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Joseph J.
Lagowski
Joseph J. Lagowski
J.
J. Lagowski was born in Chicago, Illinois USA in 1930. After
attending the public schools in the western suburbs of that
city, he enrolled at the Champaign-Urbana campus of the
University of Illinois, from which he was graduated with
a Bachelor's degree in 1952. His graduate work was carried
out at the University of Michigan where he received an M.S.
in 1954, and Michigan State University where he was a Du
Pont Fellow, and from which he received a Ph.D. in 1957.
His thesis, entitled “Acid-Base Equilibria in Liquid Ammonia”,
was supervised by Professor R. N. Hammer at Michigan State
University. After receiving his Ph.D., Lagowski spent the
next two years in the Cambridge Laboratories of Professor
H. J. Emeleus doing research on perfluoroalkylmercurials,
for which work he was awarded the degree of Ph.D. (cantab.)
in 1959. During the time at Cambridge he was a Marshall
Scholar, a member of Sidney Sussex College, an assistant
demonstrator at the Lensfield Road Laboratories, and a Supervisor
in Inorganic Chemistry for undergraduate tutorials. Lagowski
joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin
in 1959 as an Assistant Professor; since 1967 he has been
Professor of Chemistry. In 1973 he was also appointed Professor
of Education. At Austin, he supervises a research group
of about 12 students working on a wide spectrum of problems
in chemistry and education. In 1979, Lagowski became Editor
of the JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, a position he relinquished
in 1996. Lagowski served as a member of the committee
that defined the need for, and the characteristics of the
Institute for Science and Mathematics Education and served
as Director of the Institute from 1993-1996. In 1998,
Lagowski was elected and served as Chair-Elect of the Division
of Chemical Education (DIVCHED) of the American Chemical
Society, elected and served as Chair of that Division in
1999. In 1999 he was appointed Secretary of the Committee
on Teaching Chemistry (CTC) of the International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for the period 2000 –
2001 and currently serves in that capacity. Lagowski was
elected and currently serves as President of the Southwest
Region of the American Chemical Society for 2001.
In 1981, Lagowski received the Chemical National Manufacturing
Association Award for Excellence in Chemistry Teaching.
For his service to the professional community, Lagowski
was given the 1989 ACS Award in Chemical Education, sponsored
by Union Carbide Corporation. Lagowski was also the
recipient of the 1996 Southwest Regional ACS Award and the
1999 recipient of the Northeastern Section of The American
Chemical Society’s James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding
Achievement in The Teaching of Chemistry.
Research
Interests, Chemistry
Over the years his broad research interests have included
(a) solution phenomena in non-aqueous solvents, with special
emphasis on liquid ammonia, and (b) organometallic chemistry
with regard to the effect of the organic moiety on the properties
of the metal site.
His work with non-aqueous solvents has focused on the influence
of the solvent on the chemistry of unusual species. For
example, a number of his earlier papers in this area addressed
the nature of the solvated electron in amine solvents, especially
liquid ammonia. More recently his interest has shifted to
the chemistry of the solvated electron in ammonia;
this work has led to the characterization of the first bare
transition metal anion, Au-.
Currently, he and his students are investigating, both theoretically
and experimentally, the conditions under which other metal
anions might be stabilized. Early work in liquid ammonia
also was the basis for establishing a quantitative acidity
scale in this solvent.
His interest in organometallic species started at Cambridge,
where he worked with perfluoroalkylmercurials and showed
that the strong inductive effect of a CF3–
group was sufficient to make the mercury atom in (CF3)2Hga
Lewis base acceptor. Early organo-metallic work involved
the chemistry of the borazine ring, which led to the solvation
and characterization of the first “ p-complex”
of this ring system [(CH3)3N3B3(CH3)3Cr(CO)3].
He and his students have exploited the metal atom synthesis
technique to prepare a variety of metal-arene p-complexes.
They have shown that the redox potential of the Cr(arene)20/+
system can be varied over a range of 1.5 volts by an appropriate
substitution of the arene ring. These p-complexes
are also potential precursors of organometallic polymers
in which metal atoms occupy discrete positions in the polymer
chains.
Research
Interests, Chemical Education
In the early 1960s, Lagowski became interested in the use
of interactive computing to assist the educational process.
In a series of theses and dissertations, he and his students
have identified those areas of teaching for which computer
methods are maximally effective. As a result of these studies
he has been able to implement the most effective uses of
computer-based methods of education in a number of chemistry
courses at the freshman level--lecture courses for both
science and nonscience majors as well as a laboratory-oriented
course for science majors.
In 1998, Lagowski and Professor A. F. M. Fahmy of Ain Shams
University, Cairo, began a collaboration at
The University of Texas in Austin, Texas, USA on an innovative method for teaching and learning which came to be called
the Systemic Approach to Teaching and Learning (SATL).
Since that seminal meeting, the SATL concept has rapidly
grown as a superior way to teach a variety of subjects at
all educational levels. Controlled experiments designed
to establish the superiority of SATL methods to the conventional
linear approach to teaching have been conducted through
the Science Education
Center at Ain Shams University in the discipline
of chemistry at the advanced university level as well as
in high school settings in the Gaza District (Egypt).
The result of these studies clearly show that SATL students
achieve at higher levels than non-SATL students. Similar
results have been reported from other Middle Eastern universities.
SATL methods have been developed for laboratory instruction
and for assessment.
Professional
Service
Lagowski's research and education interests have also manifested
themselves in his service to the professional community.
He has served as a program chairman for two Southwest Regional
American Chemical Society meetings and as a co-organizer
of four Colloque Weyl International Symposia on metal-ammonia
solutions.
During the period 1961-1970 he served in various capacities
on the ACS Subcommittee on Inorganic Graduate Level Examinations.
In the area of education he has served as a visiting lecturer
and on several national evaluation panels, and he was General
Chairman of the 5th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education.
His current service to the educational community is mostly
through his work as Editor of the Journal of Chemical
Education, a Division of Chemical Education publication
reaching close to 20,000 teachers each month.
For his service to the professional community, Lagowski
has been given the 1989 ACS Award in Chemical Education,
sponsored by Union Carbide Corporation. In 1996, Lagowski
was honored with the Southwest Regional ACS Award.
In 1999, Lagowski received the James Flack Norris Award
of the Northeastern Section of the ACS.
PUBLICATIONS
I.
Chemistry Education
8 publications from 1993 to 2005
II. Solution Chemistry
Non-Aqueous Solution Chemistry
A.
The Nature of Liquid Ammonia Solutions
25 Publications from 1962 to 2007
B.
Metal-Ammonia Solutions
27 Publications from 1965 to 1988
C.
Electrochemistry
16 Publications from 1991 to2007
D.
Miscellaneous Non-Aqueous Solvent Papers
7 Publications from 1956 to 1982
III. Organometallic
Chemistry
A.
Perfluoroalkyl Mercurials
13
Publications from 1958 to 1968
B.
Metal p-Complexes
29 Publications from 1965 to 2002
C.
Borazines
16 Publications from 1963 to 1977
D.
Fullerenes
3 Publications from 2002 to 2004
IV.
Miscellaneous
2 Publications from 2003 to 2006
V.
Transition Metal Chemistry
10 Publications from 1974 to 1986
VI. Chemistry Instruction
A.
Computer-Based Methods
27 Publications from 1966 to 1989
B.
Instructional Aids
7 Publications from1966 to 2002
C.
Laboratory Instruction
1
Publication, 2006.
VII.
Books
A.
Authored or Co-authored
18 Books from 1964 to 2005
B.
Editor for a series of undergraduate chemistry texts published
by Marcel Dekker, Inc., which includes:
8 Texts
C.
Editor of a series of volumes on non-aqueous solution chemistry,
published by Academic Press.
4 Volumes
D.
Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry,
Macmillian Publishing Company, August 1997.
E.
Consulting Editor of PRIMIS chemistry laboratory database, McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company.
F.
Editor, Plenary Lectures from the 15th International Conference
on Chemical Education, Cairo, Egypt, 9-14 August 1998, Pure
and Applied Chemistry, Vol. 71, No. 5 (1999).
G.
Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry, Macmillian Publishing
Company, March 2004.
VIII.
EDITORIALS
A.
General
1 General Editorial
B.
Journal of Chemical Education
206 Monthly Editorials from 1979 to 1996
IX.
Letters to the Editor
2 Letters
AWARDS
1957-1959
Marshall Scholar, H.R.M.’s Brittanic Government
1959 -present
Member, Marquis’ “Who's Who in America?”
1981
Chemical Manufacturers Association Award for Excellence
in Chemistry
Teaching
1982
Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science
1983
Named Piper Professor for outstanding scholarly and academic
achievement
by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation
1983
Elected to the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
1989
ACS Award in Chemical Education
1992
Member, Marquis’ Who's Who in Science and Engineering (1st
Edition)
1996
Southwest Regional ACS Award
1999
James Flack Norris Award, ACS, Northeastern Section
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American
Chemical Society
Chemical
Society (London)
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma
Xi
PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED LECTURES
Some 450 or so presentations and lectures from 1966 to the
present, mainly on inorganic chemistry
and computers in chemistry.
EDUCATIONALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTS
1972-1976
Co-Director of PROJECT C-BE, an NSF-sponsored project designed
to
embed computer-based educational methods in the undergraduate
curriculum of the College of Arts and Sciences and the College
of
Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. Departments
included
were Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil
Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science,
Home
Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Linguistics,
Psychology,
English, Architecture, Biological Sciences.
1978
General Chairman of the 5th Biennial Conference on Chemical
Education
held at Colorado State University.
1980-present
(1) The development of a general chemistry laboratory course
in which
computing is used to enrich the laboratory experience.
(2) The development of a general chemistry lecture course
in which
computing is used to compensate for generally high student-to-teacher
ratio. The techniques being developed include on-demand
quizzing and
examinations; production of large numbers of quizzes, examinations,
and/or homework sets that are all statistically equivalent
(within a given
kind) and that require the student create an answer rather
than choose an
answer; and computer-simulated experiments that enhance
the lecture
material.
1981-1991
Participant, Honors Colloquium; a summer enrichment program
for high
achieving high school students.
1982-1988
Designed and taught summer classes in advanced chemistry
for high school
teachers.
1983-1996
Member, Project Quest Proposal Selection Committee. Project
Quest is a
joint venture of The University of Texas with IBM to explore
the use of
microprocessors in enhancing the teaching and research function
of The
University. The Project Selection Committee is charged with
distributing
approximately 1000 microprocessors on a competitive basis
and to
evaluate the results.
1983-1990
Co-Director, Project SERAPHIM, an NSF project designed to
create and
disseminate computer-based educational materials in chemistry
on a
national (and international) scale.
1983-present
Director of a Welch Foundation-sponsored project designed
to bring high
school students interested in science to The University
for a summer
workshop enrichment research and educational experience
in chemistry.
1985-1987
Director, Apple-IBM Translation Project.
1986-1987
Director, Seraphim Project for the design and development
of an educational
videodisc in collaboration with Dr. Alton Banks, a Seraphim
Fellow.
Director, University of Texas at Austin Production of ACS
videodisc “Doing
Chemistry” in collaboration with Dr. David Brooks, University
of
Nebraska and Dr. Arlene Russell, U.C.L.A.
1986-present
Director of a Welch Foundation-sponsored project designed
to bring
Secondary School Chemistry teachers to the University for
a three day
conference on current research and techniques in Chemistry.
1989-present
Faculty Participant, UT Graduate Opportunity Summer Program.
1990-present
Project A+: Austin Independent School District and IBM Corp..
Committee
member Group 3: Input on Academic Courses in Math and Science.
1990-1994
Co-Director, CATALYST, Computers & Technology Applied
to Lecture/Lab
Yields Superior Teaching
1990-present
Member, American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical
Education,
Committee on International Activities.
1991
Participant, “NPR Panel on Fusion,” National Public Radio,
Washington,
D.C.
1991
“Emerging Science Technologies: The Impact of this Worldwide
Phenomenon on Austin, Texas” conference, Austin, TX
1992
“Chemistry at the Frontiers of Medicine,” XXXV Conference
on Chemistry
Research, The Welch Foundation Program, Houston, TX
1992
Participant, First Gordon Research Conference on Science
Education, Ventura, CA
1992
Faculty participant, “Chemistry Forum,” High School Career
Day, UT-
Austin, Austin, TX
1992
“Technology As An Aid in Teaching Entry Level Science Classes,”
colloquium, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
1992
“Secondary Education as a Viable Option for Chemistry Majors,”
AIC Annual
Meeting, San Antonio, TX
1992-1993
Faculty Fellow, Division of Housing and Food Service
1993-present
Member, Board of Advisors, The Science Academy of Austin,
Austin, TX
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1960
Secretary, Central Texas Section of the ACS
Chairman, Collegiate Research Conference
Discussion Leader, NSF Summer Institute on Non-Aqueous Solvents,
Butler
University, Indianapolis, IN
1961
Visiting Scientist Program, Texas Academy of Science
ACS Subcommittee on Graduate Level Examinations
Advisory Panel for Evaluation of NSF Summer Institutes
1962-1966
ACS Subcommittee on Inorganic Graduate Level Examinations
1962
General Chairman, Inorganic Section, Southwest Regional
ACS Meeting,
Dallas, TX
Collegiate Research Conference
1962, 1964-1967
Program Committee of the Division of Chemical Education
of the ACS
1965
Lecturer, NSF Summer Institute, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI
1966
Chairman, Program Committee of the Division of Chemical
Education of the
ACS
Chairman, Half-day Session, 9th International Conference
on Coordination
Chemistry, St. Moritz, SWITZERLAND
ACS Teaching Aids Subcommittee
1967
Program Committee of the Division of Chemical Education
of the ACS
Chairman, Symposium on “The Role of Inorganic Chemistry
in the Chemistry
Curriculum,” National ACS Meeting, Miami, FL
Chairman, Central Texas ACS Section
Lecturer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
1967-1969
Advisory Council on College Chemistry, Teaching Aids Subcommittee
1968-1970
Chairman, Inorganic Graduate Level Examinations Committee
1968
Vice-President, University of Texas Chapter of Sigma Xi
Organizer, Colloque Weyl II, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY
Technical Chairman, Southwest Regional ACS Meeting, Austin,
TX
1969-1974
National Councilor, Central Texas ACS Section
1969
President, University of Texas Chapter of Sigma Xi
ACS Manpower Utilization Program
ACS Visiting Scientists Program
1970
ACS ChemTec Writing Team
NSF USAID Program Lecturer in India
ACS Committee on Computers in Chemical Education
1972
ACS Committee “Computers in Chemical Education”
Organizer, Colloque Weyl III, Kibbutz Hanita, Upper Galilee,
Israel
1973-1974
Delphi Panel, UTD
1973
ACS Visiting Scientists Program
1974
Councilor, Central Texas ACS Section
Potential Media Consultant for ACS Continuing Education
ACS Committee on the Role of Computers in Chemical Education
ACS Publications Committee,“Ouroboros”
1975
Organizer, Colloque Weyl IV, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI
1978
Consultant, Gulf Chemical
Lecturer, 1978 NSF Summer Institute for High School Teachers,
Hope
College, Holland, MI
ACS Committee on Meetings and Expositions
General Chairman, 5th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education
(ACS),
Fort Collins, CO
1979-1996
Editor, Journal of Chemical Education
1979-1987
Member, Norris Award Selection Committee
1979
Program Chairman, Central Texas ACS Section, 35th Southwest
Regional
Meeting
Organizer, Colloque Weyl V, Airleigh, Scotland
1980-1985
Member, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Advisory
Panel
1983
Organizer, Colloque Weyl VI, Asilomar, CA
1985
Member, Physical Sciences Evaluation Panel for the State
of Florida
University System
Organizer, Workshops on the status of Inorganic Chemistry
held at University
of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX.
1986
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
1986-2001
U. S. IUPAC Representative, Committee on Teaching
of Chemistry
1988
Invited Panelist, Frontier Areas in the Curriculum, ACS
Conference on
Chemical Education, Toronto, Canada
Member, ACS Committee on Professional Training, Visiting
Associate
program
Included in 1988-1990 U.T. Media Guide
October 1989
Committee Chairman, Symposium on “New Directions in Physics
and
Chemistry Curricula” at IBM Academic Computing Conference,
Atlanta,
GA
1989-1990
Invited Fellow of the Institute for Academic Technology,
Research Triangle
Park, NC
April 1990
Invited to Represent UT Austin, “The Freshman Year in Science
and
Engineering,” Alliance for Undergraduate Education, at University
of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1989-1990
Member, Program Committee for IBM Academic Computing Conference,
Austin, TX
June 1990
Chairman, “New Directions in Physics and Chemistry Curricula”
symposium,
IBM Academic Computing Conference, Miami, FL
June 1990
“Simulations in Physical Sciences II” symposium, IBM Academic
Computing
Conference, Miami, FL
August 1990
Member, Task Force on General Chemistry Curriculum, ACS-DivCHED
November 1990
Participant, “Symposium for the Encouragement and Support
of Women in
the Mathematical and Natural Sciences,” University
of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX
1991-1994
Advisor, STIR National Advisory Committee, Montana State
University,
Bozeman, MT
March 1991
Participant, Institute for Chemical Education Committee
Meeting, University
of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
April 1991
Member, Committee on Large School Labs, Boston University,
Boston, MA
April 1991
Participant in panel presentation, “Publications, Publications,
Publications,”
UT Women's Organization, University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX
May 1991
Advisory panel, NSF Centers for Excellence in Teacher Preparation,
Washington, DC
June 1991
Speaker and participant, ACT2-Welch
Biennial Conference, University of
Houston, Houston, TX
June 1991
Chairman, Symposium “Catalyst: A System for Curricular Change
in
Chemistry,” IBM Academic Computing Conference, Dallas, TX
1991-1994
Canvassing Committee member for the George C. Pimentel Award
in
Chemical Education sponsored by Union Carbide Corporation,
American
Chemical Society
1991-present
Consulting Editor of PRIMIS, chemistry laboratory database,
McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company
1991-1998
Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Chemistry,
Macmillian Publishing
Company
June 1992
Member, symposium “Project CATALYST: An Analysis,” at IBM/ACIS
meeting, San Diego, CA
January 1993
Member, Conference of ACS Editors, Sonoma, CA
January 1994
Member, Conference of ACS Editors, Scottsdale, AZ
February 1994-99 (Titular)
Member International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
March 1994
Advisory Committee on Title III Organic Chemistry, College
and Science
Division, McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
April 1994
Advisory Board for Chemistry Curriculum Development Project,
University
of Wisconsin
April 1994-present Southwest
Regional Director, Sigma Xi Society
December 1995
Consultant, Foundation for Research Development, Pretoria,
SOUTH
to
AFRICA.
present
April 1995
UNESCO Lecturer, Symposium on Sciences and Engineering Education
in
the 21st Century, The American University, Cairo, EGYPT.
November 1995
UNESCO Lecturer, Regional Symposium on Chemical Education,
Al-Ain,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
November 1995
UNESCO Lecturer, Regional Symposium on Chemical Education,
University
of Qatar, Doha, QATAR.
November 1996
UNESCO Lecturer, Workshop on the Use of Technology in Chemical
Education, Hashimite University, Amman, JORDAN
November 1996
UNESCO Lecturer, Workshop on the Use of Technology in Chemical
Education, Allepo University, Allepo, SYRIA.
November 1996
UNESCO Lecturer, Workshop on the Use of Technology in Chemical
Education, Assuit University, Assuit, EGYPT.
August 1998
UNESCO Lecturer, Workshop on Concept Maping, Ain Shams University,
15th ICCE, Cairo,
EGYPT.
August 1998
IUPAC Editor, Plenary Lectures, 15th ICCE, Cairo,
EGYPT.
April 1999
Honorary Theme Editor, UNESCO, Encyclopedia of Life Support
Systems.
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