Dale W. Margerum

• B.A., 1950, Southeast Missouri State University
• Ph.D., 1955, Iowa State University
• Research Chemist, Ames Laboratory (AEC), 1952-53
• Purdue University
• Instructor, 1954-57
• Assistant Professor, 1957-61
• Associate Professor, 1961-65
• Professor, 1965-present
• Head of Inorganic Chemistry Division, 1968-73
• Head of Department of Chemistry, 1978-83

• Honors in Chemistry, B.A. degree, 1950.
• Graduate Research Award, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Iowa State, 1954.
• Sigma Xi Research Award, Purdue, 1973.
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1980.
• Herbert Newby McCoy Award for Science Research, Purdue, 1983.
• Alumni Merit Award, Southeast Missouri State University, 1991.
• Wetherill Medal, Purdue University, Department of Chemistry, 1992.
• Sagamore of the Wabash Award, State of Indiana, 1994.
• 1996 ACS Award for Distinguished Service in Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry.
• Harvey Washington Wiley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, 1997.
• Sigma Xi, Monie A. Ferst Award, 2000.

• Visiting Scientist, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, summer 1960.
• NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institut fur Physikalische Chemie, Gottingen, Germany (with Manfred Eigen), 1963-64.
• Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institut fur Physikalische Chemie, Gottingen, 1970.
• Visiting Professor, University of Kent at Canterbury, England, 1970.

• McGraw-Hill Undergraduate Editorial Board, 1962-72.
• National Institutes of Health, Medicinal Chemistry B Study Section, 1965-69.
• Chairman, Purdue Section American Chemical Society, 1965.
• Advisory Board for Analytical Chemistry, 1967-69.
• Editorial Board, Journal of Coordination Chemistry, 1971-81.
• Research Corporation, Cottrell Program Advisory Committee, 1973-78.
• President of the Purdue Chapter of Sigma Xi, 1976-77.
• Chairman, Inorganic Chemistry Gordon Conference, 1977.
• Member of the Executive Committee of the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry, 1976-79.
• Member of the Chemistry Research Evaluation Panel, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 1978-82.
• Consultant: Eastman Kodak Co., 1981-1992; Procter & Gamble, 1986-1988, 1992; Great Lakes Chemical Co. 1987-1990; W. R. Grace Co., 1988-1991.
• Editorial Board, Inorganic Chemistry, 1985-1988.
• Chairman, Nominations and Symposia Planning Committee, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry, 1986.
• National Science Foundation, Chemistry Division Triennial Oversight Review, 1989.
• Member of ACS Committee on Professional Training, 1993-present.
• Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms, Gordon Research Conference, Vice Chair 1997; Chair 1999.
• Advisory Board for International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, 1998-2000.

• Author of 237 research publications.
• Research director for 83 Ph.D. graduates and 20 M.S. graduates.

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