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Prof. Quirk Announces Retirement

Professor Roderic P. Quirk has informed UA that he will officially retire June 30, 2010. Quirk, who joined UA in 1983, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. Appointed Interim Director of the Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science in 2006, Quirk assumed the responsibilities of Interim Director of the combined Institute of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering in the fall of 2007; Quirk was reappointed July 1, 2009 for another year-long term as Interim Director of the combined institute. Also the Kumho Professor & Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science, Quirk manages a technical support staff that provides instruction and service for students and faculty in laboratories dedicated to electron microscopy, polymer characterization, polymer processing, and a variety of other research essentials. Quirk's research interests center on anionic polymerization.

A symposium is planned in Quirk's honor for May 13th and 14th 2010 in the college's Goodyear Auditorium. The symposium is co-chaired by Professor Rudi Faust of UMass and former Quirk student Dr. Joe Pickel. For information about the event, please contact Elizabeth Barber at 330.972.7667 or eab22@uakron.edu.

Click here for the symposium brochure.

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