Abstract
Albert C. Zettlemoyer, 75, president of the American Chemical Society in 1981 and former Lehigh University provost and vice president, died Jan. 27 in Bethlehem, Pa. Well known as a surface and colloid chemist, Zettlemoyer reportedly was still doing research until two weeks ago at Sinclair Laboratory—a Lehigh building for which he led fund-raising two decades ago. Zettlemoyer began his association with Lehigh by earning a B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 1936 and an M.S. degree in 1938. He received a Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1941, and then joined Armstrong Cork as a research chemist. Soon after, he returned to Lehigh as an instructor. In 1950, he became a full prof essor, and in 1983 Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. His activities at Lehigh ranged from directing research projects and teaching to starting a surface chemistry lab to work on active magnesia catalysts for the World War ...
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