Department History
- 1891 - UA is founded and the first Chemistry Professor is hired - Charles B. Collingwood
- 1893 - College of Natural Science is formed; Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Geology
- 1899 - Frank Guild is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry and Optical Mineralogy
- 1903 - UA catalog lists Organic Chemistry
- 1909 - Science Hall is completed, Depts. of Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Civil Engineering are formed
- 1923 - Earnest Hall is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1952
- 1936 - First phase of the Chemistry and Physics building is completed (Old Chemistry)
- 1948 - Second phase of Old Chemistry building is completed, now including Pharmacy
- 1952 - Lathrop Roberts is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1958
- 1957 - Stan Greenberg, a student in Professor Forster’s lab, becomes the first PhD candidate
- 1958 - Henry Freiser is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1967
- 1961 - Carl "Speed" Marvel retires from the U. Illinois and joins UA Chemistry dept as a Professor
- 1967 - Donald J. Hanahan is the founding Head of the Biochemistry Dept, a position he held until 1975
- 1968 - John P. Schaefer is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1970
- 1970 - Henry Hall is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1973
- 1971 - The "New Chemistry" building is dedicated; it is named the Marvel Laboratories of Chemistry in 1984
- 1973 - Lee B. Jones is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1977
- 1973 - Tri-College Biochemistry Dept is formed between Science, Medicine, Agriculture
- 1975 - Christopher K. Mathews is appointed Dept Head of Biochemistry, a position he held until 1976
- 1976 - Herbert E. Carter is appointed Dept Head of Biochemistry, a position he held until 1981
- 1977 - W. Ron Salzman is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1983
- 1981 - John H. Law is appointed Dept Head of Biochemistry, a position he held until 1986
- 1983 - George Atkinson is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1988
- 1984 - The Carl S. Marvel Laboratories of Chemistry is dedicated; formerly known as "New Chemistry"
- 1986 - Michael A. Wells is appointed Dept Head of Biochemistry, a position he held until 1995
- 1989 - Neal Armstrong is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 1994
- 1988 - Undergraduate Biology Research Program is created by Michael Wells in the Biochemistry Dept
- 1992 - John H. Law in the Biochemistry Dept is named to the National Academy of Sciences
- 1994 - Dennis Lichtenberger is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 2002
- 1995 - Marc E. Tischler is appointed Interim Dept Head of Biochemistry, a position he held until 1999
- 1999 - Thomas O. Baldwin is appointed Dept Head of Biochemistry, a position he held until 2008
- 2002 - Mark Smith is appointed Dept Head of Chemistry, a position he held until 2009
- 2006 - The Chemical Sciences Building is dedicated, replacing the former biology greenhouses
- 2008 - Vicki H. Wysocki is appointed Dept Head of Biochemistry, a position she held until 2009
- 2009 - Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry (CBC) is formed; Mark Smith, Chair; Vicki Wysocki, Co-Chair
- 2010 - Vicki H. Wysocki is appointed CBC Chair and S, Scott Saavedra CBC Co-Chair
- 2012 - S. Scott Saavedra is appointed CBC Chair and Roger L Miesfeld CBC Co-Chair
- 2014 - Roger L Miesfeld is appointed CBC Dept Head, a position he held until 2019
- 2019 - Andrei Sanov is appointed Interim CBC Dept Head, a position he held until 2020
- 2020 - Jean-Luc Bredas is appointed CBC Department Head, a position he held July-Auigust, 2020
- 2020 - Craig A. Aspinwall is appointed Interim CBC Department Head
- 2021 - Craig A. Aspinwall is appointed CBC Department Head
- 2021 - Renovation of the historic Chemistry Building begins in June
