Arie Leegwater, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Office: 267 North Hall
Phone: (616)526-
6373
Fax: (616)526-6501
Email: leeg@calvin.edu
Education
- Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Organic Chemistry, 1967
Thesis:Steric Effects in Organic Chemistry
Advisor:Professor Melvin Spencer Newman
- B.A. Calvin College, 1962
Professional History
- Calvin College , 1978-present, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
- Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea, Spring 2008, Visiting Professor, Global Leadership School
- University of Leeds , UK , 2000, Visiting Scholar, School of Philosophy and History of Science
- University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1985, Visiting Scholar, History of Science Department
- University of California-Davis, 1977-78, National Endowment for the Humanities College Fellow-in-Residence, Philosophy Department
- Trinity Christian College , Palos Heights, IL, 1969-77, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Free University of Amsterdam, 1967–1969, Postdoctoral Associate, Central Interfaculty
Courses
- Chem 262: Organic Chemistry (Summer)
Research Interests
My current research interests include the dynamic interrelationships between chemistry and physics during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the interaction of science and religion, and the philosophy of chemistry. I have been science editor for the Christian Scholar’s Review, coordinator for a Calvin College Center for Christian Scholarship research team on responsible technology, participant in the John Templeton Oxford Seminars on Science and Christianity ( University of Oxford), and 2005-6 ARIHE lecturer. At present I am editor of Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, the journal of the American Scientific Affiliation (www.asa3.org)
Publications
Responsible Technology: A Christian Perspective (coauthor), Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI, 1986,
“The Development of Wilhelm Ostwald’s Chemical Energetics,” Centaurus, 1986,
“Reijer Hooykaas (1906-1994: A Modern Advocate for Philosophia Libra,” Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith, 1996
“Telling the Story of Science and Religion: A Nuanced Account,” British Journal for History of Science,1996
“Nationalizing Science: Adolphe Wurtz and the Battle for French Chemistry,” Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, 2002
"Charles A. Coulson: Mixing Methodism and Quantum Chemistry" in Nicolaas Rupke, ed., Eminent Lives in Twentieth-Century Science-and-Religion, Peter Lang: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2007
