Harold M. McNair. The Seventh Horizon.

Henry, Michael P.

Resumo: This paper is a brief account of my 35-year friendship with Harold and Marijke McNair. It was a chance meeting with Harold that resulted in the total refocusing of my career in chemistry. Concurrent with that, several decisions were made that changed completely the lives of my wife and two daughters. I write of my experiences in Harold’s lab at Virginia Tech and subsequently his support of several successful job applications in the USA that transformed my life as a chemist and in many other ways. My varied career in chemistry can be characterized in one way by a series of broad horizons that fortuitously opened up to me and maintained my fascination with this science over many decades. My first meeting with Harold was the seventh horizon.