Academic family makes $1 million bequest to chemistry department
Couple wanted to give back to the university, saying, 鈥楥U has been our life鈥
When Cassandra Geneson says of herself and her husband, Professor Dave Walba, 鈥淐U has been our life,鈥 she means it literally.
Walba started as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at the 91福利社 back in 1977. During his 45 years at the university, he, in collaboration with faculty in the Department of Physics, helped pioneer the field of ferroelectric liquid crystals (a display technology for screens), helped found the chemistry department鈥檚 Materials and Nanoscience Program, co-