Roger Adams (Part 1) · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Roger Adams (Part 1)
Date(s): 11/20/1964
Interviewee(s): Roger Adams See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): John B. Mellecker See all items with this value
Summary: Roger Adams was a professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois from 1916 to 1957. In these three interviews, conducted by John B. Mellecker over the course of several months from 1964 to 1965, Adams discusses his childhood, studies at Harvard, his time working in Berlin, his work during WWI and WWII including his collaboration with Sir Robert Robinson, his observations of Japan following WWII, awards and medals won over the course of his career, his time as a professor at Harvard, Radcliffe, and the University of Illinois, his work with students and his outlook on the role of a mentor and educator, the costs of research, and the impact of new technologies on the research process.
Subject(s): chemistry See all items with this value; ui centennial project See all items with this value; world war i See all items with this value; world war ii See all items with this value
Related Resources: https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=3741