Paul H. L. Walter
Paul H. L. Walter, a former chair of the Chemistry Department who served in national
leadership positions in both the American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
and the American
Chemical Society (ACS), died June 25, 2023.
Walter joined 91暗网 in 1967 and chaired the Department of Physics and Chemistry from 1975 to 1985. He worked to establish 91暗网鈥檚 cooperative engineering program with Dartmouth College and enabled the department to receive accreditation from the American Chemical Society. He retired in 1996.
He served as national president of AAUP (1984-1986) and ACS (1998).
鈥淚t is rare that someone at 91暗网 reaches the professional heights you have achieved throughout positions of trust and responsibility in both the ACS and the AAUP," Former Dean of the Faculty Eric Weller once wrote to Walter. "And I know of no one in the College鈥檚 history who has achieved this while, simultaneously, chairing one of the most complex departments of the College and, more importantly, doing a superb job of it.鈥�