Post Tagged with: "James Tong"

Memorial Service for Professor Emeritus James Tong, Jan. 11

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry James Tong. Photo by Jean Andrews/Ohio University.

The family of the late James Y. Tong, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, invites the campus community to join them at a memorial service on Saturday, Jan.11, 2020, at 1 p.m. at the Athens Dairy Barn. “Please join us to share remembrances of Jimmy, his unusual […]

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January 1, 2020 at 9:30 pmEvents

University Community Remembers Dr. James Tong, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry James Tong. Photo by Jean Andrews/Ohio University.

Dr. James Y. Tong, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, born in Shanghai, China on Dec. 8, 1926, passed away on Sept. 24, 2019, in Athens, Ohio. “A life-long educator and an early advocate for women in the sciences, Jimmy mentored students across all disciplines and was […]

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September 25, 2019 at 1:06 pmNews

Jimmy Tong: Four Decades of WISE Guidance

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry James Tong. Photo by Jean Andrews/Ohio University.

Forty years ago there were very few women students or women faculty members in science and engineering fields at public universities—anywhere. Dr. James Tong, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, decided it was time to correct this stark imbalance. In an era when most young women were not […]

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June 24, 2015 at 1:14 pmNews

A&S Faculty Dominate Women in Science and Engineering Presentations

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College of Arts & Sciences faculty dominated in presentations for the 2015 Women in Science and Engineering Program at Ohio University. Special thanks go to Dr. James Y. Tong, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry & Biochemistry, for organizing the annual event, held this year on April 9. Dr. Rebecca Barlag, Professor of […]

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April 13, 2015 at 3:31 pmNews