John C. Kotz

With Katie on Mt. Cook (New Zealand), at the top of the Franz Josef Glacier, March, 1999

Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emeritus Chemistry Department	Email address: Kotzjc@oneonta.edu
State University of New York	Office phone: 607-436-2454
Oneonta, NY 13820	Office fax: 607-436-2654

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B.S. Washington and Lee University, 1959	Brief biography
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1963

Lectures at the Chemistry Olympics Camp, Air Force Academy, June 2005

37th International Chemistry Olympics -- Taiwan, July 2005 (U.S. winners, 2005)

38th International Chemistry Olympics -- Korea, 2006

COURSES TAUGHT / SUNY-Oneonta/ 1970 - 2005

General Chemistry (Chem 111-112) (some material from that course remains available)
Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 241)
Theories of Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 342)
Senior Seminars

RECENT ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Chair, Educational Technology Committee, 1999-2001
Universal Computer Access for Students plan (UNCAS)
Advisory Committee of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center

TRAVEL

Sabbatical leave at The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, March-April 1999
Trip to Antarctica, January 1999
Trip to China and Tibet, May/June, 2000
Plenary address at South African Chemical Institute meeting, September 23-29, 2000
Visit to University of Witswatersrand, October 2000
Photos of South African Chemical Institute meeting, Potchefstroom University and later safari in Botswana, September/October 2000.
Botswana safari, October 2000

PUBLISHING & PRESENTATIONS

Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity, 6th edition, 2005, coauthored with Paul Treichel (University of Wisconsin) and Gabriela Weaver (Purdue University). The accompanying General ChemistryNow CD-ROM is coauthored with William Vining of SUNY-Oneonta

FAMILY

David Kotz and Pam Jenkins, children John, Margaret Katherine (Mara), and Andy

Peter and Carolyn Kotz, and children Emilie, Ian, Andrew. (deceased, June 23, 2002) and Peter John

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