Lambert Lecture

The Lambert Lecture is supported by an endowment established by alumnus Benjamin Lambert , who earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Boston University (CAS '55). After graduating from law school, he went on to pursue a distinguished career as a patent attorney with such major pharmaceutical companies as Merck and Johnhson & Johnson. Each year, the Lambert Lecture addresses different topics in organic chemistry, the field of Lambert’s undergraduate and graduate studies, and features some of the most distinguished and creative scientists working in the field of organic chemistry today. (What follows is a list of the different lectures by year.)

		2007 Lecture Robert H. Grubbs Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry California Institute of Technology Metathesis: Catalysts & Applications October 15, 2007 To view pictures from the post lecture reception, please click here.

		2006 Lecture Professor E. J. Corey Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University Chiral Cations as Catalysts for Enantioselective Synthesis: Pathways and Applications March 27, 2006 Photographs of the dinner Honoring Professor Corey and Mr. Lambert, as well as of Prof. Corey's lunch with Chemistry students earlier in the day can be viewed here.

		2005 Lecture Dr. Edward J.J. Grabowski Vice President – Chemistry Emeritus Process Resarch, Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc. Reflections on Process Research April 4, 2005

2004 Inaugural Lecture

Professor Samuel J. Danishefsky
Laboratory for Biorganic Chemistry at Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Chemistry, Columbia University

Reflections on the Power of Organic Synthesis

April 26, 2004