People
Emeritus Faculty
Joseph Altman
Arthur I. Aronson
aronson@purdue.eduDr. Aronson continues to conduct research with colleagues in Biomedical Engineering.
Timothy Baker
Anna W. Berkovitz
berkovia@purdue.eduDr. Berkovitz is currently teaching in Purdue University's Honors Program
J. Alfred and Martha O. Chiscon
Al and Martha Chiscon have taught over 65,000 students in their 70 years of combined teaching and they have left an indelible impression on many of the students who passed through the department during their years at Purdue. Al retired June 30, 1998 and martha on July 31, 2000.Caring and devotion are the attributes that best describe excellent teachers. In recognition of Al and Martha’s excellence in teaching and dedication to students, the Department of Biological Sciences named the Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Al and Martha Chiscon Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Frederick L. Crane
David L. Filmer
Michael Forman
forman@purdue.eduRobert N. Hurst
Allan Konopka
akonopka@purdue.eduDr. Konopka is now working at the Pacific Northwest Laboratories in Richland, WA.
Mark Levinthal
Sanford E. Ostroy
ostroy@purdue.eduVisiting Scientist At Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. Address is NMR Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry, 221 Longwood Avenue (Rm 247), Boston MA 02115.
Samuel N. Postlethwait
postlets@mac.comWilliam J. Ray, Jr.
Mary L. Stiller
Irwin Tessman
itessman@purdue.edu Irwin and Ethel supported and nurtured independent and critical scientific thinking. They encouraged and taught their students to ask vital and probing questions and always suggested novel experimental approaches in order to provide meaningful quantifiable results. In addition, they were unbiased, fair, and compassionate.The Irwin and Ethel Tessman Scholarship honors an admirable couple and provides the financial resources to recognize the hard work and accomplishments of Purdue students within the Department of Biological Sciences. The Irwin and Ethel Tessman Scholarship will be awarded to two undergraduate biological science majors each year for ten years. The criteria are flexible, giving the Department the ability to recruit or retain top students.