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HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY LIBRARY
LIBRARY TOUR
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Arthur R.Choppin Hall
The Chemistry Library was the oldest continuing branch library on the Baton Rouge campus until the relocation of its collection to the main library in May 2005. It was the only branch of sixteen not consolidated into the new main library when Hill Memorial and all the other branches were merged with the opening of Troy H. Middleton Library in 1958. The Chemistry Library remained in Coates Hall until the construction of a new facilities in Williams Hall were completed in November, 1976. The library opened in March, 1977 and served the College of Basic Sciences in a cluster of buildings southeast of the main quadrangle along Tower Drive. Ringed by the Life Sciences Building, Arthur H. Choppin Hall, and the Fred C. Frey Computing Services Building, the Chemistry Library attracted not only students studying chemistry and biochemistry but also students from the Departments of Human Ecology, Dairy Science, Poultry Science, Biological Sciences, and Agriculture. |
Virginia Rice Williams Hall
Lecture Hall 102 was named for Raoul Louis
Menville, Dean of Chemistry (1937-1944)
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Williams Hall, originally called the Library Classroom Building, was completed in 1976. |
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Virginia Rice Williams (1919-1970) was a biochemist who received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from LSU. After she received her doctoral degree in 1947, she stayed here to continue her research and to teach. Her areas of interest included amino acid ammonia-lyases and chemical studies on composition and storage of rice. Dr. Williams was also charter member and the faculty sponsor of Iota Sigma Pi, a national honor society for women in chemistry and related fields. The building was named for Dr. Williams in honor of her work and contributions to the scientific community at Louisiana State University. It formerly housed the Chemistry Library until this collection was moved to Middleton Library in May 2005, but continues to house the Raoul M. Menville Lecture Room. |
Raoul Louis Menville Dean of Chemistry 1937-1944 |
Arthur Richard Choppin Dean of Chemistry 1944-1968 |
