{"id":7136,"date":"2023-10-18T23:02:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T06:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/chemistry\/?page_id=7136"},"modified":"2025-11-29T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:34:00","slug":"burg-memorial-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/burg-memorial-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Burg Memorial Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Main Group Lecture Series<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          The Burg Lecture\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><a href=\"\/chemistry\/in-memoriam\/anton-b-burg-1904-2003\/\"><strong>Anton B. Burg<\/strong><\/a>, 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 \u201cfather of chemistry at USC\u201d. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2023\/07\/Anton-Burg-768x591.jpg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Anton B. 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