Dr. George B. Kauffman, emeritus professor of chemistry at California State University, Fresno, last month published his 1,500th article, “Emil Votocek (1872¬1950): A Tribute to the Czech Chemist-Composer-Lexicographer.” The article appeared in the April issue of the Journal of Chemical Education.
Co-authored by international colleagues Frantisek Jursik and Ian D. Rae, Kauffman’s article discusses the personal and professional life of renowned chemist Emil Votocek. Kauffman’s article focuses on the uniqueness of Votocek’s career as a chemist and a musical composer who wrote nearly 60 compositions in a 15-year period.
Votocek was a chemistry professor at the Czech Technical University at Prague (1905-1939) and the cofounder and coeditor of the journal Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications.
Dr. Kauffman is the author or editor of 17 books and is a contributing editor for the Journal of Chemical Education as well as seven other journals.
