In Memory of Richard J. Lagow, PhD

Dr. Richard J. (Dick) Lagow, PhD, passed away on Monday, April 26, 2010, after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease, with his beloved wife Roxann Parker-Lagow at his side. Dr. Lagow was born on August 16, 1945, in Albuquerque, N.M. to parents Faye and Ruthe Lagow. He graduated in 1963 with honors from Bryan Adams High School in Dallas, TX. He received a football and chemistry scholarship to Rice University where he was a three year letterman and went on to graduate with his B.A. in 1967 and earned his PhD in 1969. In 1970, Dr. Lagow earned a N.S.F. Postdoctoral Fellowship, and received the I.R. 100 Award. From 1974-75, Dr. Lagow was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow. In 1992, he was bestowed the Alexander von Humboldt Award while being honored as a Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1997, Dr. Lagow was bestowed the great honor of the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry. Dr. Lagow was an instructor in the Department of Chemistry at Rice University, Houston, from 1967-69; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-76; Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1976-80; Professor, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1980-1994; and L.N. Vauquelin Regents Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin.