Chemistry department to host dedication

The chemistry department will host a series of educational, artistic and social events on Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6, to honor former department chair and university chancellor Irving Shain and to dedicate the Irving Shain Chemistry Research Tower.

The addition to the existing chemistry building at the corner of Johnson and Charter streets was completed in 2000. Shain joins two other department chairs, Farrington Daniels and J. Howard Matthews, in sharing the name of the Chemistry Building.

“Irv Shain has been, and continues to be, even in retirement, one of the most consistently influential figures in the history of the University of Wisconsin,” says Chancellor John Wiley. “He was an inspirational teacher and scholar. As department chair and later chancellor, his leadership paved the way for the many difficult organizational and administrative modernizations needed for the challenging times he foresaw. The naming of this research tower for Irv Shain is a fitting and well-earned tribute to his impact on UW–Madison.”

The events, which are free and open to the public, will begin with a dedication ceremony at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 5, in the Chemistry Building.

Shain will be the guest of honor at a reception beginning at 11:45 a.m.

For more information, visit http://www.chem.wisc.edu or e-mail shainfest@chem. wisc.edu.