Emeritus professor devotes life to research chemistry

Ian Clift/Summer Reporter LOVE AND CHEMISTRY: Herbert Brown, Professor emeritus of chemistry, holds the book, bought by his future wife Sarah Baylen Brown, that started a research career that has spanned more than 60 years.

By Ian Clift
Summer Reporter

Herbert Brown's wife, Sarah, wrote in his yearbook, "To a future Nobel Laureate," 45 years later, in 1979, he won the Nobel Prize.

Herbert Brown, namesake of the Brown Laboratory of Chemistry, was born in London in 1912; the son of a cabinetmaker who moved to America when Brown was only two

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Dragon boat race to take place on river as part of festival

Photo courtesy of Chuck Weis ROW YOUR BOAT: Area businesses and residents will be racing down the Wabash as part of the first Riverfest celebration on Aug. 25.

Next month, dragons will take over the Wabash River as part of the Riverfest activities.

There will be two 40 foot boats — one red, the other green and both complete with dragon heads — that hold 21 people, including a drummer, who will race up the river for 300 meters, ending at Myers Pedestrian Bridge.

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Former student acquitted of charges

A former Purdue student was acquitted on Wednesday on three out of four drug-related felony counts after citing entrapment as a defense.

Howe Kian Wan, 27, was found not guilty of dealing Ecstasy, not guilty of possessing Ecstasy and not guilty of dealing Liquid G.

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Former student acquitted of charges

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Student walks to raise funds

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