Monday, May 27, 2024
I was one of Mr. Arnold‘s students at Roy Hart. Taking his high school chemistry class as a sophomore truly changed the trajectory of my life for the better. He offered the University of Wisconsin freshman College chemistry course the next school year, which I took. it helped me make a decision to become a chemistry major at SUNY Buffalo.
I would’ve found it very difficult to pay for a college education without Mr. Arnold‘s recommendation for a paid summer internship at FMC. Neither of my parents had a college degree and they did not have the funds to send me.
I worked at FMC full-time for two years after college. When the Middleport R&D facility moved to Princeton, I was accepted to Columbia for an MBA in marketing. I was a teaching assistant in the organic chemistry lab at Barnard College, which greatly helped with living costs. After graduation. I had a very satisfying career at Dupont Pharma, and later at Pfizer .
Both our daughters took AP chemistry in high school. Our older daughter got a PhD in biogeochemistry in 2020. She is now a post doc at Duke and would like to get an academic position. Mr. Arnolds influence led to two generations of women entering STEM Fields. I will forever be in Mr. Arnold‘s debt for what his teaching led to in my life. I sent a letter with some of this information in 2021. I hope that he shared it with his wife and children. My deepest condolences.
