The Burg Lecture
Anton B. Burg, distinguished emeritus professor, died on November 18 at the age of 99 at his home near USC. A leading expert in the study of boron compounds, Anton is credited as being the “father of chemistry at USC”. He came to the university as an assistant professor in 1939, joining what was then an undistinguished department that had not performed significant research. Within a year he was promoted to chairman, and he used his position to turn the department into a major research department by hiring top faculty and acquiring research funding. Among those he hired were Sidney Benson and Arthur Adamson, who went on to become world-renown leaders in their fields.
Previous Burg Lectures
2023 – Gregory H. Robinson, University of Georgia
2022 – T. Don Tilley, University of California, Berkeley
2021 – Susan Kauzlarich, University of California, Davis
2019 – Gerard Parkin, Columbia University
2018 – Warren Piers, University of Calgary
2017 – Doug Stephan, University of Toronto
2016 – François Gabbaï, Texas A&M University
2015 – Guy Bertrand, University of California, San Diego