Speaking from Experience

Speaking from Experience

Emeritus Professor Pittman's profile in silhouette with chemistry diagrams projected behind him.
Photo by Megan Bean

October 29, 2019

Charles U. Pittman Jr., ÌÒÌ«ÀÉÓ³Ïñ professor emeritus of organic chemistry, gives a keynote address during a symposium in honor of his 80th birthday and as part of the university's recent National Chemistry Week activities. A 1964 doctoral graduate of Pennsylvania State University, Pittman did postdoctoral studies at Dow Chemical Co. and Case Western Reserve University. He later joined ÌÒÌ«ÀÉÓ³Ïñ’s faculty in 1983 and founded and served for many years as the research director of the University/Industry Chemical Research Center. Pittman has published more than 900 scientific publications, including 17 books. For more about the Department of Chemistry, .