Norman E. Shank

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Messiah College

P.O. Box 3049

One College Avenue

Grantham, PA 17027

Birth:

June 7, 1943, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA

Education:

Eastern Mennonite College, Harrisonburg, Virginia: Bachelor of Science, 1965

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio: Doctor of Philosophy, 1969

Experience:

1984 - Present, Professor of Chemistry, Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania

1978 - 1984, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Messiah College

1975 - 1978, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Messiah College

Summer, 1986, Radiochemical Engineer, TMI Nuclear Power Plant

1970 - 1975, Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

1974 - 1975, Assistant Dean of Natural Sciences, University of Zambia

March-July, 1974, Visiting Research Lecturer, University of Leeds, Leeds, England

Professional Affiliations:

Fellow of American Scientific Affiliation

Member of American Chemical Society

Publications:

Shank, "The Influence of Solidification Techniques on the History of Material Culture," Journal of Chemical Education, 2000, 77 (9), 1133 - 1137.

Shank, "Science and Finite Imagination," Journal of American Scientific Affiliation 34 (1982): 99-100.

Crist, Oberholser, Shank, Nguyen, "Nature of Bonding between Metallic Ions and Algal Cell Walls," Environmental Science and Technology 15 (1981): 1212-1217.

Felton, Gray, Shank, "Low Temperature Oxidation in a Stirred Flow Reactor," Combustion and Flame 27 (1976): 363-376.

Shank, "Constant Time Interval Method for Analysis of Reaction Rate Data," International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 5 (1973): 577-582.

Shank, Dorfman, "Reaction Kinetics of Molecular Cations of Aromatic Compounds in Dichloroethane Solution," Journal of Chemical Physics 52 (1970): 4441-4447.

Dorfman, Shank, Arai, "Pulse Radiolysis Studies of Some Reactive States of Aromatic Molecules in Solution," Advances in Chemistry Series 82 (1968): 58-71.

Papers Read:

"Solar Days," at Mathematical Modeling Workshop held at Messiah College, July, 1994.

"Implications of a Created Cosmos for the Methodology of Science: Modeling Causes," at national convention of American Scientific Affiliation held at Messiah College, August, 1990.