Alumni News '89 Mary Jo Kulp was named an ACS Hero of Chemistry (see C&EN, 2 November, 2020, p. 35) for her role in commercializing DuPont's chemical-mechanical planarization pads for polishing semiconductors. Mary Jo, who did her Lehigh doctorate in physical chemistry under the supervision of the late Professor and Department Chair, Frederick M. Fowkes, on a project on the surface chemistry of fillers, was a senior scientist in DuPont's Electronics and Imaging division when CMP polishing was commercialized. The ACS award for industrial creativity which Mary Jo and her DuPont coworkers shared in 2020 was, in fact, launched by another Lehigh PhD, Michael L. Losee (PhD 1967). Like Mary Jo, Mike Losee also spent his post-Lehigh career in industry, retired as President of NutraSweet Technologies in 1995 and immediately joined the ACS as its Director of Industry Relations. Mike convinced ACS's Board that while it had more than 50 awards for academic achievements it scarcely acknowledged the accomplishments of its corporate chemists. Mike started ACS Heroes of Chemistry in 1996 to annually recognize the teams of industrial chemists who have brought valuable chemical products to the marketplace. A quarter-century after Mike's creation of the Award, a fellow Lehigh chemist is the recent honoree. '69 Coleman "Cole" R. Hamel is retired from a long career in teaching at several Lehigh Valley Colleges (principally Kutztown) and now works part-time for Emery Brothers Organs (Allentown). The Emery company lists pipe organ turning, maintenance and restoration of organs as its business mission. Cole recently commented that he'd gotten to work on a variety of ancient classic pipe organs mostly in church settings. '79 George Barringer has joined the staff of the Swedish-based global health systems corporation Getinge AB, as a Product Manager. Getinge manufactures and sells automated computer-controlled biocontainment equipment, bio-reactors, fermenters, and fluid-handing hardware for vaccine and biopharmaceutical manufacturing. The company has >15,500 employees in more than 40 countries. George will cover most of Eastern USA introducing the pharmaceutical industry to Getinge's products and helping purchasers bring them "on line" after acquisition. George was formerly with Applikon Biotech which was recently acquired by Getinge. '92 Marsha Miller ('96 U Penn PhD in Pathology) was promoted to Executive Director for Global Regulatory Affairs at Celgene. In this capacity Marsha directs the regulatory filings for all biologics, small molecules, and biosimilar pharmaceuticals the company is advancing world-wide. Since completing her graduate work, Marsha has been employed in communications and regulatory affairs in steadily increasing responsibility roles at Dupont Pharma, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, BMS, and Celgene. '89 Zhongtao Wu has joined Kashiv Biosciences as a Research Scientist. Kashiv is a fully integrated biosciences company headquartered in Bridgewater, NJ. Kashiv specializes in drug delivery platforms incorporating delayed release technology and gastric retention systems that improve the efficacy and safety of known drugs. Zhongtao was formerly in analytical R&D with Prolong Pharmaceuticals which hosts a portfolio of hematological and oncological candidate products. '83 David Carrick With ten years of employment as Senior Analytical and Catalyst Chemist for Primus Green Energy, David's research involves R&D of catalytic processes for the production of liquid fuels from cellulosic waste and natural gas and also developing analytical methods for in-process/final product streams. Primus Green Energy has plants in the Houston (TX) area and R&D Labs in Hillsborough Township, NJ. They produce methanol and gasoline from natural gas and develop catalysts for other kinds of hydrocarbon conversions. '68 Steven Richheimer retired from his position as staff senior chemist at Hauser Pharmaceutical Services in 2008 and now lives in Steamboat Springs, CO. Since graduating from Lehigh and moving to the San Francisco Bay Area to purse his PhD in chemistry at Stanford University, he learned meditation from an inspirational teacher and developed an interest in how science validates the spiritual worldview. He recently published his third book, Reincarnation: The Science of the Afterlife. The book offers the reader a crosscultural historical survey, a review of the best-designed scientific studies on reincarnation, and a description of how numerous studies indicate that mind cannot be reduced to brain activity, suggesting that elements of memory and personality can survive death Department of Chemistry · Page 21
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