Professorships
Gift Honors Legendary Chemistry Professor
An alumnus has donated $1 million to a named professorship honoring the late
Marshall Gates, who was known worldwide for his groundbreaking synthesis of
morphine.
John Zabriskie ’66 (PhD), a graduate of the Department of Chemistry,
along with his wife, Adelaide, gave the gift in remembrance of his one-time
friend and mentor.
The Marshall D. Gates Jr. Chair in Chemistry was established in 2002 to honor
the professor emeritus and C. F. Houghton Professor of Chemistry. Gates died
on October 1, 2003.
A cofounder of PureTech, an Internet technology company, Zabriskie is the
organizing chairman of Protein Forest and sits on the boards of Cellicon Biotechnologies
and Nanopharma. He was president and CEO of Pharmacia and Upjohn. Prior to joining
Upjohn in 1994, Zabriskie was executive vice president of Merck and Co.
Robert Boeckman Jr., chair of the chemistry department, holds the Gates professorship.
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