HENRY RANSOM CECIL McBAY

McBay (1914-1995) was born in Mexia, Texas, and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1945. McBay had been an instructor of chemistry in the Midwest during the late 1930s, and in 1944 and 1945, he won the Elizabeth Norton prize at the University of Chicago for outstanding research in chemistry. He was also the first recipient of research funding from George Washington Carver's donation to Tuskegee Institute, for research on extraction of fibers from okra. From 1945 to 1981 McBay was appointed to the faculty at Morehouse College, beginning as an Instructor, advancing to full Professor, and serving as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry from 1960 to 1981. He was appointed Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Chemistry at Atlanta University in 1982 and became professor emeritus of chemistry at Clark Atlanta University in 1986.

MODDIE DANIEL TAYLOR

Taylor (1912-1976) was born in Nymph, Alabama, and earned a Doctorate of Science from the University of Chicago in 1943, where he worked on the University of Chicago's Manhattan Project during World War II. Taylor was a Professor of Chemistry at Howard University from 1959 to 1969, later serving as Chairman of the department from 1969 to 1976.

ISIAH M. WARNER

Warner (1946- ) was born in DeQuincy, Louisiana, but his family soon moved to another town. His interest in science developed at two years of age when he tasted kerosene, necessitating a stay in a hospital. Warner graduated from a segregated high school as valedictorian in 1964, and received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in 1977. He taught at Texas A&M University from 1977 to 1982, then at Emory University, being promoted to full Professor in 1986, and then becoming the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Chemistry until he left in 1992. In 2000, Warner was appointed Boyd Professor of Chemistry as well as Philip W. West Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry at Louisiana State University. The next year he became Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives at that institution. Warner has published more than 200 articles since 1975, and his primary research centers on the development and application of improved methodology for studies of complex chemical systems.

E. OSCAR WOOLFOLK

Woolfolk (1912- ) was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh in 1949. He worked as a Research Assistant at Ohio University (1938-1940), then served as Instructor of Chemistry at Chalfin College from 1940-1942. The following year he was Director for the Chemistry Laboratory of the Scioto Ordnance Plant and a Research Chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Mines from until 1949, at which time he was Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Department for Central State College until 1968. Woolfolk then served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at that college before becoming Vice-President for Academic Affairs. He served as Dean at Fisk University from 1973 to 1978. Woolfolk's area of research was in the identification of amines.