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| During his all-too-short career, Timothy A. Nieman impacted the analytical world through his research but, more importantly, through his influence on students within and beyond his research group. His research focused on bipolar pulsed conductance and then chemiluminescence. He guided 30 students to Ph.D.s, 9 students to M.S.s, and became known to thousands worldwide as co-author, with Douglas Skoog and F. James Holler, of Principles of Instrumental Analysis. What does not appear in any curriculum vita is where his impact was greatest – providing a willing ear to any student, guiding people to their eventual careers by seeing a spark of creativity or by providing encouragement, serving the Department, University, and analytical community rather than focusing solely on maximizing paper production. In honoring Alanah Fitch with the Giddings Award, his insight and influence is manifest; Nieman served on her Soil Science Ph.D. orals committee and brought her into our community by noting that she was already an Analytical Chemist except in name. In honoring Professor Fitch, we honor Professor Nieman's memory, humanity, and essential decency. |
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Honoring Alanah Fitch, Recipient of the J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Analytical Education
1:30 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, 13 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 123, Oral
Division of Analytical Chemistry |