The Krug Lecture
The History Behind this Zeta Tradition
Louis G. Krug initiated with the Zeta Chapter on January 16, 1915. In addition to his activities in the Chapter, he played a variety of sports and played in the University Band. After graduating in 1918, he worked for the William Wrigley Company of Chicago and the Rawhide Manufacturing company. He retired to California in 1962, where he died in 1972. Brother Krug left a substantial bequest to the Zeta Chapter. We have used his bequest to establish an annual lecture series. The Krug Lectures bring faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates together to share in the riches of Chemistry research. The interest from Brother Krug’s bequest pays the annual expenses of the lectures so that the Krug Lectures will be a permanant memorial for a brother who held Alpha Chi Sigma so dear to him. |
Past Lecturers
2023 - Professor Omar K. Farha, Northwestern University
2022 - Dr. Seung Woo Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
2021 - Dr. William Bains, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2020 - Dr, Laura M.K. Dassama, Stanford University
2019 - Dr. JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2018 - Professor Charles Lieber, Harvard University
2017 - Professor Alexander Spokoyny, University of California Los Angeles
2016 - Professor Gene Yeo, University of California San Diego
2015 - Professor Jonathan Wenzel, Kettering University
2014 - Dr. Tom Knight, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013 - Dr. Berend Smit, University of California Berkeley
2012 - Dr. Barbara L.F. Kaplan, Michigan State University
2011 - Professor Richard Hartel, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2010 - Cary Supalo, Pennsylvania State University
2009 - Professor Jonathan Sweedler & Professor Ira Carmen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008 - Professor Theodore L. Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2007 - Dr. Robert J. Finley, Sustainable Environment, Illinois State Geological Survey
2006 - Professor William A. Goddard III, Physical Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
2005 - Professor R. Steven Berry, Physical Chemistry, The University of Chicago
2004 - Professor H. Scott Fogler, Chemical Engineering, The University of Michigan
2003 - Professor Frank Millett, The University of Arkansas
2000 - Professor James W. Jorgenson. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1999 - Professor Jon C. Clardy, Cornell University
1997 - Professor John T. Yates, University of Pittsburgh
1996 - Professor Richard R. Schrock, Massachusetts Institution of Technology
1995 - Professor Dudley R. Hershbach, Harvard University
1994 - Professor Lynn Jelinski, (formerly Cornell University)
1993 - Professor Albert I. Meyers, Colorado State University
1992 - Professor Jacqueline K. Barton, California Tech University
1991 - Professor Thomas Cech, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado
1990 - Professor Robert G. Bergman, University of California, Berkeley
1989 - Professor Robert L .Baldwin, Stanford University
1988 - Professor Gabor Somorjai, University of California, Berkeley
1987 - Professor F. Albert Cotton, Texas A & M University
1986 - Professor Rudolf A. Marcus, California Institute of Technology
1985 - Professor Elias Corey, Harvard University
1984 - Professor Herbert S. Gutowsky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1983 - Professor Fred Basolo, Northwestern University
1982 - Alfred R. Bader, Aldrich Chemical Company
1981 - Professor Herbert C. Brown, Purdue University
1980 - Professor Melvin Calvin, University of California at Berkely
1979 - Professor Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology
1978 - Professor Paul J. Flory, Stanford University
1977 - Professor George Kistiakowsky, Harvard University
1976 - Professor Henry Eyring, University of Utah</td>
1975 - Professor Hubert C. Alyea, Princeton University
2023 - Professor Omar K. Farha, Northwestern University
2022 - Dr. Seung Woo Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
2021 - Dr. William Bains, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2020 - Dr, Laura M.K. Dassama, Stanford University
2019 - Dr. JoAnne Stubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2018 - Professor Charles Lieber, Harvard University
2017 - Professor Alexander Spokoyny, University of California Los Angeles
2016 - Professor Gene Yeo, University of California San Diego
2015 - Professor Jonathan Wenzel, Kettering University
2014 - Dr. Tom Knight, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013 - Dr. Berend Smit, University of California Berkeley
2012 - Dr. Barbara L.F. Kaplan, Michigan State University
2011 - Professor Richard Hartel, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2010 - Cary Supalo, Pennsylvania State University
2009 - Professor Jonathan Sweedler & Professor Ira Carmen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008 - Professor Theodore L. Brown, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2007 - Dr. Robert J. Finley, Sustainable Environment, Illinois State Geological Survey
2006 - Professor William A. Goddard III, Physical Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
2005 - Professor R. Steven Berry, Physical Chemistry, The University of Chicago
2004 - Professor H. Scott Fogler, Chemical Engineering, The University of Michigan
2003 - Professor Frank Millett, The University of Arkansas
2000 - Professor James W. Jorgenson. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1999 - Professor Jon C. Clardy, Cornell University
1997 - Professor John T. Yates, University of Pittsburgh
1996 - Professor Richard R. Schrock, Massachusetts Institution of Technology
1995 - Professor Dudley R. Hershbach, Harvard University
1994 - Professor Lynn Jelinski, (formerly Cornell University)
1993 - Professor Albert I. Meyers, Colorado State University
1992 - Professor Jacqueline K. Barton, California Tech University
1991 - Professor Thomas Cech, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado
1990 - Professor Robert G. Bergman, University of California, Berkeley
1989 - Professor Robert L .Baldwin, Stanford University
1988 - Professor Gabor Somorjai, University of California, Berkeley
1987 - Professor F. Albert Cotton, Texas A & M University
1986 - Professor Rudolf A. Marcus, California Institute of Technology
1985 - Professor Elias Corey, Harvard University
1984 - Professor Herbert S. Gutowsky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1983 - Professor Fred Basolo, Northwestern University
1982 - Alfred R. Bader, Aldrich Chemical Company
1981 - Professor Herbert C. Brown, Purdue University
1980 - Professor Melvin Calvin, University of California at Berkely
1979 - Professor Harry B. Gray, California Institute of Technology
1978 - Professor Paul J. Flory, Stanford University
1977 - Professor George Kistiakowsky, Harvard University
1976 - Professor Henry Eyring, University of Utah</td>
1975 - Professor Hubert C. Alyea, Princeton University