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A Triple Trexler Tribute: Honoring 131 years of service

Calling all Roanoke Chemistry and Biochemistry alumni!

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Please join us in celebrating the careers of Dr. Vern Miller, Dr. Ben Huddle, and Dr. Ron Oetgen with a day-long scientific symposium at Roanoke College, followed by dinner and a sharing of reminiscences.  Between them, our honorees have 131 years of dedicated service to Roanoke College!

This will be a great opportunity for connections and reconnections with our guests of honor, other alumni, RC faculty, and current students.

Saturday, October 27, 2018 (full schedule below)

  • Continental breakfast
  • All-day scientific symposium (invited and contributed talks from Roanoke College alumni)
  • Lunch with Science Center preview and facility tours
  • Dinner and roast/reminiscences 

We'll have plenty of time on Saturday evening for sharing of memories and some good natured roasting of these three gentlemen, so please think of a story or two to share!  If you have photos of our honorees that you'd like to share, we'd be delighted to have them.  You can email them to Dr. Sarisky for inclusion in a slide show.  

Any questions?  Please contact Dr. Cathy Sarisky

We look forward to seeing you there!

Photo of Dr. Vern Miller Dr. Ben Huddle Dr. Ron Oetgen
Time Event Location
8am-9am Registration, breakfast and coffee Colket Center Ballroom
9am

Session 1:

  • Welcome (President Maxey)
  • The Discovery of Viberzi (Robert Kavash '78)
  • Single Source Precursors for the Production of Metal Phosphide Thin Films (Ken Whitmire '77)
  • 12 years as a Bioanalytical Scientist in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Molly Karlinsey '01)
 Colket Center Ballroom
10:30 Break
10:50

Session 2:

  • Science is all around us (Michael Peyton '85)
  • The Role of Size Exclusion Chromatography in Polymer Characterization (Amandaa Bostick Brewer '05)
  • Fe from High to Low, East to West (Ed Zovinka '87)
  • Understanding the diverse structures and specificity of beta amylase enzymes (Chris Berndsen '03)
 Colket Center Ballroom
12:20 Lunch and presentation on science center Pickle (Colket Center)
2:05

Session #3:

  • Investigating Platinum (II) Complexes and their Non-Covalent Interactions with Proteins (Tom Wells '15)
  • Forensics (TBD) (Chris Bryant ’77 and Diane Catley ’81)
  • Structural analysis of beta glucuronidase (Kim Lane '98)
  • Long Strange Trip: Adventures of an Analytical Chemist (Chip Cody '75)
 Colket Center Ballroom
3:45 Break
4:05

Session #4:

  • 3M’s; Metals, Medicine and Microfluidics (David Reichert '86)
  • Using Bright Blue Fluorescent Nanoparticles to Label Primary Immune Cells (Maura Belanger '14)
  • Why did I Become a Physical Inorganic Chemist if I Didn't Like P-Chem? (Russ Schmehl '76)
  • Forensic Chemistry: Now and Then (Joe Stephens '03)
 Colket Center Ballroom
5:35 Appetizers & beverages Ballroom
6:05 Dinner and reminiscences Pickle