Naming ceremony honors Reichardt

Submitted by Marmian Grimes
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06/06/07

The University of Alaska Fairbanks hosted a ceremony to celebrate the naming of the Natural Sciences Facility for retiring provost Paul Reichardt Thursday, June 7.

Reichardt was instrumental in securing the funding necessary to build the Natural Sciences Facility in 1995. During his 35-year tenure at UAF, Reichardt has served as a chemistry professor, interim director of the UA Museum, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and dean of the College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics. He was named provost in 1998 and served in that position under three chancellors at UAF. He was named professor of chemistry and provost, emeritus, at UAF’s commencement ceremonies May 13.

Recently, the University of Alaska Foundation honored Reichardt with the Edith R. Bullock Prize for excellence. Reichardt donated half of the $20,000 prize to UAF’s Provost Fund for Excellence.

Reichardt received a bachelor’s degree from Davidson College in 1965 and a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1969. He was a postdoctoral research associate and then instructor at Yale University and an assistant professor at Ohio State University before joining the UAF faculty as an assistant professor of chemistry in 1972.

He is currently a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the International Society of Chemical Ecology and the American Chemical Society.