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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:

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Acetylenes Containing Oxygen Functions. W. E. Bentz and L. D. Colebrook, Can. J. Chem., 1969, 47, 2473.

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.

Presentations: "Placing Students in General Chemistry Sequences -- Ten Years of Using the 1981 ACS Toledo Exam."

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.
 
 

Major University Assignments: Advisory Committee for the Health Professions, 1971 to Present
Faculty Resource Person, AU Board of Trustees,
                    Student Affairs Committee 1988-90;
                    Academic Affairs Committee, 1990-92
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity, 1972-1992
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, 1989-present
Faculty Advisor, Alfred University Rescue Squad, 2001-present
Liberal Arts Faculty Council, 1974-1977, 1989-90, 1992-present
                    (Secretary, 1992-93, Chairperson 1994-96)
Chairperson, University Faculty Council, 1975-76, 1989-90
Secretary, University Faculty Council, 1974-1975
Secretary, University Faculty, 1973-1974, 1995-96
Freshman Advisor, LAS College, 1975-Present
Coordinator of Classroom Assignments, Myers Hall since 1976
Coordinator of Two Blood Drives each year
Scholastic Standard Committees,
       College of Business, 1980-1983;
       Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1981-1984, 1987-Present
With the Deans planned the New Scheduling Grid , 1993-95
Steering Committee for Revision of Faculty Handbook, 1994-1999
Steering Committee to Consider Formation of Faculty Senate, 1995
Selected for the "Faculty Friend" award by the Alumni Association, 1995
Faculty Senate,  1996-1998,  2002-2005
                    (President, 1996-1998; Secretary, 2002-2003)