{"id":4988,"date":"2011-04-15T14:26:35","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T18:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=4988"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:13:13","slug":"dr-benjamin-gross-celebrates-chemistry-history-at-annual-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/dr-benjamin-gross-celebrates-chemistry-history-at-annual-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Benjamin Gross celebrates chemistry history at annual banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Benjamin Gross celebrated the renovation of Grote Hall and the 125<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the University by providing a pictorial history presentation at the 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Department of Chemistry Awards Banquet.\u00a0 \u201cChemistry is part of that history,\u201d Gross said.\u00a0 \u201cThere is much to celebrate in our heritage and performance.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/Dr.-Ben-Gross-retired-chem-dept.-head.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"5015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/dr-benjamin-gross-celebrates-chemistry-history-at-annual-banquet\/dr-ben-gross-retired-chem-dept-head\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/Dr.-Ben-Gross-retired-chem-dept.-head.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,857\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D40X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1302293909&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;62&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dr. Ben Gross, retired chem dept. head\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Benjamin Gross&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/Dr.-Ben-Gross-retired-chem-dept.-head-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5015\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/Dr.-Ben-Gross-retired-chem-dept.-head-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/Dr.-Ben-Gross-retired-chem-dept.-head-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/Dr.-Ben-Gross-retired-chem-dept.-head-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2011\/04\/Dr.-Ben-Gross-retired-chem-dept.-head.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Quoting Chancellor Emeritus Frederick Obear at the occasion of the University\u2019s centennial celebration in 1986, Gross told students, \u201cChemistry opens a window to the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gross, a professor of Chemistry at the University from 1964-1998, served as department head from 1964 to 1990.\u00a0 He earned the B. S. in Chemistry with honors from the University of Chattanooga.\u00a0 He received the M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in chemistry from UT Knoxville.\u00a0 He received numerous honors during his career, and maintains an active career in public service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe renovation of Grote Hall has created more space, it is a safer building, it is an attractive and more functional environment,\u201d Gross said.<\/p>\n<p>Injecting a bit of humor to his presentation, Gross told students there are 48 steps to the third floor of Grote Hall.\u00a0 He showed a picture of a lab on the third floor.\u00a0 \u201cThis is where you hear the plea, \u2018I could really use some help\u2019 quite often,\u201d Gross joked.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke of the importance of adding expensive new instruments to the analytic chemistry lab.\u00a0 \u201cAt many schools, these instruments are only available to graduate students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After virtually winding his way through the building, Gross talked about how the university arrived at its current chemistry facility.\u00a0 He explained that the University began with 118 students and 10 faculty members in 1886.\u00a0 Only 10 years earlier, The American Chemistry Society was founded; 17 years earlier the periodic table was developed with 72 chemical elements.<\/p>\n<p>As for chemistry faculty, there was only one member until 1931.\u00a0 At the time of the University\u2019s merger in 1969, there were five chemistry faculty members.\u00a0 Today, the department includes fifteen full time faculty, post docs and lecturers.<\/p>\n<p>In 1910, the University\u2019s medical school closed, due to a funding shortfall.\u00a0 Gross explained \u201call that remains of the medical school is the cornerstone of the building, located in the student park in the rear of Brock Hall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said chemistry majors\u2019 home base began in the medical building, then moved to Brock Hall, and finally to Grote Hall.\u00a0 An endowment from Dr. Irvine Grote has served the chemistry department well, Gross said. \u00a0Grote served as a chemistry faculty member from 1941-1961 and held successful patents, including one for Rolaids.\u00a0 He and his wife, Nita, left their entire estate to the UTC Department of Chemistry, an endowment used to fund scholarships, instrumentation, faculty development, research and two endowed professorships.<\/p>\n<p>To view photos of chemistry scholarship awardees, please visit the department of chemistry online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Academic\/Chemistry\/\">http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Academic\/Chemistry\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Benjamin Gross celebrated the renovation of Grote Hall and the 125th anniversary of the University by providing a pictorial history presentation at the 23rd Annual Department of Chemistry Awards Banquet.\u00a0 \u201cChemistry is part of that history,\u201d Gross said.\u00a0 \u201cThere is much to celebrate in our heritage and performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/04\/dr-benjamin-gross-celebrates-chemistry-history-at-annual-banquet\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,12659],"tags":[957],"class_list":{"0":"post-4988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","7":"category-events-entertainment","8":"tag-chemistry-department","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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