Donald S. Noyce

Donald Noyce begins the interview with a discussion of his childhood home in Iowa. He discusses his family and their strong academic tradition, his years at Grinnell College, and his early training as a chemist. He also details his graduate training at Columbia University, including his work with Bill (William von Eggers) Doering, his courses, research, and the University's atmosphere. Next, he discusses his position at the University of California at Berkeley. He describes the faculty, the chemistry administration, and the changing atmosphere with respect to organic chemistry. He describes briefly his interaction with other faculty, his research, and his graduate students. Finally, he discusses the development of physical organic chemistry from the turn of the century to 1980.

Columbia University

1946 - 1946 National Institutes of Health Fellow

University of California, Berkeley

1948 - 1950 Instructor

University of California, Berkeley

1950 - 1955 Assistant Professor

University of California, Berkeley

1952 - 1960 Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Chemistry

University of California, Berkeley

1955 - 1960 Associate Professor

University of California, Berkeley

1960 - 1986 Professor

University of California, Berkeley

1974 - 1981 Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Chemistry

University of California, Berkeley

1981 - 1986 Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Chemistry

Leon B. Gortler

Leon Gortler is a professor of chemistry at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He holds A.B. and M.S. degrees from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Harvard University where he worked with Paul Bartlett. He has long been interested in the history of chemistry, in particular the development of physical organic chemistry, and has conducted over fifty oral and videotaped interviews with major American chemists.