Donald L. Showalter is a professor emeritus and former chairman of the department of chemistry at the

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. Born in

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, he attended Saint Xavier High School. Afterwards, he received his bachelor's degree from

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in 1964 and his

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in 1970 from the

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. He spent one year as a research fellow at

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's Radiation Center before moving to UWSP in 1971. For a brief time (1973–1976) he taught at Iowa Western Community College before returning to UWSP, where he would receive many teaching awards, such as the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents Excellence in Teaching Award in 1994. In September 2006 he won the Helen M. Free Award for Public Outreach. In 1988 Showalter became the series demonstrator in a 26-program

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education series by Annenberg/CPB, '' The World of Chemistry'', opposite with series host, Nobel prize winner

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. While Hoffmann introduced a series of concepts and ideas, Showalter provided a series of demonstrations and other visual representations to help students and viewers to better understand the information.

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External links

The World Of Chemistry
a show featuring Showalter's demonstrations.

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