San Diego State University

Chemistry and Biochemistry




Alumni Web Page

“I thoroughly enjoyed reading Dudley Robinson's account of the "early days". He taught a good freshman chem course; I remember his great pitching arm. He could hit a dozing student in the back row with a piece of chalk with never a miss! How would that go over now???” L. Wynston, B.S.'55


Alumni Guestbook

Check in with classmates.

Department Personnel through the Ages

An annotated list, in constant revision, of the faculty and staff in the department you may remember working with.

A Long Look Back

Former Chairman Dudley Robinson's 1973 authoritative history of the early years of the department.

SDSU Alumni Association website

Learn more about State, its alumni, friends, and community.


Alumni Guestbook

  • Leslie (Les) Wynston (B.S. '55)
    4949 Thebes Way
    Oceanside, CA 92056

    "It would be great to hear from any of my old classmates from 1951-1955. I was a research student of Lionel Joseph (a really nice fellow) and Arne Wick at Scripps, where I worked during summers and holidays, before going on to graduate school at UCLA (Ph.D. 1960 in biochemistry). I am now retired after 35 years at Cal State Long Beach, a professor emeritus of biochemistry."

  • Stephen Drew (B.S. 1970)
    sdrew803_at_hotmail_dot_com

  • William R. White (B.A. 1962)
    bwhite89_at_earthlink_dot_net

  • Stephen Tignor (B.S. 1970)(M.S. 1973)
    tignor1_at_cox_dot_net
    Callaway Golf
    2180 Rutherford Road
    Carlsbad, CA 92008

  • Marialyn Sardo, MD (B.A. 1978)
    mjsardo_at_att.net
    9850 Genesee Avenue
    Suite 380
    La Jolla, CA 92037

  • B. Nami (B.S. 1982)
    bnami_at_adelphia_dot_net
    "Dr. Ring was one of the best teachers I have ever had. I wish I could understand more of what Dr. O'Neal taught in his pChem courses."

  • Jean C. Hsu (B.A. 1993)

  • Andrew Anderson (B.S. '98)
    andrew.anderson_at_acdlabs_dot_com
    1413 Sawgrass Place
    Chula Vista, CA 91915

    "Currently Regional Sales Manager for Advanced Chemistry Development (NMR and Property Prediction Software)...sold out after getting an MBA!
    Was at Pfizer, La Jolla for 4 Years in the Analytical Chemistry and Regulatory Affairs groups.
    After working with many chemists from all over the world, I must say that my education at SDSU rivaled any program...SDSU is a great program, and I am forever grateful for learning from some true mentors!"

  • Johan (Hans) Pluyter (M.S. '87)
    hyluspanter_at_hotmail_dot_com
    International Flavors and Fragrances
    1515 State Highway 36
    Union Beach

  • Bradley De Bruler (B.S. '99)
    bdebruler_at_earthlink_dot_net

  • Gergely Gidofalvi (B.S. '02)
    ggidofal_at_uchicago_dot_edu
    5735 S. Ellis Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60637

  • Monica Neuburger (Ph.D. '02)
    MLNeuburger_at_yahoo_dot_com
    "I am VERY happily employed in a surface analytical firm in Sunnyvale. In addition to the research, the MECHANICAL skills I learned while helping to build the UHV machine in the Pullman lab were a big help in getting a job. Thanks Dave!

  • Gail Centeno (M.A. '03)
    gail.centeno_at_abcusd_dot_k12_dot_ca.us
    12500 E. 183rd Street
    Cerritos, CA 90703
    "Finally graduated in 2003 and have been teaching high school chemistry and physics since 1998."

  • Tiffany Hoerter (M.S. 2005)
    tiffany.hoerter_at_astrazenca_dot_com
    AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
    1800 Concord Pike
    Wilmington, DE 19850


    1963 faculty photo
    Arne Wick Vincent Landis John Woodson Morey Ring William Richardson Robert Isensee Robert Rowe Lars Hellberg Dudley Robinson John Spangler Jim Malik Neil Harrington Earl Wadsworth Lionel Joseph Jack Stewart Walter Jones Clay Sharts Ted Abbott James Mathewson Harold Walba William Ware Edward Grubbs
    Welcome Alumni, from the 1963 SDSU Chemistry Faculty! (Click on a face to identify the person.)

    But some of you may be more familiar with members of the Department in 1995, shown below. (Click on a face to identify the person.)
    1996 faculty photo
    Massoud Ajami Margaret Ivey Jan Genovese Clay Sharts John Woodson Stephen Roeder Bill Stumph Morey Ring David Pullman Karen Peterson Maria Penalosa Dale Chatfield R. Somanathan Ken Long Joe Adams Stephen Dahms Diane Smith Dewitt Coffey John Fall Richard Lamoureux LeRoy Lafferty Pat Walsh Ed O'Neal Jack Stewart Ed Grubbs Lars Hellberg

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