September 1, 2009
The Department of Chemistry is delighted to congratulate Dr. Francis Collins on his nomination to assume the leadership of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Collins received his Ph.D. in 1974 from the Chemistry Department at Yale, working with Professor R. James Cross. The title of Dr. Collins’ dissertation was, “Semiclassical Theory of Vibrationally Inelastic Scattering, with Application to H++ H2.” The Department offers Dr. Collins all best wishes on this important occasion.