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Bruce Alberts
Dan
Burkhardt
France A. Córdova
William
H. Danforth
Brady J.
Deaton
Hugh Grant
Richard
Herman
David W.
Kemper
Alex F.
McCalla
John
F. McDonnell
Philip
Needleman
Peter H.
Raven
Alfonso
Romo Garza
P. Roy
Vagelos
Robert L.
Virgil
Mark S.
Wrighton
Usha
Barwale Zehr
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Board of Trustees
Mark S. Wrighton, Ph.D.
Chancellor
Washington University in St.
Louis
Dr. Mark S. Wrighton is
Chancellor and Professor of
Chemistry at Washington
University in St. Louis. As
Chancellor, he is the chief
executive officer of the
University and reports to the
Board of Trustees. Wrighton was
elected the 14th Chancellor in
the Spring of 1995 and assumed
his duties on July 1, 1995.
Born in Jacksonville, FL in
1949, Wrighton received his B.S.
degree with honors in chemistry
from Florida State University in
1969. He did his graduate work
at the California Institute of
Technology (Caltech) and was
named the first recipient of the
Herbert Newby McCoy Award at
Caltech based on his research
accomplishments. He received the
Honorary Doctor of Science
Degree from the University of
West Florida in 1983 and the
Distinguished Alumni Award from
Caltech in 1992.
Wrighton started his career at
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) in 1972 as
Assistant Professor of
Chemistry. He was appointed
Associate Professor in 1976 and
Professor in 1977. From 1981
until 1989 he held the Frederick
G. Keyes Chair in Chemistry. He
was Head of the Department of
Chemistry from 1987-1990 and
became Provost of MIT in 1990, a
post he held until the Summer of
1995.
Wrighton is the author or
co-author of more than 400
articles published in
professional and scholarly
journals, and he has 14 patents.
He has research interests in the
areas of transition metal
catalysis, photochemistry,
surface chemistry, molecular
electronics, and in
photoprocesses at electrodes.
Wrighton has lectured widely on
his research work and has given
more than 40 named lectureships
at distinguished colleges and
universities in the United
States and other countries.
Wrighton currently serves as a
member of the Boards of Trustees
of the Cabot Corporation, Helix
Technology Corporation, Ionics,
Inc., and OIS Optical Imaging
Systems, Inc. In St. Louis, he
is a trustee of the Missouri
Botanical Garden, the St. Louis
Symphony, the St. Louis Art
Museum, the St. Louis Science
Center and the Mary Institute
and St. Louis Country Day
School, a director of the United
Way, and an ex-officio member of
Civic Progress and the Board of
Trustees of the Regional
Commerce and Growth Association.
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