Saint Martin’s to host talk on the hydrogen economy
February 5, 2010
Lacey, Washington —On Monday, February 8, Saint
Martin’s University will host Dr. E. Gerald Meyer, professor emeritus of
chemistry at the University of Wyoming, for a presentation on “The
Hydrogen Economy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.” Dr. Meyer’s
presentation, sponsored by the Puget Sound Section of the American
Chemical Society (ACS) is open to the public and will take place at 7
p.m. in Harned Hall Room 110 on the University’s Lacey campus.
Much has been written about the “hydrogen economy”
with the theme that with the substitution of hydrogen for gasoline the
nation can (a) reduce its dependence on foreign oil, and (b) have a
pollution-free transportation fuel. There is, however, the matter of
transporting, distributing and storing. This presentation will look at
the both the opportunities and challenges of a hydrogen-centric economy.
Dr. Meyer was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He
received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Carnegie Mellon
University, and his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. He was a
laboratory chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the U.S. Naval Research
Laboratory (as a naval officer during WWII), and the Research Division
of New Mexico Tech before returning to complete his graduate work. He
was on the faculty of the University of Albuquerque and New Mexico
Highlands University where he was successively department head, and dean
of graduate studies and research. In 1963, he was appointed professor
and dean of arts and sciences at the University of Wyoming, and in 1976,
vice president for research. In 1990, he retired and is currently
emeritus professor and dean. Dr. Meyer has served as State Science
Advisor, as president of Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, of
the Associated Western Universities, and the Laramie Regional Airport
Board. He chairs the ACS Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, is past
president of the American Institute of Chemists, is past chair and
councilor of the of ACS Wyoming Section and continues to serve on the
ACS national committees.
“Chemistry is an extremely diverse field, and so
bringing in guest speakers gives our students a window into some
different kinds of chemistry than what they would hear or see from our
faculty,” says Arwyn Smalley, an assistant professor of chemistry at
Saint Martin’s. “The ACS tour speakers, such as Dr. Meyer, give
presentations that accessible to all audiences and are often
interdisciplinary in nature.”
For more information about this event, please
contact Arwyn Smalley at
asmalley@stmartin.edu. Also, the Saint Martin’s chemistry faculty
will be taking Dr. Meyer out for dinner before the presentation. For
anyone interested in joining them or wanting more information about
where and when the dinner will be held, please contact Arwyn Smalley at
smalley@stmartin.edu.
Saint Martin’s University is an independent
four-year, Catholic, coeducational university located on a 380-acre
wooded campus in Lacey, Washington. Established in 1895 by the Catholic
Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 18 Benedictine
colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and the only
one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s University prepares
students for successful lives through its 21 majors and six graduate
programs spanning the liberal arts, business, education and engineering.
Saint Martin’s welcomes 1,250 students from many ethnic and religious
backgrounds to its main campus, and 650 more to its extension campuses
located at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Olympic College, Centralia College,
and Tacoma Community College.
For additional information:
Genevieve Canceko Chan
Director of communications & marketing
Saint Martin’s University
360-438-4332
gchan@stmartin.edu
www.stmartin.edu