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Noyes
Laboratory:
One Hundred Years of Chemistry
1902:
Noyes Laboratory Opens
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign established a Department
of Chemistry in 1867, the same year the school was founded. Eleven years
later the Department of Chemistry became the first on campus to move into
a building of its own, a facility it soon outgrew. In 1901, Arthur
W. Palmer, then department head, persuaded the Illinois State Legislature
to build a grand laboratory, which opened the following year as the New
Chemical Laboratory. Rapid growth dictated need for another expansion
within ten years, and Palmer’s successor as Head of Department, William
A. Noyes, argued successfully for an addition to the laboratory, which
by then housed the largest chemistry department in the United States.
The addition, which more than doubled the size of the building, was completed
in 1916. In 1939 the chemistry building was dedicated to Noyes.
The American Chemical Society designated Noyes Laboratory a National Historic
Chemical Landmark in Urbana, Illinois, on September 14, 2002.
C O N T E N T S
Noyes
Laboratory:
One Hundred Years of Chemistry
A Century of
Accomplishment
The Bare Facts
Nobel Prize Winners
ACS Presidents
Priestley Medal Winner
Fine Chemicals
The Illinois State Water Survey
Chemists and Chemistry at Noyes:
Roger Adams:
"The Chief"
Ludwig F. Audrieth
and Synthetic Sweeteners
John C. Bailar Jr.
and Coordination Chemistry
St. Elmo Brady:
Pioneer
George L. Clark
and High-Intensity X-Ray Tubes
Willis H. Flygare
and Microwave Spectrometry
Reynold C. Fuson:
Teaching Chemistry
Herbert S. Gutowsky
and NMR Spectroscopy
B. Smith Hopkins
and the Chemistry of Rare Earths
Henry Fraser Johnstone
and the Study of Air Pollution
Herbert A. Laitinen
and Analytical Chemistry
Carl "Speed"
Marvel: Advances in Polymer Chemistry
William A. Noyes:
The Department Comes of Age
Arthur W. Palmer:
The Early Years
Samuel W. Parr
and Applied Chemistry
Charles C. Price III
and Antimalarials
Worth H. Rodebush
and Physical Chemistry
William C. Rose
and Amino Acids
George F. Smith
and the Aerosol Can
Harold R. Snyder
and Antimalarials
Marion Sparks
and Chemical Information
Landmark Designation
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