John P. Simons papers, 1985-1996

John P. Simons was born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1945. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Case Insitute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1970, he earned his Ph.D in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin. From 1970 to 1971 he was at the Massachusetts Insitute Technology as a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. Simons began his career at the University of Utah as a Visiting Assitant Professor in the Chemistry Department in 1971. He later became a permament Assistant Professor in 1972. Simons was appointed Chair of the Chemistry Department in 1986 and served in that position until 1988. He would continue to be professor of Chemistry until his retirement in 2011 when he became a Professor Emeritus. His area of expertise was in theoretical chemistry.