Professor of Chemistry. B. S., 1964, Oklahoma State University. Ph.D., 1968, Stanford University. NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 1968-69, Harvard University. Program Director, 1985-86, National Science Foundation. Organic Chemistry. Natural Products synthesis, stereoselectivity of cyclofunctionalization reactions; stereoselective synthesis of cyclic and acyclic polyfunctional amines; enantioselective synthesis.

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