The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry recently
received a donation of laboratory glassware from Mrs. Robert Lerner of South
Bend. The glassware had been collected
by her late husband, Robert Lerner, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s
degrees from Colorado A & M College (now Colorado State University). Reminiscing about his career, Mrs. Lerner
told of his work in the 1970’s in which he developed a process used by the
Library of Congress to preserve books. Later,
while he was with Stauffer Chemical Company, he collaborated with chemists at
Uniroyal to develop a rubber tire that would not puncture.
Mrs. Lerner also donated a cross-stitched stamp (pictured left)
that she made for her husband to hang in his office. The stamp (pictured right), entitled “Laboratory Vessels”, was
issued in April, 1976 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the
American Chemical Society. We will
display it proudly!
