Chemistry Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
Ken Savin - Adjunct Faculty
savin_kenneth_a@lilly.com
A.B.Sc., Occidental College; Ph.D. University of Utah; Postdoctoral
Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Senior Organic
Chemist at Eli Lilly and Company
Course Taught: Special Topics in Organic
Synthesis
Robert F. Holm - Adjunct Faculty and Director
University Research Programs
rholm@butler.edu
B.S. University of Miami; M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern
University
Course Taught: Chemistry and Society
Research Interests: Chemicals and their impact on
the environment; environmental assessment and remediation.
Bob Walson - Adjunct Faculty
rwalson@butler.edu
B.S.(engineering/science), University of California at Berkley;
M.S.(physics), University of Illinois at Urbana; Ph.D., University
of Illinois at Urbana
Course Taught: General Chemistry Labs, Electron
Microscopy
Barbara Howes - Adjunct Faculty and Science
Librarian
bhowes@butler.edu
B.A.Indiana University; M.L.S. Indiana University; M.B.A. Butler
University
Course Taught: Chemical Literature
Emeritus Faculty
Merle W. Carlson - Currently teaching at the
University of Utah
mcarlson@chem.utah.edu
B.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Northwestern University;
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin
Sidney A. Kilsheimer - Professor of Chemistry
(1958-96)
B.S., Wagner College; M.S., North Carolina State College; Ph.D.,
Purdue University
Paul R. Quinney - Professor of Chemistry
(1958-89)
B.S., U. New Hampshire; M.S.; Ph.D., Iowa State University
Staff