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- Chemistry Department
- Regents Hall 362
- 1520 St. Olaf Avenue
- Northfield, MN 55057
- 507-786-3403
- 507-786-3968
- abdella@stolaf.edu
- Dr. Beth Abdella
  Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair

Chemistry Faculty Emeriti
Dates listed when faculty first joined St. Olaf College

Albert E. Finholt - Deceased 2009
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1949-
Inorganic Chemistry

Allen L. Hanson
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1952-
Physical Chemistry

George L. Hardgrove
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1959- 1999
Physical chemistry, crystallography, molecular spectroscopy

H. Stewart Hendrickson
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1968-
Biochemistry, lipid biochemistry, enzymology

John C. Marshall
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1961-
Analytical chemistry, spectroscopy, applications of computers to chemistry

Gary O. Spessard
Ph.D., Professor, 1973- Retired 2008
Edolph A. Larson and Truman E. Anderson, Senior Professor of Chemistry
Organic chemistry, synthesis and biosynthesis of natural products

Donald A. Tarr - Deceased 2006
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1965-
Inorganic and physical chemistry, kinetics and mechanisms of coordination compound reactions

John P. Walters
Ph.D., Professor, 1982 - 2003, Professor Emeritus, 2003 - .. Analytical chemistry, atomic spectroscopy and spectrochemical analysis, mechanisms of electrical discharges, chemical instrumentation and instrumental analysis, laboratory computers and robotics, medical informatics, digital photography.