Peter Y. Johnson, Meetings and Invited Talks
l. Seventh Middle Atlantic American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 2/l4/72: (a) "The Synthesis and Photolysis of N t Butyl 3,3,5,5 Tetramethyl 4,
Piperidone, and N t Butyl 2,2,5,5 Tetramethyl 3,4 Piperidinedione," I. C. Jacobs and
P. Y. Johnson: (b) "The Reformatsky Reaction of Ethyl a-Bromo isobutyrate and
Bis(Chloromethyl) Ether A Complete Product Study," J. Zitsman and P. Y. Johnson.
2. Conference on Carcinogenesis and Cancer Biology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital School of
Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 5/72: "Research Pertaining to Cancer
Related Problems."
3. Fifth Northeast American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Rochester, New York,
l0/l7/73: (a) "Photochemical Formation of b Lactams from 2 Acyl Pyrazolidin 3 one,"
C. E. Hatch and P.Y. Johnson: b) "The Synthesis and Reactions of 6 Alkoxytetrahydro
5,5-dimethlyl-l,3 oxazines: A New Class of Useful Reaction Intermediates," P. Y. Johnson,
I. Jacobs and B. Davis.
4. Ninth Middle Atlantic American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Wilkes Barre,
Pennsylvania, 4/24/74: (a) "The Photolysis of 3,3,6,6 Tetramethyl 1 Thia Cycloheptane 5
acetoxy 4 one and Related Systems," P. Y. Johnson and B. Berman; (b) "Transannular
Interactions in the Acyloin Reaction," P. Y. Johnson and M. A. Priest.
5. Invited talk before the Chemical Society of Washington D. C., 5/9/74: "The Synthesis and
Reactions of 6-alkoxytetrahydro- 1,3 Oxazines A New Class of Antineoplastic".
6. Sixth Northeast American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, 9/l9/74:
"The Syntheses and Reactions of 6 Alkoxytetrahydro l,3 oxazines and Related Molecules,"
P. Y. Johnson.
7. l68th National American Chemical Society Meeting, Atlantic City, New Jersey 9/l2/74: "The
Acyloin Reaction A New Route to Bicyclic Systems," P. Y. Johnson and M. A. Priest.
8. 26th Southeastern American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia, 9/23/74:
(a) "A Model for the Photochemical Formation of 6 Aza Penicillin Isomers," C. E. Hatch
and P. Y. Johnson; (b) "Synthesis of 6-Alkoxytetra hydro l,3 oxazines A New Class of
Antineoplastics," P. Y. Johnson.
9. 30th Southwestern American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Houston, Texas, l2/l0/74:
"Cycloaddition Reactions: An Approach to 7 Oxocephalosporin and 6 Oxopenicillin
Systems," J. W. Caldwell and P. Y. Johnson.
l0. l69th National American Chemical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4/9/75: "A
Model for the Photochemical Formation of 7 Aza and Related Systems," P. Y. Johnson and
C. E. Hatch.
ll. The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 5/8/75: "The History of a Research
Project. The Chemistry of Hindered Systems: A Little S and a Little O, and a Lot of N."
l2. 27th Southeastern 3lst Southwestern American Chemical Society Regional Meeting,
Memphis, Tennessee, l0/29/75: "The Formation of b Lactams from Pyrazolidin 3 ones:
Approaches to Penicillin and Cephalosporin Analogues," P. Y. Johnson, C. E. Hatch
and N. R. Schmuff.
l3. The University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, ll/l2/75: "Model Studies for the Syntheses
of 6 Aza Penicillin and 7 Aza Cephalosporin Isomers."
l4. The University of Maryland, College Park Maryland, 2/3/76: "The Acyloin Reaction Studies
of Multifunctional Molecules."
l5. Tenth Middle Atlantic American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 2/25/76: (a) "Transannular Interactions in the Acyloin Reaction. The
Effect of Ring Size," P. Y. Johnson and M. A. Priest; (b) "Transannular Interactions in
the Acyloin Reaction. Interactions with Substituted Olefins," P. Y. Johnson and M. A. Priest;
(c) "The Acyloin Reaction. An Approach to Azacycloheptanes," P. Y. Johnson and
D. J. Kerkman.
l6. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 3/3/76: "Approaches to b Lactam
Synthesis."
l7. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 6/30/76: "Approaches to b Lactam Chemistry.
l8. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 7/6/76: "Synthesis of Penicillin like Molecules."
l9. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, ll/5/76: "A Nitrene Approach to the
Synthesis of Azetidin 2 ones"
20. l976 Pacific Conference on Chemistry and Spectroscopy, Phoenix, Arizona, ll/8/76:
"Sesquiterpene Isonitriles."
2l. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, ll/l0/76: "Approaches to the Syntheses of Penicillin
like Molecules."
22. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, ll/27/76: "Approaches to the Syntheses of
Penicillin like Molecules."
23. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, ll/l8/76: "Approaches to the Syntheses of
Penicillin like Molecules."
24. Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, l2/2/76: "The Syntheses of b Lactam Containing
Systems."
25. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 2/3/77: "The Syntheses of b Lactam Containing
Systems."
26. Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 2/l6/77: "New Approaches to b lactam Containing Systems."
27. llth Middle Atlantic American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Newark, Delaware,
4/22/77: "Ring Contraction Approaches to b Lactam and l Amido b Lactam Systems,"
P. Y. Johnson, N. Mills and A. Ahsan.
28. International Symposium of the Chemistry of Strained Rings, Binghamton, New York,
5/28/77: "Ring Contraction Approaches to Ring Fused l Amido b Lactam Systems,"
P. Y. Johnson, N. Mills
29. llth Great Lakes American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Stevens Point, Wisconsin,
6/8/77: "Ring Contraction Approaches to Ring Fused l Amido Azetidin 2 one Systems,"
P. Y. Johnson, N. Mills and A. Ahsan.
30. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, 7/l8/77: "Approaches to beta
Lactam Chemistry."
3l. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 9/l9/77: "Ring Contraction Approaches to beta
Lactam Containing Systems.
32. University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, l0/7/77: "Approaches to Penicillin
like Molecules."
33. Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, l0/3l/77: "The Chemistry of
b Lactams."
34. Illinois State University, Bloomington, Illinois, ll/l8/77: "A Little O, A Little S, and a Lot of
N The History of a Research Project.
35. Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2/3/78: "Approaches to Penicillin like Systems."
36. Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois, 2/l0/78: "Some Approaches to Penicillin
like Molecules."
37. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 3/2/78: "The Acyloin Reaction of Multifunctional
Molecules."
38. Monsanto Chemical Company Lecture Series on Photochemistry, 3/3/78: "Photochemical
Approaches to the Synthesis of Natural Products."
39. Central Great Lakes American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana,
5/25/78: (a) "The Acyloin Reaction An Approach to Hydroindane and Decalin Systems,"
P. Y. Johnson, M. Priest, and N. Mills; (b) "Approaches to 3,4 Ring Fused 1 Amido Azetidin
2 one Systems," P. Y. Johnson.
40. Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois, 2/8/79: "Penicillin like Molecules."
4l. l979 Great Lakes American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Rockford, Illinois, 6/6/79:
"Photo and Thermochemical Rearrangements of 1 Thia and 1 Aza Cycloheptane
Systems." (Organic Session Director for meeting.)
42. Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, ll/30/79: "The History of a Research Project."
43. l4th Great Lakes American Chemical Society Regional Meeting, Macomb, Illinois, 6/4/80:
"An Acyloin ene Reaction Approach to Bicyclic Synthons," P. Y. Johnson and B. Wu.
44. Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois, l0/l7/80: "The History of a Research Project.
A Little O, A Little S, and a Lot of N."
45. l980 Southeast/Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society,
New Orleans, Louisiana, l2/l0/80: "Synthesis of Amine Derivatives of Phencyclidine,"
P. Y. Johnson, R. Pan and J. Q. Wen.
46. l83rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, 5/2/82:
"Synthesis of Amine Derivatives of Phencyclidine," P. Y. Johnson and J. Q. Wen.
47. l4th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Midland, Michigan,
6/l8/82: "The Acyloin Ene Reaction: An Approach to Hydroindane Axisonitrile."
48. Director of Organic Division, l6th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the ACS, Normal,
Illinois, June 7, l982.
49. l5th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Miami of Ohio,
5/23/83: "Approaches to Axisonitrile."
50. AMC Computer Science Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2/14/84: "Representing
Chemical Knowledge in a Logic Bases System."
51. The l984 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, University of
Hawaii, l2/l7/84: "An Expert System of Organic Synthesis That Can Do Deep Reasoning,"
M. Evens, T. Wang, P. Y. Johnson.
52. National American Chemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, 9/85: "Using a Theorem Prover
in the Design of Organic Syntheses," T. Wang, I. Burnstein, M. Corbett, S. Ehrlich,
M. Evens, A. Gough, and P. Y. Johnson. (abstract included)
53. *Keynote speaker, Thornridge High School Academic Awards Program, Thornridge, IL,
9,25,1986: "Pick Your Own Course And Be The Best You Can."
54. *Participant, DuPage-Kane County 1st Annual Gifted Student Educational Fair:
"Gifted High School Students in a College Setting - The IIT Experience," 10/14/86.
55. AAAS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2/14/87: "Synthesis of Heteroaromatic Phencyclidine
Analogues," P. Egofske, P. Y. Johnson.
56. The First Annual Meeting of the Midwest Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
Society, U. of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 4/24/87: "Conformational Analysis using ROTAMER,
An Expert System," T. Koschmann, M. Evens, and P.Y. Johnson.
57. 21st Great Lakes Regional Meeting, American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, 6/12/87:
"The Synthesis of Heteroaryl Phencyclidine Analogues," P. Egofske, P. Y. Johnson.
58. 2nd US-France International Seminar on "Sigma Opioid Phencyclidine Compounds as
Molecular Probes in Biology", Ann Arbor, MI, 7/2/87: "Spacer-arm PCP Analogues,"
P. Egofske, P.Y. Johnson.
59. 39th Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL,
11/4/87: "Organic Spacer-arm Derivatives of PCP," P .Y. Johnson and P. Egofske.
60. 196th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Los Angeles, CA, 28/9/1988:
"An Expert System for Organic Synthesis: The Need for Strategic Planning,"
P.Y.Johnson, I. Burnstein, J. Crary, M. Evens, and T. Wang.
61. The Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) and the American Conference
of Academic Deans (ACAD), Williamsburg, VA, 6/18/89: "Special Programs Workshops."
62. TECH EXPO and Conference 1990, 10/2/90, Chicago, IL.
63. NACA Wisconsin Regional Conference, Stevens Point, WI, 5/11,1991.
64. Illinois State Board of Education, Multicultural Education: Programs and Strategies for
Action, Springfield, IL, 5/1/1991.
65. NACA ILLIANA Regional Conference, South Bend, IN, 1/5/92.
66. General Superintendent's Roundtable Breakfast, "A-B-Cs of Education,"
2/28/92, Chicago, IL.
67. NACA ILLIANA Regional Conference, Peoria, IL, 1/5/93.