ASU remembers

   

Richard S. Juvet, Jr.

Professor Emeritus, Analytical Chemistry

   

  

Richard Juvet

  

July 20, 2009

Richard S. Juvet, Jr., Ph.D. 78, died on July 20, 2009. He retired after 25 years with ASU as Professor Emeritus (Analytical Chemistry) and also spent 15 years teaching at University of Illinois. Richard received his doctorate from UCLA. In addition to teaching, he conducted research, primarily on gas chromatography, at Cambridge University (England), Ecole Polytechnique (France), University of Vienna and Taiwan University. He was national chairman of the American Chemical Society's Analytical Chemistry Division, a member of the National Academy of Science and national president of Alpha Chi Sigma, the national chemistry fraternity. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn Elthon Juvet, a daughter, three sons and two grandchildren.