VITA Wesley Earl Bentz May 2002 |
Addresses:
Business: Division of Chemistry Home:
278 Post Rd, RR 2
AlfredUniversity
Andover, NY 14806
Alfred,
NY 14802 (607)
587-9465
(607)
871-2201
Personal Information:
Date of Birth: April 7, 1943 in Spokane,
Washington
Married: to Carol
M. Moyer, 5 children and stepchildren
Interests: Camping, hiking,
fishing, travel
Memberships: American Chemical Society, since 1967.
A.E. Crandall Hook and Ladder Co., since 1971.
Alfred - Alfred Station Community Chest Board
Allegany County SEFA Committee
Education:
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, 1971.
Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, B.A., Chemistry, 1965.
Professional:
Professor, Alfred University, 1983-Present
Chair, Division of Chemistry, 1985-88, 1990-91, Jan 1998-July 2001
Associate Professor, Alfred University, 1976-1983
Assistant Professor, Alfred University, 1971-1976
Instructor, Alfred University, 1970-1971
Teaching Assistant, University of Rochester, 1965-1970
Chair of Education Committee, Corning Section, ACS 1987-90, 1999-Present
Chair-Elect, Chair, Past Chair, Corning Section, ACS, 1990-92
Executive Committee, Corning Section, ACS, 1987-Present
Honors:
NDEA Predoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester, 1967-1969
Excellence in Teaching Awards, Alfred University, 1979-2001
WHO'S WHO AMONG AMERICA'S TEACHERS, 4th edition, 1996
Alfie Award: Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Campus Life, 1997
Publications:
Hindered Rotation About C-N Bonds: Equilibration of Diastereomeric Rotational Isomers. W. E. Bentz, L. D. Colebrook, J. R. Fehlner, and A. Rosowsky, Chem. Commun., 1970, 974.
Chemical and Biological Studies on 1,2-dihydra-5-triazines, XIX. A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Hindered Internal Rotation in 1-aryl Derivatives. L. D. Colebrook, H. G. Giles, A. Rosowsky, W. E. Bentz and J. R. Fehlner, Can. J. Chem., 1976, 4, 3757.
Presented as a Poster at the 13th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 1994, Bucknell Univ.
Over 30 requests for additional information were received.
"Placing Students in General Chemistry
Sequences -- Fifteen Years of Using the 1981 ACS Toledo Exam." Bob
Pipal presented this paper at the March 1999 meeting of the American Chemical
Society, as part of a symposium organized by the ACS Examinations Institute.