Jack Gilbert was a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Natural Sciences.  Educated at the University of Wyoming (B.S.) and Yale University (M.S., Ph.D.), he joined the faculty in 1965.  His research interests were in organic chemistry, with special emphasis on synthetic methodology and reactive intermediates.  He is extremely proud of the graduate and undergraduate students he has mentored during his career and is pleased that their discoveries in research have resulted in a useful chemical reagent being named after him.  Jack received the Advisory Council Teaching Excellence Award for the 2002–2003 academic year.

During his tenure at UT Austin, he held several administrative positions and served on a number of committees at all levels of the university.  He chaired the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and was interim chair of the Department of Human Ecology.  He also chaired the Faculty Council and the Faculty Building Advisory Committee, among others.  Jack is currently Professor Emeritus at UT Austin and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Santa Clara University, where he chaired the department for six years, after which he served as interim chair of the Department of Sociology for three years.

When not focusing on his academic responsibilities, he enjoys opera, theater, travel, and wine, and fancies himself something of an amateur apiarist.  He and his wife Lucia are in a research project focusing on women who are lead winemakers and have developed a website (www.womenwinemakers.com) that engenders their work.  Lucia was formerly a Professor of Educational Psychology and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies at UT Austin and is now Professor Emerita at Santa Clara University. She and Jack reside in San Jose, CA, where visits by friends and former colleagues are most welcome!