Tag Archives: Chemistry

Swartzendruber pioneered early global intranet for Lilly

January 12, 2015 – 12:34 pm

  Soon after graduating with a degree in chemistry, John Swartzendruber ’79 landed a job in the scientific research group of Eli Lilly and Company, one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world. That’s where Swartzendruber says he got interested in computing, writing software for the Lilly X-Ray crystallography group. He also began working ...More

Extra innings needed to fix Suter Center for all purposes

August 27, 2014 – 7:01 pm

When editor-in-chief Bonnie Price Lofton invited me to comment on the status of the Suter Science Campaign exactly one year ago, I opted for the venerable baseball metaphor – “we are rounding third base and heading for home!” At that time, we needed to raise $1.6 million in new commitments to reach our goal of ...More