Steven S. Zumdahl
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
Steven S. Zumdahl received his B.S. (with Honors) from Wheaton College (Illinois) in 1964 and was awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1968 from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He was a faculty member at the University of Colorado in Boulder from 1968-1974. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at UIUC from 1974-1976 and then was an instructor at Parkland College (Champaign) until 1978. He returned to the University of Illinois in 1978 where he served as a Professor, the Associate Head of Chemistry and then as the Director of General Chemistry until his retirement in 2003.
Publications
Professor Zumdahl has written several widely-used textbooks:
Steven S. Zumdahl and Susan L. Zumdahl, Chemistry, 6th Edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2003
Steven S. Zumdahl, Introductory Chemistry, 5th Edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2003
Steven S. Zumdahl, Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation 5th Edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2003
Steven S. Zumdahl, Basic Chemistry, 4th Edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2003
Steven S. Zumdahl, Basic Chemistry: An Alternate Edition, 5th Edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2003
Steven S. Zumdahl, Chemical Principles, 4th Edition, Houghton-Mifflin, 2002
Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan L. Zumdahl and Donald J. DeCoste, World of Chemistry, Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Steven S. Zumdahl, Solving Equilibrium Problems with Applications to Qualitative Analysis, Houghton-Mifflin, 1989
Awards
- National Catalyst Award (1994) for his contributions to chemical education
- University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Teaching
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Award for Distinguished Teaching
- Alpha Lambda Delta Teaching Award (twice)
- School of Chemical Sciences Teaching Award (5 times)
