The University of Chicago Memorial Service for Jack Halpern will be held on Friday, October 19, 2018, beginning at 3:30 PM in Bond Chapel (1050 E. 59th St.). A reception will be held in the Gordon Center Atrium (929 E. 57th St.) immediately following the service. We hope you can attend.
To honor Jack's legacy, the Department of Chemistry has established the Jack Halpern Memorial Fund. Contributions may be sent to the Department of Chemistry, Attn: Jack Halpern Memorial Fund, 5735 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637. Please make checks out to University of Chicago, with "Department of Chemistry: Jack Halpern Memorial Fund" in the memo.
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PROGRAM (download pdf here -- click highlighted names below to read remembrances)
Prelude
Tom Weisflog, University Organist
J. S. Bach, “Air on a G String”
Opening Remarks
Andrei Tokmakoff, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry
Remembrances
Norman Halpern, Brother of Jack Halpern
R. Stephen Berry, James Franck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago
Ayusman Sen, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University
Marcetta Darensbourg, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Davidson Chair in Science, Texas A&M University
Alan Goldman, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey
Interlude
Tom Weisflog
Ludwig van Beethoven, “Ode to Joy”
Remembrances
Charles Newell, Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director of Court Theatre
Grant Delbert Venerable II, Provost and Senior Vice President Emeritus, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
Clark Landis, Evan P. and Marion Helfaer Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin – Madison
John Bercaw, Centennial Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Caltech
Nina Halpern, Daughter of Jack Halpern
Postlude
Tom Weisflog
Leonard Cohen, “Hallelujah”
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Jack Halpern’s Life—A Short Summary
v Born in Poland January 19, 1925; moved to Canada 1929.
v Graduated McGill University, Montreal, Canada, B.Sc. (Chemistry) 1946; Ph.D. (Chemistry) 1949.
v Married Helen, 1949; later welcomed 2 daughters, Janice and Nina, 2 grandchildren, Jared and Claire, and great-grandson Andrew.
v NRC Postdoctoral Overseas Fellowship, University of Manchester, England (1949-50).
v University of British Columbia: Instructor (1950-59), Professor (1960-62).
v University of Chicago: Professor (1962-84); Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor/Emeritus (1984-2018).
v Held numerous visiting professorships, including: University of Minnesota (1962), Harvard University (1966-67, 1991), California Institute of Technology (1969, 1979), Princeton University (1970-71), Kyoto University (1981) and Max Planck Institut for Kohlenforschung, Mulheim, Germany (1983).
v Received numerous Honors and Awards, including: Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1966), the Royal Society of London (1974), and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (1977); Membership in the National Academy of Sciences (1985); American Chemical Society Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Inorganic Chemistry (1985); the Willard Gibbs Award (1986); and the Robert A. Welch Prize in Chemistry (1994—shared with Albert Cotton).
v Vice President, National Academy of Sciences (1993-2001).
v Associate Editor, Journal of the American Chemical Society (1969-93); also served on many other Editorial Boards including: Journal of Catalysis (1962-75), Inorganica Chimica Acta (Associate Editor 1966-92); Journal of Organometallic Chemistry (1981-87); Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1992- ).
v Authored or coauthored over 270 scientific publications.
v Served on the Boards of the University of Chicago Court Theater (1988-2018) and the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art (1988-2018).
v Passed away in Chicago on Jan. 31, 2018.