Habermann Lecture Series

  • Mr. Eugene Habermann
  • 2024 Lecture
  • Previous Habermann Lecturers

Eugene Habermann was born and raised in the city of Milwaukee, not far from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. He served in the Army during World War II and then attended ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ under the GI bill, receiving a BS degree in business administration in 1958, while working full-time as a time-study analyst at Briggs & Stratton. Mr. Habermann never married and lived with other members of his family. He was described as a "jovial, pleasant man, with a good sense of humor." A relative, noting his frugality, stated, "He was a sharp investor. It wasn't a hobby for him."

Mr. Habermann admired chemists who were well-trained and knew their art and thus established the Habermann-Pfletschinger Chair in Chemistry at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ in honor of his parents.

The Habermann Lecture series is to perpetuate the memory of Eugene Habermann and to recognize his generosity and support of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ and our chemistry department.

Dr. Gregory FuThe Department of Chemistry is pleased to announce that the spring 2024 Habermann Lecture, "Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions: A Radical Alternative to SN1 and SN2 Reactions," will be given by on May 3, 2024 at 4 pm in room 121 of the Todd Wehr Chemistry Building.

  • 2022: , Pennsylvania State University 
  • 2021: , MIT
  • 2018: , University of Chicago
  • 2017: , University of California-Berkeley
  • 2016: , Yale University
  • 2016: , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2015: Professor John E. Bercaw, California Institute of Technology
  • 2014: , University of California, Los Angeles
  • 2013: , University of Texas at Austin
  • 2012: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University
  • 2011: , University of Texas-Austin
  • 2010: , University of California-Berkeley
  • 2009: Professor Lawrence Que, Jr., University of Minnesota
  • 2007: , Scripps Research Institute
  • 2006: Professor Ed Yeung, Iowa State University
  • 2005: Professor Swiatoslaw Trofimenko, University of Delaware
  • 2004: Professor Arieh Warshel, University of Southern California
  • 2003: , Rice University
  • 2002: , Stanford University
  • 2001: , Massachusetts Institute of Technology