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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida

Tarrant Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Organic Chemistry

UF Professor Emeritus Paul Tarrant (1914–2014) created this professorship to honor the memory of his beloved wives, Viola and Marian. Paul graduated from Duke University (Ph.D.), Purdue (M.S.), and Howard College (B.S.) and started his career at UF in 1946. He is credited with the first “sponsored” research program at UF (1948) and was the first Chair of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Fluorine Chemistry. In 1966, he received the Florida Award of the Florida Section of the ACS, which recognizes leadership and contributions toward the advancement of the profession of chemistry. He retired in 1980 after 34 years of service to UF.

Prof. Paul Tarrant

Past Recipients

DateRecipientInstitute
9/15/2025 – 9/18/2025Mathew GauntUniversity of Cambridge
3/31/2025 – 4/3/2025Harry AndersonUniversity of Oxford
9/23/2024 – 10/4/2024Armido StuderOrganisch Chemisches Institute WWU
4/1/2024 – 4/11/2024Peter H. SeebergerMax Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
11/26/2023 – 12/2/2023Takuzo AidaUniversity of Tokyo
1/25/2023 – 1/30/2023Helma WennemersSwiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich
9/26/2022 – 10/7/2022Michael SherburnAustralian National University
4/11/2022 – 4/14/2022Peter J. StangUniversity of Utah
2/10/2020 – 2/20/2020Benjamin DavisUniversity of Oxford
11/17/2019 – 11/24/2019Masayuki InoueUniversity of Tokyo
3/12/2019 – 3/22/2019Peter SchreinerJustus-Liebig-University
9/10/2018 – 9/14/2018Masanari KimuraNagasaki University
2/26/2018 – 3/7/2018David LuptonMonash University
10/13/2017 – 10/30/2017David LeighUniversity of Manchester
4/8/2017 – 4/14/2017Ken HoukUniversity of California Los Angeles
11/12/2016 – 11/18/2016Janine CossyESPCI ParisTech
1/24/2016 – 1/30/2016Jye-Shane YangNational Taiwan University
11/30/2015 – 12/4/2015Stefan MatileUniversity of Geneva
3/17/2015 – 3/20/2015Kyoko NozakiUniversity of Tokyo
9/15/2014 – 9/19/2014Eric KoolStanford University
3/31/2014 – 4/10/2014Manfred ReetzMax-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung
11/11/2013 – 11/15/2013David MilsteinWeizmann Institute of Science
4/12/2013 – 4/18/2013Shu WangInstitute of Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences
3/16/2013 – 3/23/2013Martin R. BryceDurham University
2/29/2012Tetsuro MajimaOsaka University
2/13/2012 – 2/17/2012Peter BäuerleUniversität Ulm
11/7/2011 – 11/17/2011Ben FeringaUniversity of Groningen
4/3/2011 – 4/7/2011Herbert MeierJohannes Gutenberg – Universität Mainz
Institute of Organic Chemistry
12/8/2019 – 12/14/2009Pierre AudebertEcole Normale Supérieure de Cachan
10/18/2009 – 10/31/2009John GladyszTexas A&M University
3/30/2009 – 4/3/2009Rene JanssenEindhoven University of Technology
2/2/2009 – 2/14/2009Hisashi YamamotoUniversity of Chicago
11/1/2007 – 11/18/2007Philip J. KocienskiUniversity of Leeds
4/14/2007 – 4/21/2007Haruo InoueTokyo Metropolitan University
11/4/2006 – 11/11/2006Vladimir I. MinkinRostov University
9/17/2005 – 10/1/2005Francois DiederichSwiss Federal Institute of Technology
2/6/2005 – 2/19/2005Nick TurroColumbia University
10/31/2004 – 11/7/2004Irina BeletskayaMoscow State University
4/1/2004 – 4/14/2004Robert GrubbsCalifornia Institute of Technology
2/23/2004 – 2/27/2004Leo E. ManzerDuPont Central Research
10/5/2003 – 10/25/2003E. W. “Bert” MeijerEindhoven University of Technology
4/12/2003 – 4/25/2003Michael MakoszaPolish Academy of Sciences
3/4/2003 – 3/7/2003Frank WürthnerUniversity of Würzburg
1/26/2003 – 27/2003David WhittenQTL Biosystems
3/11/2002 – 3/21/2002Joachim SchantlUniversität Innsbruck
1/22/2002 – 2/8/2002Günter HaufeUniversity of Münster
10/1/2001 – 10/29/2001Josef MichlUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
5/14/2001 – 5/31/2001Goverdhan MehtaIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore
3/26/2002 – 3/29/2001Steven LeyUniversity of Cambridge
2/14/2000 – 2/18/2000Paul WenderStanford University
1/5/2000 – 1/14/2000Armin de MeijereUniversity of Gottingen
1/26/1999 – 3/25/1999Richard D. ChambersDurham University