Oral history interview with Derek Davenport, 2009 Apr. 30

Derek A. Davenport, retired Professor of Chemistry, was born September 23, 1927 in Leicester, England. He talks about school experiences during World War II. Davenport talks about being affiliated with Purdue's Kanpur project in India to teach chemistry. He also talks about his affiliation with the Chemistry Department at Purdue with his laboratory and the experiments conducted with the assistance of his students. He was honored at a symposium during the 22nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in 2001