As a part of this celebration, a science symposium will be presented by nine of these students, who, collectively, represent classes from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Each of the speakers will give a 30-minute presentation describing his current scientific work.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Henderson came to Eastern from Montana in 1966 at the age of 23. In the early 1970s, he took time off and, in just two years, completed his doctorate degree at Indiana University. A five-time Faculty Excellence Award recipient at Eastern, he was named Distinguished Professor in 1996. According to Richard Keiter, a fellow EIU chemistry professor, Giles pushed and pulled students to levels beyond those they thought attainable. During his 34 years at Eastern, many of Henderson's students did research with him, resulting in numerous publications of significance.