Chemistry

Chemistry Emeriti

Chemistry Emeriti and current full time faculty

Our Chemistry Emeriti and current full time faculty met a few summers ago. Left to right: Dr. Richard Grow, Dr. Julie Bryson, Dr. Mike Ansell, Mr. Jack Healey, Dr. Art Deleray, Ms. Adeliza Flores, Mr. Jim Adams. Jim was the primary lab technician and lab manual author at LPC for 27+ years. The others represent all of the tenured full time faculty in Las Positas College Chemistry history. The Department was founded in 1975 by Jack Healey.

Adeliza Flores

Traveling Chemistry Professor

M.S. in Physical Organic Chemistry from San Francisco State University
B.S. in Physics. from U.C. Davis

Courses: Chemistry 1A, 1B, 30A, 30B, and 31

Arthur L. Deleray, Ph.D.

Emeritus Chemistry Professor

Dr. Art Deleray, respected Chemistry faculty and colleague, passed away in June 2017. Art began his teaching career at Chabot College before coming to Las Positas College soon after it opened as the Valley Campus in 1975. A beloved teacher, Art was known for his youthful enthusiasm for chemistry and teaching chemistry to students. With the help of his other chemistry colleagues, he is to be credited for creating a rigorous General Chemistry program at LPC and developing a laboratory curriculum consisting of classic experiments that still continue to be relevant and fun for students today. Art retired from Las Positas College in 2002. Art was survived by his two son, their families, and many grandchildren. Even after retirement, Art was a constant presence during the LPC Major's Faire, continuing to excite students about chemistry at Las Positas College. An avid tennis player and fan, Art traveled the world for the opportunity to watch tennis opens in various countries. He will be missed.

B.S., University of California, Berkeley
M.S.E., Princeton University
M.A., Princeton University
Ph.D., Princeton University

Jim Adams

Science Education Technician

Jim supported the Chemistry and Biology Programs for 27 years before "retiring" in 2005. Jim currently is the lead volunteer at the Granada Native Gardens in Livermore.

email: jadams@laspositascollege.edu

Juliette A. Bryson, Ph.D.

Emeritus Chemistry Professor

Dr. Bryson has retired, but correspondence can be relayed through the department coordinator

B.A., Clarke College, 1966
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1971
Courses: Chemistry 1A, 1B, 12A, 12B, 30A, 30B, 31

Jack Healey

Emeritus Chemistry Professor

Jack came over from Chabot College to be the founding member of the LPC Chemistry Department starting from the first day at the Valley Campus in Livermore in 1975.

Jack passed away in Sept 2020.

Jack's senior softball team won the 2006 National Championship! They beat a team from Delaware in the finals in Seattle.
Brentwood, CA

MS in Chemistry from Stanford University

BS in Chemistry from Iowa State Teacher's College (now Univ. of Northern Iowa)

Taught Chemistry at LPC from 1975-1992.

Richard Grow, Ph.D.

Emeritus Chemistry Professor, Retired Summer 2021