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EDITORIAL
Time Passages
This year, I turn 60... I will complete my 35th year
as a faculty member... and I just wrote a reflective
editorial piece leading a collection of scientific
papers commemorating the 75th birthday of my
Ph.D. advisor, Professor Barry M. Trost. The special
issue of Organic Chemistry Frontiers, published by the
Royal Society of Chemistry, has appeared (2016, 3,
1225-1227), and the DOI reference to my essay is:
10.1039/c6qo90033j.
One gets a chance, on such occasions, to make a
few points that are sometimes difficult to make. First
and foremost, Barry is an exemplary educator, and I
think, sometimes, an increasingly rare breed in high-
er education. With permission from the RSC, I quote
here a few of the things I wanted to emphasize.IT
Brian P. Coppola, GE,
Alpha Beta 1988In an era where nearly every graduate student I encounter, everywhere in the world, talks
about "working for the boss"rather than"working with an advisor,"we in the Trost group ben-
efited daily from working with an advisor. The work we did was our work; the time we spent
was in service to our degrees. I am convinced that this difference in language is not trivial.
Language speaks to underlying meaning, attitudes and intent. Language shapes the mental
images and roles we assume, which affects our actions, beliefs, and behaviors.
In 2001, at the closing of his 60th birthday celebration, where hundreds of former group
members had assembled, Barn, reflected masterfully on the (annoying) habit of faculty col-A
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harry M Iiost (L) and Brian P. Coppola, fiom 1979.leagues who saw research output, rather
than human resource development, as the
primary goal of academic science: "... after
all," Barry said that day, "if research pro-
ductivity was the sole outcome, why
would we then choose to do it with
untrained scientists?"I have repeated that
story more times than I can count. Along
those lines, Trost has also been outspoken
on the intrinsic conflict faced by profes-
sors when the demands of their business
ventures clash with their academic
responsibility to their students.
Barry simply takes seriously the most
critical responsibility of an academic's
career: to educate.)ear Brothers:
The distribution of the Fall Issue of The HEXAGON goes to all of the membership for whom
we have mailing information (ca. 32,000 of you), while the other three issues are provided to
collegiate members and contributors. I mention this for two reasons. First, you might actually
be unaware that there are three other issues of The HEXAGON published, and second, this will
moi vate you to think about your solicitation letter when you receive it!
Yours in the Double Bond-GE
On the Cover
At the 2016 Conclave, members of the Order of Altotus, plus a few others, gathered to remember
members of the Order who have passed on to the chapter eternal. Back: Sherrie Settle, OA; John
Stipp, OA; Mark Evaniak, GMA; John Adams, OA;Abbey DeGraffenreid; DeWayne Gerber, OA; Gary
Anderson, OA; Peter Yochim. Front: Col.William Myers, OA; Jennifer Showerman, OA; Melissa Ward,
NCDC; Randy Weinstein, OA; R. Scott Wilson; D.Mitch Levings, OA. (Photo credit to Jennifer
Showerman's phone camera.) Look for more pictures from the 2016 conclave scattered throughout
this issue. See page 54 for more information about the upcoming report.THE HEXAGON/FALL 2016
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