John Charles Cochran

John Charles Cochran, Professor of Chemistry at Colgate from 1966 received the Phi Eta Sigma Teacher of the Year Award in 1987, and the Sidney J. and Florence Felton French Teaching Award in 1999. 

Professor Cochran served multiple terms as Chair of the Department of Chemistry and was Acting Associate Dean of Students from 1976 to 1978. A champion of faculty-student collaborative research, he was elected in 1994 to the first of two terms as a Councilor for the Chemistry Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research-a national professional organization that encourages the development of research programs at undergraduate institutions. He served as Colgate's Coordinator for Undergraduate Research from 1991 to 1994 and 1998-1999. 

Professor Cochran has been a tireless mentor, friend, and inspiration to 101 research students in his 35 years at Colgate, and he has published some 15 articles with student co-authors. For these efforts and for his support of the Colgate Journal of the Sciences for literally decades, we dedicate this edition of the CJS to Professor Cochran.