Dr. Michael McGinnis Honored by Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown College Presents Distinguished Honor to Local Professor During Homecoming Weekend

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ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (11/04/2009)(readMedia)-- At Elizabethtown College Homecoming Weekend, The O. F. Stambaugh Chemistry Alumni Award was presented to Dr. Michael McGinnis '92.

After earning his bachelor's degree in chemistry, Mike went on to graduate school at the University of Tennessee. He then started his teaching career as an instructor at the University of Tennessee and, from there, went on to become a faculty member at the Georgia College and State University.

Currently, Mike is a member of the faculty at North Georgia College and State University, holds the rank of professor, and serves as head of the Department of Chemistry. During his career, he has been involved in many outreach programs, ranging from presenting classroom demonstrations to organizing state-wide science bowl competitions. After receiving his B.S. degree in Chemistry from Elizabethtown College in 1992, he attended the University of Tennessee where he obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (1997). His research interests include molecular modeling, microwave assisted alkyl halide reactions and chirality of sodium chlorate and sodium bromate.

In addition, Mike has published a textbook on learning chemistry, received teaching awards in the Georgia state system, supervised the research of numerous undergraduate students, and seen much of that work presented at local and national meetings.

McGinnis lives in Dahlonega,with his wife, Maryann (Lampart) McGinnis, who is also a graduate of Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. Mike spends his free time with his wife and three children.

Elizabethtown College, in southeastern Pennsylvania, is a private coed college with degrees in liberal arts, fine and performing arts, science and engineering, business, communications and education. The hallmarks of an Elizabethtown education are academic rigor, high expectations and intellectual curiosity. Our faculty members are teacher-scholars, pursuing their academic areas of expertise while sharing that expertise with students.