David Harpp

Biography

A.B. (Middlebury College, 1959) M.A. (Wesleyan Univ., 1962) Ph.D. (Univ. of North Carolina, 1965) Research Associate (Cornell Univ., 1965-1966) Union Carbide Award for Chemical Education, Chemical Institute of Canada, 1982 McGill University Faculty of Science, Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching (Inaugural Award), 1982 Chemical Manufacturer's Association National Catalyst Award (U.S., Canada), 1988 The Royal Society of Canada's McNeil Medal for the Public Awareness of Science (Inaugural Award), 1992 Beppo Award for the Popularization of Science, from the "Conseil de Developpement du loisir Scientifique du Quebec", 1993 The Edward Leete Award of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society for Excellence in Teaching and Research (Inaugural Award), 1995 McGill University Graduate Faculty's David Thomson Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision and Teaching, 1996 John A. Timm Award for Furtherance of the Study of Chemistry, New England Association of Chemistry Teachers, 1996 Michael Smith Award by the Government of Canada for the Promotion of Science, 1996 3 M Teaching Fellow, 1998 D.Sc. (honoris causa), Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S., 2000 Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Inaugural Award), Full Professor, 2001 James Flack Norris Award, N.E. Section of the ACS for excellence in teaching, 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning, McGill University (Inaugural Award), 2010 LL.D., (honoris causa), University of Guleph, Guelph, Ontario, 2012

Research Interest

Synthesis/Catalysis