Malcolm Harold Chisholm

Dear Prof. Chisholm,

You were a Guru and a great mentor to me. Please keep up the fabulous work to help minorities like me in Heaven. There are so many road blocks in my life, and you helped me to overcome them. We need more mentors like you on Earth.
Alvin

Every year since I first took the position of Undergraduate Administrator in Princeton University's Department of Chemistry, it was my great pleasure to write an annual letter of appreciation to Professor Chisholm for the award he established for outstanding undergraduate senior achievement in inorganic chemistry. Each time a letter was sent describing the recipient, his/her research and campus involvement, and personality, Professor Chisholm acknowledge receipt with a special message via...

So sad to hear about the passing of a Gentle Giant. My family sends our condolences.

Alvin, Denise, and Asoni Holder
The people of the Caribbean

May the love of friends and family carry you through your grief.

I was deeply saddened to learn of Professor Chisholm's passing. I believe I was one of his first post- doctoral fellows at Princeton University. In February 1978 we began our work together after he invited myself and a colleague to his home for breakfast with his wife and son upon our arrival. This is the kind of welcoming and genuine concern and openness he had for his students that I saw throughout my tenure having made the move to Indiana University in August 1978-August 1980. I didn't...

I was privileged to be a post-doc with Malcolm from 1997-99. He was an incredibly kind and decent man and a brilliant scientist. I will miss him terribly.

I had the distinct privilege of being Malcolm's personal assistant from 2001-2005 in the Department of Chemistry. He was the most kind and considerate, generous boss I've ever worked for and a gentleman of the highest order. His passing is a great loss for his family, friends and the Chemistry community. Rest in Peace, my good friend.

I was one of the chemo nurses who cared for Malcolm during his treatments, and am grateful for the times when I was able to sit and talk with him, mostly about music and England, as I grew up in Leeds during the sixties, coming to the States in 1968 and to the O.S.U. James in 2000. Even during his rough times he never complained and seemed to minimize his situation. He held a special place in the hearts of all the staff who got to know him and he will be missed.It seems like his life was rich...