Dr. Claude A. Lucchesi, co-founder of ALMA, died October 25,2018 at the age of 89. Dr. Lucchesi was also Northwestern University Emeritus Sr. Lecturer and Director of Analytical Services. He graduated with a major in chemistry, and a minor in chemical engineering, from the University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana (1950) and earned a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Northwestern University, Evanston (1954).
After graduating Claude began work as a research chemist at Shell Development Company in Houston, Texas. He also worked for Sherwin Williams Company in Chicago, and Mobil. In 1968, he moved back to Northwestern University as Director of the Analytical Services Laboratory (ASL) in the Chemistry Department, a position he held until retirement. [Read more…] about ALMA Co-Founder Dr. Claude Lucchesi, 1929-2018