Oral History Interview: Barry Trost (0319)

dc.contributor.interviewee	Trost, Barry
dc.contributor.interviewer	Smail, Laura
dc.date.accessioned	2013-09-03T21:42:36Z
dc.date.available	2013-09-03T21:42:36Z
dc.date.issued	1986-02-06
dc.description	In four sessions with Laura Smail, November 1985-February 1986, Barry Trost shares memories and thoughts of his career and time at UW-Madison. Background and early education; Experience in chemistry; Graduate school at MIT; Reasons for coming to UW; Techniques and instruments of synthetic chemistry; Chemistry Department; Project to produce organic metals; Other research projects; Issues in chemistry research; Patents and role of WARF; Importance of federal grants; Impact of Legislature and governors on decline of UW; Theoretical Chemistry Institute; Drawbacks of unionization in higher education. Interview conducted for inclusion in the UW-Madison Oral History Program.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/66485
dc.subject	federal grants	en
dc.subject	unions	en
dc.subject	Theoretical Chemistry Institute	en
dc.subject	WARF	en
dc.subject	chemistry research	en
dc.subject	Chemistry Department	en
dc.title	Oral History Interview: Barry Trost (0319)	en
dc.type	Other	en