1865 Kekule: benzene structure 1866 Nobel: Dynamite 1869 Menedeleev: Periodic Table 1865 Civil War ends; Lincoln
Assassinated 1867
Howard University Founded 1869 Chemistry taught in Medical
Department by Silas L.
Loomis 1874 van't Hoff, LeBel: tetrahedral carbon 1876 American Chemical Society founded 1873 F.W. Clarke, Prof.
of Chemistry and Physics 1874 W. Seaman, Prof.;
teaching lab in Med School, 1875 1880: Baeyer: Indigo synthesis 1886 Hall: Aluminum process 1887 E. Fischer: sugar structures 1887 R. B. Warder
apppointed Prof. of Chemistry and Physics in the
College 1895 Roentgen: X-ray 1897 Thomson: Electron 1898 Curie: Radium College science curriculum
expands to a large number of courses in chemistry and
physics 1900 Planck: Quantum Theory 1901 Grignard: organomagnesium 1908 Haber: ammonia synthesis 1905 H. C. Scurlock,
first African-American Professor of Chemistry 1913 Bohr: atomic structure 1915 Bragg: X-ray crystallography 1916 Lewis: chemical bonding 1910 Thirkield Hall, first
science building 1916 St. Elmo Brady, first
African American Ph.D. in Chemistry 1919 Brady appointed Professor, Head of
Department 1923 Bronsted: acidity theory 1926 Schrodinger: wave mechanics 1928 Diels, Alder: diene reaction 1922 R.P. Barnes, S.R.
Cooper join Chemistry faculty 1923 First M.S. awarded 1924 V. J. Tulane joins
faculty 1927 Percy L.Julian
appointed Head; Brady leaves for Fisk 1931 Pauling: resonance theory 1932 Urey: deuterium 1934 Beckman: pH meter 1934 Carothers: nylon synthesis 1930 J. L. Shereshefsky
joins faculty 1936 Chemistry Building completed