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Stephen Arion Monti The University of Texas at Austin |
Personal:
Born: November 23, 1939, Ross, California
Married to Susan Mynarcik
Two children: Mark and Rebecca
Current Positions:
Executive Vice Provost and Professor of Chemistry
The University of Texas at Austin
Administrative Responsibilities:
Advise the Provost in the areas of academic program administration,
institutional policy and procedures, and resource management. Specific
duties include institutional budget development; facilities and capital
project administration; institutional space assignment and facility renovation
management; and tuition policy.
The Executive Vice Provost is an executive officer of The University.
Academic Degrees
| 1961 |
B.S. (Chemistry) The University of California at Berkeley |
| 1964 |
Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Supervisor: George Büchi) |
Administrative Positions
The University of Texas at Austin
| February 2007—Present | Executive Vice Provost |
| September 2006—January 2007 | interim Executive Vice President and Provost |
| June—August 2006 | interim Executive Vice President and Provost designate |
| November 1998—June 2006 | Executive Vice Provost |
| June 1997—October 1998 | Provost ad interim |
| 1986—1997 | Vice Provost |
| 1985—1986 | Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research |
| 1984—1985 | Associate Vice President for Academic Administration |
| 1981—1984 | Associate Vice President for Academic Planning |
| 1974—1981 | Assistant to the President |
| 1981 | Acting Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs |
| 1974 | Organic Division Coordinator, Department of Chemistry |
Academic Positions
| 1979—Present |
Professor of Chemistry |
| 1971—1979 |
Associate Professor of Chemistry The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1967—1971 |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry The University of Texas at Austin |
| 1966—1967 |
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University (with R. B. Woodward) |
| 1964—1967 |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry |
Committees and Other Appointments
| 2003—present | Tuition Policy Advisory Committee, non-voting member |
| 1999—present | University Budget Council |
| 1999—present | University Facilities and Space Council |
| 1999—present | University Initiatives Task Forces |
| 1998—present |
Information Technology Coordinating Council |
| 1993—2002 | Chair, Information Technology Advisory Committee |
| 1993—1997 | Campus Master Planning Committee |
| 1988—1994 | Chair, Research Infrastructure Enhancement Committee |
| 1990 | Coordinating Board Space Standards Advisory Committee |
| 1988 |
Advisory Committee for the Research Assessment Program |
| 1986—1987 | Biological Sciences Feasibility Study Committee |
| 1985—1987 | Chair, Research Administration Study Group |
| 1980—1982 | Chair, Balcones Research Center Commons Building Design Advisory Committee |
| 1979—1983 |
Legal Advisory Committee on Integration in Texas Higher Education, Coordinating Board Texas College and University System |
| 1979—1981 |
Steering Committee, ad hoc Coalition of Colleges |
| 1977—Present | LBJ Symposium Planning Committee |
| 1976—1998 |
Title IX Coordinator |
| 1969—1973 | University Council and Faculty Senate-elected faculty member |
| 1969—1971 | University Council Administrative Committee |
| 1968—1972 | Travis Audubon Society, Board of Directors |
Awards and Honors
| 1975 & 1978 |
Students' Association Teaching Excellence Award |
| 1973 | Outstanding Educator in America |
| 1972 | Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence |
| 1966—1967 | National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow |
| 1963—1964 | Eastman Kodak Scientific Award (MIT) |
| 1961—1964 | National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow |
Honorary and Professional Memberships
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
Alpha Xi Sigma
Phi Lambda Upsilon
American Chemical Society
Research Interests
Synthetic organic chemistry: new synthetic methods, strained
molecules, synthesis and structure elucidation of natural products.
Publications
(scientific journal articles, 1963-84)
1.Buchi, G. ; Manning, R. G. ; Monti, S. A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1963,
85, 1893. "Voacamine."
2.Buchi, G. ; Manning, R.G. ; Monti, S.A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1964,
86, 4631. "Voacamine and Voacorine."
3.Monti, S. A. ; Johnson, W. O. ; White, D. H. Tetrahedron Lett. 1966,
4459. "The Mannich Reaction of Hydroxyindoles."
4.Monti, S.A. J. Org. Chem. 1966, 31, 2669. "The Nenitzescu Condensation
of Ethly 3-Aminocrotonate and 1,4-Benzoquinone."
5.Cason, J. ; Weiss, A. ; Monti, S.A. J. Org. Chem. 1968, 33, 3404.
"Synthesis of Four Methoxy-Substituted 1,8-Naphthalic Anhydrides
and of the Three Monomethyl-1,8-Naphthalic Anhydrides."
-Book Review: Monti, S.A. Rec. Chem. Prog. 1968, 29, 262.
Dunitz, J .D. ; Ibers, J.A. (eds.), "Perspectives in Structural Chemistry,
Volume I."
6.Monti, S.A.; Yuan, S-S. Tetrahedron Lett. 1969, 3627. "The
Synthesis of Tricyclo [3.2.1.03,6] octan-7-one."
7.Monti, S.A. ; Bucheck, D.J. ; Shepard, J.C. J. Org. Chem. 1969, 34
3080. "The Synthesis, Spectral Properties and Chemical Ring
Opening of Tricyclo [3.3.0.02,8] octan-3-one, a Rigid Model for
Unsymmetrical Cyclopropyl Ketone Participation."
8.Monti, S.A. J. Org. Chem. 1970, 35, 380. "A Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Evaluation of Cyclopropyl Participation in Rigid, Tricyclic
Cyclopropyl Ketones."
9.Monti, S.A. ; Johnson, W.O. Tetrahedron 1970 26, 3685. "Position
Selective Mannich Reactions of Some 5- and 6-Hydroxyindoles."
10.Monti, S.A. ; Castillo, Jr., G.D. J. Org. Chem. 1970, 35, 3764.
"The Reverse Mannich Reaction of Some 5-Hydroxyindoles."
11.Monti, S.A. ; Ward, C.K. Tetrahedron Lett. 1971, 697.
"Competitive Migration of sec-Alkyl Groups in the Baeyer-Villiger
Oxidation."
12.Monti, S.A. ; Schmidt III, R.R. Tetrahedron 1971, 27, 3331. "The
Reaction of Indoles with Diborane."
13.Monti, S.A. ; Yaun, S-S. J. Org. Chem. 1971, 36, 3350. "Tricyclo
[3.2.1.03,6 ] octan-7-yl Derivatives. Synthesis, Chemistry and
Solvolytic Studies."
14.Burshnick, E.J. ; Roberts, R.M.; Monti, S.A.; McElwee, D.L.; Gilbert,
J.C. J. Chem. Ed. 1972, 49, 623. "A Safe, Inexpensive Heat Source
for Undergraduate Laboratories.
15.Monti, S.A. ; Schmidt III, R. R.; Shoulders, B.A.; Lochte, H.L. J. Org. Chem.
1972, 37, 3834. :The Structures and Synthesis of Two Dihydropyrindines
Isolated from California Petroleum."
16.Gilbert, J.C. ; Monti, S.A., J. Chem. Ed. 1973, 50, 369. "The Separation
of Ferrocene, Acetylferrocene, and Diacetylferrocene. A Dry-Column
Chromatography Experiment."
17.Padolina, W.G. ; Yoshioka, H. ; Nakatani, N.; Mabry, T. J. ; Monti, S.A.; Davis,
R.E.; Cos, J. ; Sim, G.A. ; Watson, W.H. ; Wu, I.B. Tetrahedron 1974, 30, 1161.
"Glaucolide-A and -B, New Germacranolide-Type Sesquiterpene Lactones
from Vernonica (Compositae)."
18.Harless, J.M. ; Monti, S.A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1974, 96, 'Tricyclo [3.1.1.03,6]
heptane-6-carboxylic acid."
19.Padoline, W.G. ; Nakatani, N. ; Yoshioku, H. ; Mabry, T. J. ; Monti, S.A.,
Phytochemistry 1974, 13, 2225. "Marginatin, A New Germacranolide From
Vernonia Species."
20.Monti, S.A.; McAninch, T.W. Tetrahedron Lett. 1974, 3239. "A Ring
Expansion Route to Cycloheptane Derivatives."
21.Watson, W.H.; Wu, I.B.; Monti, S.A.; Davis, R.E.; Mabry, T.J.; Padolina,
W.G. Cryst. Struct. Comm. 1974, 3, 697. "Dihydrodesacetoxyglaucolide-A,
C21H28O8."
22.Monti, S.A.; White, G.L. J. Org. Chem. 1975, 40, 215. "Intramolecular
Friedel-Crafts Reaction of 3-Cyclohexen-1-acetyl Chloride and Its
4-Methyl Analogue."
23.Monti, S.A.; Cowherd, F.G.; McAninch, T.W. J. Org. Chem. 1975, 40,
858. "Thermal Rearrangement of Trimethylsilyl Enol Ethers of Cyclopropyl
Methyl Ketones. A Cyclopentanone Annelation Procedure."
-Book Review: Monti, S.A. J. Chem. Ed. 1975, 52, A359. Pizey,
J.S. 'Synthetic Reagents, Volume 1" Halsted Press, New York, NY, 1974.
24.Monti, S.A.; Harless, J.M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 2690. "Synthesis
of Tricyclo [3.1.1.03,6] heptan-6-yl Derivatives."
25.Larsen, S.D.; Monti, S.A. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1977, 99, 8015. "Total
Synthesis of Racemic a-trans- and a- cis- Bergamotene and a-Pinene."
26.Monti, S.A.; Larson, S. D. J. Org. Chem. 1978, 43, 2282. 'Total Synthesis
of Racemic a-Santalene and of Racemic Teresantalic Acid."
27.Monti, S.A.; Chen, S-C; Yang, Y-L; Bourgeois, O.P. J. Org. Chem. 1978,
43, 4062. "Rearrangement Approaches to Polycyclic Skeletons.
1. Bridgehead-Stubstituted Bicyclo [3.2.1] octene Derivatives from
Bicyclo [2.2.2] octene Precursors."
28.Larsen, S.D.; Monti, S.A. Synthetic Commun. 1979, 9, 141. "A
Stereoselective Approach to Juvabione."
29.Monti, S.A.; Yang, Y-L. J. Org. Chem. 1979, 44, 897. "Stereoselective
Total Synthesis of Racemic Stachenone."
30.Monti, S.A.; Chen, S-C J. Org. Chem. 1979, 44, 1170. "Rearrangment
Approaches to Polycyclic Skeletons. 2. Synthesis of the Gibberellin
Skeleton."
31.Monti, S.A.; Dean, T.R. J. Org. Chem. 1982, 47, 2679. "An Approach
to the Quadrone Skeleton via a Tandem Aldol-Pinacol."
32.Kang, S.H.; Monti, S.A. J. Org. Chem. 1984, 49, 3830. "Revised Structure
of Zizanol."
