The first lecture is for a general audience.
All lectures are open to the public.
In 1995, he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone. A native of Delaware, Ohio, Professor Rowland received his B.A. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and M. S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago. He taught at Princeton University and the University of Kansas before joining the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, in 1964. He is an elected member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences, for which he is currently the Foreign Secretary, and has served as president and chairman of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His numerous international honors and awards include seven honorary doctorates of science and of laws, the Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, and the Roger Revelle Medal of the American Geophysical Union.