Dr . Don England , Distingui shed Professor of Organic Chemistry, served as Acting Chairman of the Department when Dr. Williams was out of town. Dr. England continued to serve as liasion between the University and the Science and Premedical Ad visory Council. During October, members of the science and mathematics faculty under the chairmanship of Dr. England , assisted the Advisory Council in a successful phonothon to raise $750 ,000 as a matching grant for an offer made by a foundation . The faculty raised $45,114 which was considered good since Council members called the more affluent a lumni. During the summer of 1984, Dr . Ed Wilson , Professor of Physical Chemistry, spent six weeks at the U. S. Department of Agr icu lture research laboratories in Beltsville, Maryland , doing research on the chemistry of vitamins and minerals under Dr . Walter Mertz, director of the laboratory and codiscoverer of the glucose tolerance factor . Dr. Wilson received a grant from Research Corporation that enabled him and his students to continue research in chromium biochemistry . Dr . Lambert Murray was awarded a grant from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to purchase a research grade vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer which will be used in advanced physics and chemistry laboratories as well as in student research projects. During the year, he developed experiments for the instrument. Beginning with the fall semester , funds became available from the Coons-Farrar Endowment Fund for two major seminars. Dr . Ri chard And ers on , who was associated with the Human Nutrition Center at Feltsv ille , Md. , discussed "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease - The Chromium Connection." Also, Irma Coons Terpenning established the Robert Roy and Callie Mae Coons Chair of Biomedical Science, Harding's first endowed chair, in honor of her parents who taught at Harding 1922-24 and 1933-37 , with the recipient to be named at the May 1985 Commencement. t~ Don England, PhD - Distinguished Professor, Chemistry James Mackey, PhD - Professor , Physics Lambert Murray, PhD .- Assoc . Professor, Physics Joseph E. Pryor, PhD - Professor , Physical Science Clifford Sharp, MST ' - Assoc. Professor, Earth Sciences Carroll $mith, PhD - Professor, Chemistry At the End of the Rainbow . . . Stands a Computer. Carol Westjohn from Hillsboro, Tenn., works during a physics lab on the school's Rainbow Computer. The recent addi· tion to the Science Building brought many ad· vancements as well as extra space. - photo by James McCreary. W. D. Williams, PhD - Professor, Chemistry & Chairman Edmond Wilson, PhD - Professor, Chemistry 190 Physical Science
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