Dates listed when faculty first joined St. Olaf College
Albert E. Finholt – Deceased 2009
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1949-2009
Inorganic Chemistry
Allen L. Hanson
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1952-
Physical Chemistry
George L. Hardgrove
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1959- 1999
Physical chemistry, crystallography, molecular spectroscopy
H. Stewart Hendrickson
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1968-
Biochemistry, lipid biochemistry, enzymology
John C. Marshall – Deceased 2024
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1961-2024
Analytical chemistry, spectroscopy, applications of computers to chemistry
Gary L. Miessler
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1978-2017
Inorganic chemistry, photochemistry of transition metal complexes
Wesley Pearson – Deceased 2017
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1958-2015
Organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms
Gary O. Spessard
Ph.D., Professor, 1973- Retired 2008
Edolph A. Larson and Truman E. Anderson, Senior Professor of Chemistry
Organic chemistry, synthesis and biosynthesis of natural products
Donald A. Tarr – Deceased 2006
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1965-2006
Inorganic and physical chemistry, kinetics and mechanisms of coordination compound reactions
John P. Walters
Ph.D., Professor, 1982 – 2003, Professor Emeritus, 2003 – .. Analytical chemistry, atomic spectroscopy and spectrochemical analysis, mechanisms of electrical discharges, chemical instrumentation and instrumental analysis, laboratory computers and robotics, medical informatics, digital photography.
Robert M. Hanson
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, 1986-
Beth Abdella
Ph.D., Professor Emeritus