Erv Boschmann

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Good afternoon everyone. It is so great to be here with you. I was just getting the signal. I could probably I've kept chatting another 10 or 15 minutes, but let's go again, heading get started because we have a wonderful afternoon. Gland. First, I'd be so grateful if you could silence your cell phones or turn them to vibrate. For the remainder of the program. It is truly my pleasure to welcome you to the 13th annual last lecture at IUPUI. My name is Kathy Johnson and I'm a Professor of Psychology in the School of Science. And I currently am serving as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. And I have to say that one of my favorite events associated with that role is this one today. Last lecture series has become a very important campus tradition that is jointly sponsored by the IUPUI senior academy, the IUPUI Office of Academic Affairs, and the IU Foundation. It was inspired by the best-selling book and lecture delivered by Randy Pausch in 2007 at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. House to Liberties lecture shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. And it had nothing at all whatsoever to do with his field of computer science. Rather, it was a lecture designed around the wisdom that he wanted to convey to the world based on his own personal and professional lived experience. Members of our senior academy expanded this idea in order to honor the outstanding legacies of our retiring or recently retired faculty. Each speaker over the years has responded to the same assignment, which is this. If you could only give one final lecture, what would you share with your colleagues and your students at this moment in your life given the experiences that you have had and the wisdom that you have accrued. This year. We're excited to be back in person. We certainly, certainly our hand to bring your words of wisdom from an esteemed colleague and friend of the University, Dr. Earth Bushman from the School of Science. You'll hear more about his career and reflects and reflections shortly. But let me close by once again, thanking the members of the IUPUI senior academy for their efforts and for translating an idea into a lasting legacy for the campus. And let me also thank my colleagues in the Office of Academic Affairs or all that they have done behind the scenes to prepare for today's event. And to tell you more about the senior academy, please welcome. President of IUPUI senior academy, Dr. Marianne, go kick. Good afternoon. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 13th annual last lecture at IUPUI, the senior academy as an independent association of retired faculty and staff whose members continue to contribute their expertise and experience to support the educational, research and service missions of IUPUI. The last lecture series at IUPUI is inspired by the idea of having distinguished senior colleagues share wisdom gleaned from their long and productive careers. Speaking from their hearts and heads as if it's truly were there last lecture. This lecture shares was initiated in 2009 by Dr. James East Professor of Communication Studies, associate Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, and former president of the senior academy. Since its inception, the academy has taken the leadership and selecting and inviting the guest lecturer. This 13th last lecture, the first one give enough to IUPUI is 50th anniversary year will be fitting. There'll be a fitting continuation of the tradition as it is at the same time breaking with tradition since there will be, somebody did not. C, since there will be one lecture. This is a script from last year and I did not recognize that. So my, my actually here. So sorry for slightly going off script here. If now gives me great pleasure To ask a friend and colleague of this year's speaker that is two to the Introduction to do the introduction first off above Sue, chair of the chemistry and chemical biological biology department in the School of Science. Then Bill Plate or executive Vice Chancellor, the Dean of the Faculty Americas. And he will be doing his introduction by video message. So this is a little switch. I now ask Professor Basu to come to the microphone. Thank you very much. I'm absolutely delighted to be here and I have the honor to introduce today's honorary doctor are when ashmem, Professor Emeritus of chemistry and chemical biology, my department here at IUPUI. I first met aref in 2016 when I was interviewing here. And at the first interaction, I was impressed with his presence. He gave me right back to the airport at the end of my visit. Let me just summarize what I'm going to say. Ladies and gentlemen, our Bushman is a remarkable human. In 2007, Arthur wrote a Theorem 74 page me more linking five generations that released to his ancestors to journey back to 500 years, to Ukraine, Siberia, Prussia, Germany, Holland, and Paraguay, where he was born. And I think this book is outside on the table. Interestingly, was able to trace his own academic roots in chemistry back to Anthony Fauci, a 740 T2's. In 1995. He arrived in Miami as a teenager all by himself. Without knowing a single word of English. From Miami. He traveled to Kansas City by bus and settle. There, are majored in chemistry at Bethel College, where he received his bachelor's degree and met his wife, Brasilia in 1962 and married her in 1963. He started graduate school at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he received his PhD in inorganic chemistry. And he graduated in 1960. In June of 1968. R was offered a position at that then I UW Extension in Indianapolis with the assumption that huge spent two years at Lima, Peru with his family. Before coming back to Indy, he was hired as the third member of the chemistry department at UW Extension Center at 90 to North Meridian. The merger with produce extension center then resulted in a move of the department to the 38th Street across from the state fairgrounds. So ours hiring predates the founding of IUPUI. That's amazing. Since all four was involved in both high enrollment lectures and advanced courses. He had two offices, one at 38 street and the other one in Cavanagh. How? By the way, Kevin a hollow was completed in the main campus in 1971. He has taught chemistry at the undergraduate and graduate levels and has done extensive consulting with the Ford Foundation and the Asian Development Bank in Lima, Peru, and made an Indonesia respectively. He spent nearly two years in Lima where he taught classes, develop the curriculum, worked with the faculty, and during the last six months, lead the team of consultants is spent two summers in Medan, Indonesia as a consultant along with other faculty drawn from the Big Ten universities. In 1991, his elementary chemistry see one-on-one course that was made available to the local PBS and cable systems. And in 1997, his course became the prototype for the development of what later known as on course. And that is Indiana University's signature course management system. Truly are has been a trailblazer in many, many ways and has impact in numerous people. In 1983, he was recognized by Indiana University's statewide HF Lieber Award for Distinguished Teaching. And 1986, he was awarded a lily faculty open fellowship. And very recently current instructor of C11 Keith only car, maybe easier. There he is. Has established an endowed award honoring rv. Another example of ours many interests and abilities is his substantial contribution to the university administration. Served as an associate dean of the faculties at IUPUI from 1988 till 999. And in this position, he was charged with responsibility to develop 1500 full-time, an 800 part-time faculty. He also served as an Associate Vice President for distributed education for Indiana University, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and interim provost, Provost at Richmond, Interim Dean of Arts and Sciences and Indiana University, COCOMO. And finally Interim Dean of Business at IU COCOMO. Irv is a treasure to Indiana University. And not surprisingly, in 2019, Chancellor nice at nasa paid are recognized him with the chancellor's medallion, is service to the community and the profession is also impressive. In 1997, he served as the chair of the American Chemical Society's Indiana section. In 2004 after his first to retirement or serve as a CEO for Lilly Endowment Grant to Manchester College, Orleans College, and Gaussian college, to being peace studies from these colleges to Indianapolis. Harvest trial extensively, both professionally and personally. Pointy for countries is North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He has spoken, taught, or consulted widely in this country and overseas. Interestingly, one of his books titled Paraguay, a tour guide, which was used to guide summer tour groups or six years to his country of birth. Throughout his career, Professor Washington has been a man of many talents. In addition to his considerable teaching responsibilities, he developed a vibrant research program in inorganic, an early organometallic chemistry, publishing several dozens technical articles and numerous books. In the past three years, he published five papers in chemical journals. And if you're wondering, yes, he's retired early on, holds the position of a Professor Emeritus in my department. As I mentioned, he comes to the department every day. Every day becomes a 10 o'clock. And does this work? Does it create their story? At IUPUI 960 eight is still flourishing to this day. More than half a century later. Knowing his passion to help the organization, I asked him to serve on the founding editor of the departmental newsletter to our alumni and friends. In C, Heisman and Betsy cuny are here. They can understand that. I'm happy to say that this newsletter has garnered much attention and his fifth year, this would not be possible. This would not have been possible without or of carrying the load. It is truly his work. In 2019, we held our first well-child lecture, or professor Gerry Richmond, a member of the National Academy, gave a lecture, are established this lecture series to an endowment honoring his mentor frank J. Wheelchair, with whom he shared space that Kevin Hall. I should mentioned that he had previously Endowed Scholarship at IUPUI. And the second wheelchair lecture is going to be this month, 17th of November. I admire that. Obviously we're going to read a relentlessly positive yeah, got it. And does his work with a smile. I consider him to be a one of my friends and mentors. And I believe we can all learn from this wise man. I'm so happy that you are giving this lecture. Congratulations earth. It's with sincere regret that I must deliver this message via video. Instead of being with you in person. A family matter QC in Champaign, Illinois until Tuesday did in my granddaughter's being exposed to COVID-19 and quarantined until November second. Gayle and I are helping provide family support that my daughter her three children embossing continues to work. Although we've tested negative, we're supposed to quarantine 2. And topologies also to all of you who gathered on campus to hear or bushmen deliver. This year's last lecture. You've already heard much about, or Bushman, what do you stand to receive so many recognitions and awards, responsibilities and pedal and seeks accumulated over the years. And especially the respect piece commanded from so many people in so many different venues. Chemistry, Teaching, Administration, religious service, community service, advocacy, mentoring, entrepreneurship, and especially friendship. All of herbs, little words are richly deserve praise, well-run the satisfaction he has taken and living peacefully to advance the common good of us all is modest and keeping with the humility that underlies all he's done and continues to do. Good as they say, gild the lily by recalling your achievements, inciting the commendations of others for what he has done. Instead, I'd like to talk about IRB Washington as one of IUPUI is early pioneers. The faculty and staff who came to IUPUI before it was IUPUI, this wonderful campus was a disruptive innovation that is outlast at most predictions about how the experiment or merging two competing Big Ten universities could bear. It was, and in many ways continues to be a miracle. There are multiple factors that will count for IUPUI success. But high among them is the people the campus was fortunate enough to have in place when the merger occurred. Verb came to what would be come IUPUI and 960 eight, most likely not anticipating that a merger would occur. It took unusual faith, self confidence, and belief, and creating something new from ill fitting pieces to make the faculty, staff and administrators. Are the two universities persist and truth, there were at least five parties to the merger. Since the whole schools, law, Heron, and even physical education or not yet comfortable and aligning with either the Purdue or IU reached on campuses. There were others, like are many others that made IUPUI onto what it is today. But the roles are needed in developing this campus or special, if not unique. When I assumed the duties of the campus chief academic officer in 1987, I knew that he needed I knew that I needed a partner who understood the lived history of merger, had the personal capacity to be unfettered by the past. And who was willing to build something great from the parts that were still forming into a whole. As Associate Dean of the faculties are fed a special dual responsibility of managing a number of units and programs that supported faculty teaching, research and service, but also of winning support from faculty. Still weary and wary. Nearly 20 years of constant change. We had to create an infrastructure of support that was effective and geared toward innovation. You've heard some of this special efforts describe, but I would only add that has been herbs leading by example that underlies his remarkable successes. And keeping with the campus constantly in transition, Earth has changed his role many times to stay abreast of change and to lead by example. One especially notable example was as being the first and most successful faculty member can participate in a grant we had from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and make IUPUI courses available remotely. Feel that public access cable channel Esther, to develop a TV course in chemistry because it would be one of the most challenging courses to adapt, to tell it to television, especially given laboratory experiments. If we could do it with chemistry, they could do it with other courses are not only rose to the challenge, even developing take-home lab kits for students to view the room table top experiments with household chemicals. But he also understood the teaching and new for format and new medium require rethinking his old ways of teaching. Take advantage of the new medium. He had to create new methods all focused on what and how students learn. He was one of the very first faculty here and nationally to make the shift from teaching the student. What I mean, that amazing but hardly noticed achievement is one that led him to be a key player in creating OnCourse, which became stuck high, and which is one of the nation's earliest and most successful internet learning platforms. Model for Blackboard Canvas and others followed and observe Bushmen who showed other faculty that adapt the unit course from the classroom into remote learning, whether by television computer are now hybrid media such as Zoom, required a new starting point. What the student needed to learn, not what the teacher knew. I could go on and on and relate each verse and then a subsequent achievements to the underlying philosophy of how to lead personal example and by serving others. Each of his new roles, new titles built on this foundation on accounts for his being sought out to lead Indiana University's Remote Learning Program at its earliest formative period. And the era of technology, technological change, being asked to help to regional campuses make the same kind of leaps and learning that IUPUI has exemplified. I'm being asked to direct the multi-institutional community service program devoted to enhancing peace and social justice. Bird may have given up formal titles and duties, but he continues to teach, advocate and Bill, still writing some of the most widely read articles and complex topics for general audiences. In popular media. Most old administrators retire, fade away, but not IRB Washington. Let me conclude by saying what a personal privilege to spend for me to work so closely with her for so many years to learn from him about how to solve problems and work with others and to take confidence and the quest to make IUPUI Indianapolis and our nation more equitable, just and thriving communities. He's been aided over these many years of service by his wife Priscilla. I don't want to acknowledge her service to IUPUI husband. The beneficiaries of their lives well lived. We've been fortunate to have him as one of our own. And there's no one who has earned a more deserving platform from which to delivered his last lecture, but not the last we will hear from her, washington, I can assure you of that. He retains the pioneer spirit that helped found and grow the IUPUI. We know today there is more to do. So let's get on with it. Congratulations, serve on being asked to deliver the last lecture. I know you will have matters of importance for our IUPUI family here. Good afternoon. What a privilege to be able to deliver this lecture. The title is so intimidating. My goodness. This is a beautiful afternoon outside and you should be outside instead of being here, but this is what we happen to be at this point. No, last Thursday I got an email from Bill Plate are saying that he had a dire personal family emergency and he couldn't be here. And I said, Bill, I'm so disappointed. But you also know me that the first thing that I would want to do is family first. So that's where he is and that's why I hope things are going well for them. Martha, thank you for your comments. I appreciate that. Artists that want to nominate me initially for this intimidating title. He's the one that got me into this. But build plater is is he wasn't my boss for 12 years. And he anything I learned about the administration, I'll learn from Bill plater. Um, it's just just absolutely, I call him a star. A star on this year. Maryann, and we'll kick. Thank you for your comments. Appreciate that. It's really a pre. Kathy Johnson, I wish I could talk like you talk. Just smooth this all get out. Just just really wonder, sir, Thank you. But there that people need sherry cleaner sheets in here, someplace out on the worst generic Winger. There she is. Back there. Thank you. Free. She's the one that was the chair of the last lecture committee a year ago, I believe it was. And she is the one that she and the committee took a chance on me. And they are the ones that will who will get this? Yeah. So Jeanne Robertson some polish it and hear it. Okay. Thank you for coming. She is the current chair of the last lecture committee. And I have her head down as an example because I looked at our video twice to make sure I knew how to do it. Right. Debated that gave it last time here. Rachael Dillon lecture. If she's here, there's so many people that need to thank this Lindsey high intent that I see or someplace. Lindsay, There she is. Yeah. I mean, Mansi saying I cannot tell you how much I appreciate her work where schmancy She's probably out there. She's the one that gave you the books and things like this. She has she has a level 100 approach to life. She is an even keel. And even though I gave a challenging addresses, e-mail and some She's just just just works. She's just absolutely. So if she's here, Mansi, you're not here? Yeah. Oh, there she would you wave your hand so people know all she's out there. Yeah, she's not there. Later on. Tell her thank you. Out there at the table. Brian feathers, so you don't see him because he's behind the scenes out there. He make sure that all the stuff will work. And so each academic affairs, IU Foundation, senior academy, all of you. I appreciate your being here. Thank you. Thank you for coming. I really appreciate the fact that our chancellor from poco mas here, my goodness, you wave your hand so people know who you are. And I thought that our chancellor from this camp was going to be here too. But maybe not. He was playing to be here, but she's not here. So thank you for coming. That title. I better get busy with that, right? Gotta do something here. Lessons for life from a lifetime of learning. How in the world do you answer that? Maya Angelou said, people will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel. And so the person that made me feel good is this portion. Dj went to threats. He was doing research and Paraguay saw me not knowing what I was doing and inviting me to consider Bethel College where he was president. When I took that opportunity, he filled out all the forms and he did not seem to worry about the fact that I spoke no English. So 1959, I was dressed in a suit and tie, sat in a propeller driven airplane all night. And in the morning, we look down and we saw Miami. Lawns were beautifully manicured. No one was walking on the street. All traffic was well organized. I was impressed. My travel agent had prepared me by putting a tag and my suitcase in the tanks. Had this fellow wants to go to Kansas by bus and doesn't speak English. He also prepared me how to look for bathrooms. He said, You're just look for the long and gentlemen. That's where you go. I saw men and women. The other thing that I saw is another set of bathrooms right Next hours. And above it, it colored. What does that mean? I had no clue what that meant. In other language, incident happened at college the first first semester in college. I was put on a maintenance program to do campus maintenance for a few days before school started. In at the end of that day when classes were supposed to start the next day, my supervisor calls me and says, nerve, Your English is not too good. But I have some good advice for you. When you get the class tomorrow. And the teacher or the faculty member, professor calls on, you. Just say bullshit in us it. Thank you, sir. How do you spell that? Well, I looked that up in Webster's. I couldn't find it. And so I asked my roommate and he said, not a good idea. They say competition is good because that's the best of you. In high school. I did. Okay. But here in college, I saw students, mathematics students just flying through equations. Heard operas sung by student. And I noticed my chemistry professor had received his PhD from the University of Chicago and had gone to college and just three years. And he received his PhD from, from Henry told me who got the Nobel Prize to next year. Wow, was I impressed? I could have major and Spanish or German. That would've been okay. But I thought it would be a cop-out. I chose chemistry. My dad bought me a one-way ticket to the US. And as a foreign student, I could not apply for loans or grants. So I had no money in my pocket. So I work for 75 cents an hour. Swept floors, fixed all houses. Was the lab assistant at Christmas time when everyone else one home. I worked in all the FARC storage and all the buildings on the entire campus. I ran the PA system and when Dr. Martin Luther King came to campus, I helped them with the microphone. I worked a lot but had no money. I had a single nickel in my drawer and I saw a nickel every day. The dining hall was closed on Sundays. And so I went to church hoping somebody would invite me for lunch. And once they invited me for lunch, I invited me a certain time and I showed up at that time. Well, I realized I was early. Later on the host has told me. She said, I thought people from South America or was late. So I invited your early to make sure that we would be on time. Well, okay. Chemistry is beautiful. I think it's beautiful. What fascinates me is the synthesis is a Pharisee cursing ism campaign but has iron between two staggered Sokolov bent at 90 rings. Don't worry, I won't go into details of this. And the second thing I was interested in was the crude but functioning gas chromatograph, which is also I will not go into details with that. What I will go into details just a little bit is this one here. Persistence pays off. After many, many, many, many attempts. She finally agree to a date. I knew she had many suitors, and I knew that I struck gold. Well, learned that her mother was an accomplished pianist and accomplished organist. Her grandmother was a college graduate. She was a published poet, and she had written the Haslam College Alma mater song. I knew that her aunt was a beloved college professor. And the library on campus was named for my goodness. And her great uncle was president of Macpherson college. Education, was in their family DNA. Was I lucky to what? Personal and I've been married for 59 years. Well, on the Colorado Water privilege, that was to be in Boulder, Colorado at the University of Colorado. Cu as we call it. See you. Colorado University has an absolutely stunning setting with a flat arms in the background. I'll learn some lessons when I'm at the university. When studying. There's power in routine. When you sit in the same room, the same chair, the same desk, the same fan runs quietly. Music placed in the background. The lamb shines from the same angle. Texas Open. Then your entire body calls it just study. So the book you see on the left side, that's that was my chemistry Bible, inorganic advance and organic chemistry. And the one on the right side is organic chemistry, which I loved just as much. Once a music major came by to visit with me. And I told him all my chemistry after one here. So what is this good for? I said, oh my goodness, yeah, something about intellectual inquiry about possible future use. Who knows, is blank stare told me to change the subject. Our daughter, Heidi, was born in Boulder, Colorado way back when the lesson that I learned was about active learning. And in grad school, I enrolled in the advanced organic laboratory dock. The Richter was my professor. He was close to retirement, but he's a wonderful instructor. He instilled in me a lifelong appreciation for active learning. Active learning. Everyone Rishi the tests up with a liquid in it. And these instructions identified this liquid without the use of instrumentation. Can't use enhancement, just chemistry. Well, when I came to his office for consultation, he immediately asked what color is it like? Brown. Any odor? No. Is it acidic? Yes. How do you know phenolphthalein is positive? Is it an aliphatic or aromatic acid? I don't know, but I guess I could run a titration to find out good You might try to do it. Could be any base in it. No. Or if it's acidic, it won't have any base. You're on your way. Notice three things about him. He always ask question, never gave answers. Number 2, he I was constantly on call no matter what, almost like whole number 3. I had no time to take notes, but I'm remembered everything he said. Years later. Realize the LOD research had been done quite active as opposed to passive learning. For instance, Derek Bok in 1986 and don't lecture but prepare their students to engage. Engage has grown turns 181991 said the graders students involvement. The greater students acquisition of knowledge. Incidentally, Dr. Rick, just daughter, was in my class way back in graduate school. She would've been a medical center for many years. On got the knower here sometime Bethel College and bought me one time to come back and teach. At Bethel. Asked my advisor, he gave me an answer. That was not an answer, but I knew what to do. He said 80 to 90 percent of people who take such opportunity do so and never come back to finish their degree. I had my answer. The University of Colorado had a wonderful RPS program and aren't serious. Mackey halls we call them. We experienced among many, many other things, such people as Richard Tucker, remember 10 or Richard Parker, anybody? Jane Goodell, James Galway, and for silica take piano lessons and organ lessons. To this day are homeless, filled with classical music. People who come to our house that, that's always music going. And the Indianapolis symphony orchestra is prime and our life. And achieve. Eci. I'm getting to learn a share. I think I had just done the power fortuitous coincidences. My research advisor graduate school was Dr. Keller. He took them about a note that he saw in the bulletin board from Indiana University. Remember there was no email, no, no internet, no nothing. So I went down, looked at it and it's at Indiana University is looking for Spanish speaking PhD chemists just spent two years in Lima, Peru. And then later on joined the department in Indianapolis. That was fortunate. Fortunate because number one, we advise a saw, then told me about it. Number two, that was about the finished my PhD. And number three, I spoke Spanish where the program was position to improve the basic scientists and Lima, Peru. At the university. The Big Ten universities were all supposed to spot supply one faculty member and each field and send them to Peru? Well, I after it became clear that I was going to be, but Indiana was in our future. My adviser asked me if I knew, but Frank Walter. I did not. He said, Well, I took material library and you show them the volumes and bombs, the books that Frank Wild, your head Britain said, well that's impressive. So 1967, I flew to Indiana to interview Jim East, Joseph Taylor, and Frank Walter. Anybody remember those names? Some of those are correct. Good. Thank you. Jimmy should also took me to Bloomington for more talks and more calls to Madison, Wisconsin because that's where the headquarters for the national brand was. I noticed that we're interested in me not because I was a good chemist, but simply because I spoke Spanish. Take advantage of me. I was accepted by you because there was no IUPUI and those age well, Peru, what a wonderful place that was a love Peru. Peru. I had a grand time teaching and consulting. We were catapulted from being simple, brightest students to an opulent life. A huge house. The yonder Nietzche came with a car that came with the Gartner, came with a maid. We had frequent socialist with PCOS hours. Anybody remember piece cuffs hours. And we've met the shake your shin Moorish of Lima, Peru. I knew that to work efficiently. I had no choice, but plain. Because I had to consult with faculty, I had to teach and to order books, select candidates to go to the US for Satish, an order equipment. And most of the programs, they liked the order two of each equipment to use, one for parts when the bone breaks. And we had weekly radio communication, shortwave radio communications with Madison, Wisconsin where the headquarters of the, of the grant. Anybody remember shortwave, greater social life. We entertain the lot and our homes and on restaurants. And this include that rather close relationship with the pokey Maury, who was a colleague of ours in the math department. No, I don't remember the name, but there could be more, but he became a politician. Sin was president under prove. What a wonderful experience up was in our daughter. Tanya was born in Lima, Peru. The IU Extension Center, as it was then called, was scattered amongst some tall old buildings throughout downtown, like this building right here for a meeting and another building. You drove to a building, went to the elevator, talk to the lady sitting behind on a chair and indy elevator. And she asked what floor. So we're told what floor. She close a double door and then turn a brash, shiny handle. And the entire assembly began to move slowly and quite noisily. Anybody remember that? You're not? Nobody says all of us. I am. This is the only building still standing, 900 to North Meridian. Now, I don't know if you ever go back, take a look at it because it's a turn at the top. That's where I had my office. The building had a what we call a copy machine. In those days, it was called the photo static machine. Located in his secretary's office for safekeeping. When I need a copy, I talked to her about it and she said, Come back here and I'll show you how we multiply the terminology of surf. Different. Frank Walsh and worked here for close to 15 years. Becoming a world renowned chemist. He was invited all over the world for his talks about chemistry. He did his research not on this campus. There were no laboratories, but he does research at the Eli Lilly and Company library downtown. When he retired. The universe is simply said, we need your office keys by Monday. That was it. And I said something's got to change. So when I'm became Associate Dean of the faculties, I nominated him for an honorary degree, which you receive the commencement and 990 that same day. Mayor hadn't it proclaimed that day. Frank, watch a day in the net plus visuals. We had visuals like the slide rule. And the only way gratuitous by chain that big slide rule, merit is my homeroom LA one-on-one. Ology Forum members that room, solar was becoming the technology room on campus. Hollinger find that all the technology mostly behind the scenes. Here we have three screens and close up camera. And we could do all kinds of magic like this. Burning of the Hindenburg, didn't remember the Hindenburg. So we're going to try to make that work here at grain again, I'm going to acknowledge that the replica got the napkin paper. Kind of like a panic. Like, oh my god, like me. And encoding, undermining bad-mouth. The parable that well, okay, we better stop that. Gets really excited. Because we had a lot of fun bringing faculty members from all over the country. And let me see if I can get back to something that isn't isn't right? Yeah, This one here. Let's see, Brian, how do I do this here? Now? Try to work on this. Brian, can you do is we'll just skip it, I guess. Go back this one, not try that and it didn't work. Okay. We'll just go on. You know, when you have a new faculty member, what doesn't ask themselves about the new faculty member? They say, I don't care how much you know, but I want to know how much you care where their main things have changed since the days I taught. But something has not changed. And that is affective domain of teaching. The affective domain of teaching. Initially, my goal was to teach simply content. I believe in Christa McAuliffe, when she said, I touch the future, I teach. And somebody else said, if you want to teach chemistry to Chris, get the milk, Chris. And somebody else said. Research shows that the top attributes of respect the teachers are three, care, enthusiasm, knowledge in that order. And that order, care enthusiasm, knowledge. What a student of mine came to me. Your name was Mona. She came to me with a question that I think Dumb fun it a face reflect that the agony that she was going through. I had been teaching for many years was not prepare for the question when she asked me, Professor, you believe in abortion, My goodness, unmarried pregnant parents, amending an abortion helps move out. She came more than a student. She was now a young person in need. At times like these are sometimes reflect on the bible verse. James 31 is, let's, not many of you become teachers. That not many of you become teachers. For, you know, that we teach will be judged with greater strictness. Let's kind of intimidating person. While preparing for class, I had three files for each day. One for Lecture 1 for demonstrations, and one for stores that will late that a subject. But mostly to relieve the mind. And I had all kinds of things such as this one here. This is a bakery. You see a liquid at the bottom here. And pretty soon we'll have another liquid being poured in. And notice that the interface between those two liquids does not, they don't mix. You notice the interface right there is a white that's where you have my lawn being forum. And so when they pull it out, There's nylon just like that. Anyhow. Back to mono. Do I believe in abortion? I stress the importance of listening to a conscience. Life is precious. While a year later, Mona came back to my office with their baby in arms, introduced me to their baby. She had moved out as a father required, but she sent her father an eight foot long Father's Day card and soon was invited to move back home again. Well, I hand and number students, 25 thousand students or so, give or take. And the 25000 students, I had maybe two incidents of cheating that I know off maybe not. We suspect that a group of students were cheating on the exam. But we couldn't prove it. So until we saw the computer print out, and each print out show that each student, these three students had the same answer, same answer. So I called him and I had my sheets ready. I hadn't witness observe what we're doing. And I showed him the evidence. Three apologized, and one denied it. A year later, somebody just walking up and down my office. I was a student, identified himself as a student who had cheated a year ago, came to me and said, I'm sorry, I apologize. Shook my hand and said he had done a lot of growing up in this past year. In other student came to me and said he's not doing so well. With class. Said, Well, what can we do? So I said, well, I'll try to help you so on. But he didn't listen much. He just gave me the spoon at the top but a spoon there was a gazelle. Kind of intricate carving. Yes. What do you mean? Anxious. I want you to have this. Okay. I took and put it on my shelf. At the end of semester, he came back to me again. You said I got a D in the class as well. What about it? Check my record. He said No, no, no. What about that thing? He says, oh my goodness, What just happened? I was being bribed. Being bribed. So I got up, got that thing and gave it to him. But he walked out before he took that. I still have like gazelle. We had the opportunity to put my class on public television, on PBS. And we tape then. And we hand. For 10 years. This ran on public television. Kinda fun. Distance education became my passion, just an absolute passion with me. And soon I was invited by a national agency that do workshops for faculty on teaching and learning biotechnology. Wow. But do you know the thing that I always thought in my mind, constantly. Constantly. How do you teach laboratories? Why Edison's laboratory? Well, the best thing to do is to organize a national conference on teaching laboratories by a distance. So we did that. I applied for branch at the National Science Foundation. I got the grant after I increased the budget, increase at their request. Retina. Okay. So we had some 50 people show up from throughout the world. 50 people from Australia, from Canada, from the UK, from the US, and the Open University in England. Anybody knows the Open University? Big, big technology on French. Anyhow. Wonderful time. We now Rana to track chemistry course, one on television and one on on-site. And we develop the series of labs that students could do at home. Home, technology was major, safety was a major issue. But this result in an extensive paper that we did in the Journal of Chemical Education. After watching that PBS series Cosmos. Anybody remember cosmos from many years ago? We decided then by Carl Sagan, see what he would say. He accepted except that Paul text. So we also went all over campus and we had an eight foot banner prepared that we placed on Michigan road so people could see Carl Sagan coming to campus. But weren't defined a venue large enough with the expected audience. We finally decided the IUP UI basketball arena would be the place to go. That's what we did. And we had the largest indoor campus gathering ever on this campus even to this day, hopefully. You noticed that drove him. Here's Carl Sagan. As I drove him from campus, from place to place for all this talk that he gave and people wanted to meet him and things like that. At 1 being asked me, Would you stop the car? Sir? Okay. So he wanted to talk. Here's what he said. Was quiet for a long time. But then he said, are you religious? Said Yes. He said, Do you believe in God? Do he said, is there an afterlife? I said I believe so. Quiet again. You looked off of this space and funny said, I think you're right. You're right. I wonder if he knew at that time this was in 1993. And by this terminal illness that he had, he may have known, that led to his death in 1996. He was just 62. To me, that's just a kid. I grew up in Paraguay where 1953, a change in government took place. But not, not bad ballots. But by bullets. Believe me, I heard the bullets. I learn then way back then that people need to be consulted. I worked in Indonesia for several summers. And we had a wonderful opportunity that you're convinced this young student at. And because N80 to come to IUPUI, she unroll the School of Medicine and I had a batch or her preparedness. But she was a top student. She was a dozen students that have lived in our house for a semester or so. Helping others is paramount in my books. For many summers, I graded the advanced placement exams. I don't know if you know, AP advanced placement exams. I did a long time to make sure every paper was great accurately. We were given the same papers which gave it the day before to grade them again. Wow. And then the next time we will given papers that the table later had graded to see if you grade them again, grade them, and see if that comes out to be the same. Accuracy was expected of me. That's the lesson that I'm rather than for several years I opera, It's science enterprises company, published books. Eventually, McGraw Hill sought and the bought the rights to it. I must channel my excess energy that ashamed to be having. Here's an interesting one. I had a good time doing cartoons. All kinds of crypto. This is Crick and Watson sitting at the desk. They call it, the courts are coiled up here. And Crick says, Hey, Watson, I just had an idea. I see, looks at this thing here. That's how they discovered it. For several years, I communicate with Dr. Monk no moments and peel his book, The power of positive thinking may know the book made a huge impact on my life. Life-changing opportunity. Contrary to my very good and accomplished friend Maria Donaldson, the audience here, I decide to leave chemistry for awhile and apply for the Dean of Faculty, Associate Dean for faculty's office. That's where I got the know with people like them bot I'm, she's here someplace, someplace. And many, many good people in anything I learned and administration I got from Bill plater with my boss or quality years. And you saw Bill Payer? Our duties for me. Internal grants, workshops, faculty, consultations, awards, technology and curriculum. It's just it's a promotion and tenure sabbatical decisions. With gray at the Center for Teaching and Learning, Officer Women senior academy. Senior academy was created by both flagrant than those days, minority faculty popped up on my goodness, there's so many things, yeah. Of course, we went to conferences also. There's a conference in Breckenridge, Colorado where we find just a little time for personal events. This is build plate or on Jared Becker and then churn Hamilton. A major event in my life in those days was when I was invited by Harvard University to participate in the Institute Educational Management. I am, as they called it, just studied leadership, people in programs, financing, and planning for the future. Thereafter, my administrative appointments seem to come one after the other. I became Associate Vice President for distributed education. It pointed to develop pedagogy on all eight campuses and the IU system. Then Jury Beck gone. He was president of IU at a time. He called me one time. He said, Would you be interested in provost at each campus? Sir? Oh, wow. What are the issues at IU East? He said, Well, I'm not going to tell you. But it's like taking your hand and sticking in a hornets nest on like that. I'll take that. I took the position and got to know Mary Blake. She'll cheat here someplace. I don't know where she is. And wonderful people like that, just absolutely wonderful people learn later. That was a fourth person with my title in one year in one year issues. And then I received the call from COCOMO about being dean for ATS and scientists. Well, we did a lot of work and we split the school to Arts and Sciences. And a point of needing an ancient Christian charade was here. He is still the Dean of Science, School of Science and COCOMO. After some years, Chancellor Search and make your Psyche. She asked me to lunch and she asked if I'd be Dean of School of Business fitness. Was supposed to be a one-year appointment or you como with five-years plus. Here's the lesson that I learned. When a Chancellor Washington lunch. Remember, it's not a free lunch. After my retirement. I don't third or fourth retirement. I was contacted by the college's president of Manchester Gaussian or an oncologist about being a CEO. Pour forth, demand our grant that they had received from Lilly Endowment to duplicate the Campus Peace Studies Initiative in Indianapolis. I was most intrigued that duty of animal is going to be on staff. My goodness. You ever had a chance to see you at Jody abandoned listened to her. It's just absolutely fascinating to listen to somebody like that. She was supposed to be here but had an emergency or simple. I was most intrigued by that. But we had created a cons from scratch. Find students, find housing, find offices, find faculty, and work with the board all to create peace house. Well, the philosophy of peace us resignation, my personal philosophy. In the 1970's, the IU extension, etc. Remember there was no IUPUI in those days. They had a policy about teaching. Sure. We hiring for teaching in if you have time, do some research, you want to casual. I observed my older colleagues who did not the research and were not promoted. The message to me was clear. The research at half a dozen students or so. And that's the, remember each one of them by name from 19 seventies or sixties, I don't know. We had great fun, published some papers with Frank Walsh, a republish the book organic reagents for copper. Soon I was invited to give a talk at the University of Moscow and the Soviet Union. How do you get there? The Soviet Union carefully became involved with the Journal of Chemical Education and published several papers and was asked to be a reviewer for that journal. Lo and behold, I was fully promoted by Thomas 37, I couldn't believe it. Doing my retirement. I have published six articles, as was said, in peer reviewed journals. Data for this work was set aside when I went to administration. But look at this data again, after I was retard, thought it was worth publishing at Socolow, Science Librarian Schneider linkage here in the audience, some place to check the literature. For the last decade, deceive work had been done on these topics. And he said, This is fine. So in two cases, I contact my former students who were co-authors on papers, and they both agreed to work on them again. So Linda Hill and Roger Miller, Thank you for your cooperation and after many years. And now I'm happy going back to the chemistry all of us every day using bankers hours for several summers. Work than the Jimmy Carter Habitat for Humanity. We worked in places like Arizona and South Dakota, Kentucky. Hillary Clinton came to see us there, even went to Europe and so on. Had a good time. What would he always work the number one, some other house it but wonderful time we had there. When thinking about the meaning of life. Think of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs in his decline days. He kind of saw the essence of life. He said, whether you wear a watch that has $300 or $30, doesn't matter. They both tell the same time. Will tell the same time. That's the essence of life To me. I learn that happiness does not come from material things, but from good relationships, right? I had a major advantage in life. I was born poor. I didn't know what. My wife grew up in a wheat farm. What we both shared the same philosophy. We'd like to help. We consider money a tool, not a goal. It does not buy happiness, but it can make others happy. We don't follow sports. We don't wear expensive. Watch us to a close. We eat at low-cost restaurants. And I drive a pickup truck that's 13 years old. There's no HE our wills says We have four children, three biological children, and one that's called Getting to cherry in our attorney right here, make peak knows about that. He crafted a language for that. When our children turned 16, we did something special with them. Our oldest mocked hot air balloons. So she got a hot air balloon by our second daughter was in into deep-sea aquatic life. So she went we went to Florida Keys for snorkel. Are sung, wasn't a skiing. So went to ski in Switzerland. We now have extended that same gift to our grandchildren. Our oldest, we took the Oregon. The next one, we took on a cruise of the Rhine for weaker show. The others. One of them was sitting right, you know, naming the place they would like to go. We'd like to help. We give to PBS public tolerating the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra minimum at Central Committee to our church, the Gaussian college access and college to seminary, Bethel College. And we have establish student and faculty scholarships at IUPUI, at IU each COCOMO. That's the result. We sometimes get invited by the President to football games. And I don't even understand football. Or we get invited to recognition banquets, which we go through sometimes and not unlike white chicken much for dinner. But we harmonize with Winston Churchill when he said, We make a living, but what we get, but we make a life, but what we give, what gives us pleasure is reading the letters come from students and faculty members who have received assistance. That's an octet generic. I see life like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, what? The faster it goes, the faster it goes. For me. I learned a long time. I go to the ends of ages gone by. And the anions of ages still to come. I'm placed here at this time, at this place. Deci what might just now. So, you know, I have no experience. I'm being old. My father lived to be a 101, goes down or one. He wants told me said, old age does not protect you from foolishness. Have to be careful. I have some five end-of-life thoughts. You're ready. Number one, I believe in the everlasting life of the human spirit. Herrmann. Number two, when my time comes to go, let me go. Shed no tears. What a few tiers might be. Okay. I would like to donate my body to the Indiana anatomical education program here at IU. Number 4, celebrate my life with the glass Chardonnay. Make sure it's a good Chardonnay. And unlike the Old Testament saying, it was chiseled on the old student union building. I don't remember members of building out here. It's across the street. Across the entrance that was this disburse was Chez chiseled cheek, just to remember our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Let me take a minute to introduce my family. My wife. Would you please stand maybe? Our oldest daughter, Heidi, is a physical therapist that they sent me a physical therapist at St. Vincent Hospital here in person, sometime. Her husband, one, I'm such an administrator at IPS. And are their daughter are most beautiful granddaughter. Greater, good. And we don't have we don't have our second daughter. But the second person here is on daughter. Hi, Tanya. Who couldn't come. She's in Colorado. Colorado. She has obligations out there. And then our last one is Eric. He's the youngest, the baby, who's a faculty member at the University of Denver. Well, one way. So thank you. I hope I can meet many of you. Good. Thank you for the wonderful reflections at this time. I ask Irv to remain on stage, that is to returning to the stage and invite case each shell to the state's case. He serves as the Director of Development for IUPUI, campus wide initiative for the Indiana University Foundation. And she is subbing for our announced speaker from the IU Foundation who had a family emergency and could not come. So there's in your program it's a listed differently. So long. Good afternoon. I'm very honored to have the privilege of joining you today this afternoon to represent the IU Foundation. Dr. Bossman, your reflections today have truly captured the spirit and the essence of the last lecture series. Your presentation lessons from life for life, from a lifetime of learning is both insightful and provides a unique perspective for all of us. Thank you for your dedication, your energy, and your authenticity, which have played a vital role in making this campus what it is today. Since the time you came to IUPUI and 960 a. As the third member of the chemistry department at the Extension Center at the much discussed 90 to North Meridian. Your leadership and instruction in the School of Science has touched the lives of countless students, faculty, and staff throughout your career on campus. I think I can speak for everyone here today When I say thank you so much for that, the Indiana University Foundation has been proud to support the IUPUI last lecture series for the past 12 years. And on behalf of the foundation, I'm honored to recognize this prestigious occasion with this honorarium for you today. So thank you so much. And I'll turn it back over to you. Can either social. If if this I'm not sure was in here, but if this has money, it goes back through to senior academy for student scholarships. That is wonderful. And thank you very much. We do. The IUPUI senior academy would like to award you with this plaque or view our little early to exit yesterday because we didn't let you read the script. Therefore, you didn't know what comes next. So, and so it is my pleasure to present you with a plaque so that you not only you don't remember, but it will be part of the IUPUI senior academy room where others well, so you are extending the arc of senior lecturer, so well, I think people might want to see it. So if you come to my right, I can get okay. All right. Looks better because they might want to thank you. Oh, my goodness. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to bring the 2021 last lecture to a close by thinking the lecturer. Thank you. Erv. I think the office I think the Office of Academic Affairs and the IU Foundation for their support and their participation in this gathering. As most of you know, organizing such an event takes time and effort by those who work behind the proverbial seen. Please join me to recognize and thank them for their roles in making this last lecture a success. Furthermore, I want to thank all of you retirees, active faculty and staff, students and guests who have come and been an attentive and gracious audience. I hope that all of you can join the lecture and all members of the audience for conversation and refreshment right outside of theatre. I also would like to call attention to the fact that we would like your participation and thinking about who to nominate for last lectures in the future. So call will go out soon and I hope that you will respond because this is one of the things that really has worked or with a more than a decade very well that we receive nominations from all of the IUPUI campus to, to not only recognize people who can tell us something of importance and interest, but also that it allows us an opportunity to get together and talk to each other, which these days husband made very hard and therefore, it is a pleasure this time to be here in person. I hope you take that opportunity outside where there is a reception. Thank you very much for coming and I hope to see most of you, if not all of you, next time when we celebrate the next lecture, last lecture.