Selected Chemistry Alumni

What follows is a sampling of alumni who have gone on to successful careers with a Chemistry degree from Wooster:

› Peace-Love Aryeetey ('05) - Lab Technician for the Quaker Chemical Corporation

› Christie Parker ('03) - A sales representative for Flow Polymers in Cleveland, Ohio

› Dr. Alvira Shah ('02) - Pediatrician for Jacobi/Einstein Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y.

› Anne Fischer ('01) - Research Associate for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Alexandria, Va.

› Eric Resnis ('01) - Engineering Librarian for Miami (Ohio) University

› Denise Brown, Ph.D. ('00) - Environmental Chemist for HydroGeoLogic Incorporated in Orlando, Fla.

› Jennifer Comito ('00) - Analytical Chemist for the J.P. Smucker Company

› Aladin Ferian III ('00) - Chairman & Chief Operating Officer for DF Consumer Products, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio

› Nicholas Lewellen ('00) - Associate Scientist for Pfizer Global Research & Development

› Valerie Taylor ('98) - Director of Corporate Development for First Magnus Financial Corporation

› Christopher Ley ('97) - Associate Organic Chemist for Eli Lilly and Company

› Mary Thomas South ('96) - Physician (Urogynecology) at the Duke Univ. Medical Center

› Tiffin Ross-Sheppard ('96) - Senior Scientist for NASA Peer Review Services

› Amy J. Reese ('93) - Assistant Professor of Biology and Health Professions Advisor at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pa.

› Michael Rachita ('92) - Senior Research Chemist for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

› Scott Miller ('88) - Scientific Examiner for the Cleveland Police Forensic Lab

› Patrick Jeffries ('87) - Emulsion Scientist for the Eastman-Kodak Company

› Diane Gorges ('86) - Physician in Emergency Medicine at The Ohio State University

› Dale Swift ('80) - Dallas surgeon and member of the team that separated Egyptian conjoined twins in 2003

› Andrew Janowicz ('78) - Director of Technology for the Lucite International Inc.

› Sam Sisodia ('77) - Director for the Center of Molecular Neurobiology for The University of Chicago; Leading researcher in Alzheimer's

› Joseph Catino ('74) - Senior VP of Research for the Bayer Corporation

› Thomas Melter ('74) - Assistant Vice President of Investment for the Merrill Lynch & Company

› Wayne Boettner ('71) - Associate Research Fellow at Pfizer Pfizer Inc.

› Richard Kerr ('68) - Senior Writer at Science and Science Magazine for nearly 30 years

› Michael D. Cox ('66) - Teaches chemistry at the Singapore American School in the Republic of Singapore

› J. Charles Templeton ('65) - Professor of Chemistry at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash.

› Randy Worls ('60) - Manages West Virginia's Oglebay Park, one of the nation's premier public parks

› Charles P. Ruch ('59) - President of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

› Lewis Fetters ('58) - Senior Research Associate at the Exxon Research and Engineering Company. Inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame for work in polymer physics.

› Lorraine Merrill ('54) - Established a state-wide writing competition for junior high school students

› Helen Murray Free ('45) - Served as president of the American Chemical Society