Dr. Roger Egolf: History of Chemical Education at Lafayette College

As part of the Bicentennial Chemistry Department Alumni Symposium, Dr. Roger Egolf will give a Keynote Addess on the History of Chemical Education at Lafayette College.

Biography: Dr. Roger Egolf is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Coordinator of General Education at Penn State – Lehigh Valley. A graduate of Kutztown University, he received his PhD in organic chemistry from Lehigh University with Ned Heindel in 1990. His chemical training was in drug design and the synthesis of biologically active compounds, but his current research is in the general field of the history of chemistry. Dr. Egolf is a past Chair of both the Division of the History of Chemistry and the Lehigh Valley Section of the American Chemical Society. He currently serves as a Councilor from the History of Chemistry Division on ACS Council and is a member of its Committee on Divisional Activities. He also is a member of the Affiliates Council of the Science History Institute in Philadelphia. Dr. Egolf has served Penn State as a member of its University Faculty Senate since 2001, chairing numerous committees and currently serving as the Historian of the Senate and Chair of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Libraries, Information Systems, and Technology. He also serves as a faculty representative to the Penn State Board of Trustees and its Committee on Finance and Investment.