{"id":36813,"date":"2024-06-17T08:44:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T12:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=36813"},"modified":"2024-06-17T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T12:44:11","slug":"fearn-hoffmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/fearn-hoffmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum Thanks His Chemistry Professor\u201440 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">A program typically geared toward current students offered a way for Jeff Fearn \u201982 to connect with Nobelist Roald Hoffmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cornell-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bd4d3d78e6eccfd7923d16a91716eea1\"><em>&#8220;Bear Hugs&#8221; celebrates heartwarming stories of Cornellians on the Hill and around the world. Have an idea? Email us at <a href=\"&#109;&#97;&#x69;l&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x63;&#111;&#x72;&#x6e;&#101;&#108;&#x6c;&#105;a&#110;s&#x40;&#x63;&#111;r&#110;ell&#46;&#101;&#x64;&#117;\">&#x63;&#111;r&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;ia&#x6e;&#115;&#x40;&#99;&#111;r&#x6e;&#x65;&#108;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#101;&#x64;&#x75;<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was adapted from <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2024\/06\/ctis-thank-professor-program-connects-alum-professor-40-years-later\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>a feature<\/em><\/a><em> in the <\/em>Cornell Chronicle<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Carolyn Keller<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">There\u2019s no due date on gratitude\u2014even if four decades have passed. Jeff Fearn \u201982 had always meant to thank chemistry professor <a href=\"https:\/\/chemistry.cornell.edu\/roald-hoffmann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roald Hoffmann<\/a> for the impact his teaching had on his life and career. He just didn\u2019t expect the opportunity to arrive four decades later, via an email newsletter from the University.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That email mentioned the Thank a Professor program, which the <a href=\"https:\/\/teaching.cornell.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Teaching Innovation<\/a> (CTI) offers in the final weeks of each fall and spring semester\u2014allowing students to write anonymous notes of gratitude to faculty who have impacted their learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Thank a Professor is typically aimed at current students, there\u2019s nothing stopping alumni from participating. So Fearn\u2014who calls Hoffmann \u201cthe best college teacher I\u2019ve ever had\u201d\u2014sat down to write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\u201cDear Dr. Hoffmann, this thanks is a bit late, 40+ years in fact,&#8221; Fearn typed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I took PChem when you taught the course (in the \u201979\u201380 year I believe) \u2026 I credit your approach and your class for turning around my academic career and continuing on with my successful scientific endeavors. I have strived to follow the same philosophy during my career, whether helping others learn the ropes or solving problems. Thank you very much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a sophomore in fall 1979, Fearn had enrolled in Hoffmann\u2019s physical chemistry course, required for his biochemistry major in CALS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Fearn in the 1982 yearbook.\" class=\"wp-image-36817 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/Jeff-CU-82-Yearbook-Pic-A-100x125.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Fearn&#8217;s senior portrait. <em>(Provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a course with as many as 100 students, Fearn recalls, Hoffmann made each person feel he was having an individual conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like \u2018I\u2019m the professor,\u2019\u201d Fearn says. \u201cIt seemed like he was talking to you one on one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it was Hoffmann\u2019s approach to exams that made the biggest impact on Fearn\u2019s life\u2014and future teaching career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t memorize easily,\u201d Fearn admits. \u201cI\u2019d say, \u2018Why memorize it, when you can look it up?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide has-text-align-center is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>It was Hoffmann\u2019s approach to exams that made the biggest impact on Fearn\u2019s life\u2014and future teaching career.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Those struggles made exams even more high-stress than usual. But Hoffmann took a different approach to administering them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He didn\u2019t require students to memorize needed formulas. Of the six total exams, students were allowed to drop their two lowest scores. And to create a calmer space, he\u2019d even lower the room lights a bit and have classical music playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI try to tell the students that [chemistry] is difficult for me, so I understand that it\u2019s difficult for them,\u201d says Hoffmann, who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1981 and is now the Frank H.T. Rhodes Professor Emeritus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Roald Hoffmann teaching in a vintage black and white photo\" class=\"wp-image-36818 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-1264x1580.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/teaching-old101-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>Hoffmann at the chalkboard. <em>(Provided)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>\u201cI try to get them to enter my way of thinking as I prepare a test, just as I try to enter theirs as I prepare to teach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And as Fearn suspected, Hoffmann didn\u2019t just \u201cseem\u201d to be speaking to students one on one\u2014he was actually doing that, while also switching his gaze in the classroom so as not to make any one individual uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe emotional contact is very important for the learning process,\u201d Hoffmann says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the student knows that you care for them and care that they learn, they will respond very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Fearn has spent much of his career in the science and technology sector, he also taught\u2014as a TA at Cornell, as a science and math substitute at a school in Lake Placid, NY, and at a school for youth overcoming disadvantages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the classroom, he thought of Hoffmann, and how he too could use strategies to help students learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, for a short period of time following a test, Fearn\u2019s students could come in, find the right answer for questions they\u2019d missed, and get half-credit for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>If the student knows that you care for them and care that they learn, they will respond very well.<\/p>\n<cite>Professor emeritus <strong>Roald Hoffmann<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor me, that was more learning,\u201d Fearn says. \u201cThat was my way of trying to interpret how [Hoffmann] would do things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now retired, the professor can still be found in his office for a few hours, nearly every day of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI miss the teaching. I am very proud of having been a teacher\u2014I hope that comes across,\u201d he says. \u201cTherefore, something like what I got from Jeff was very sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top: Fearn (left) and Hoffmann in the professor&#8217;s office in Baker Lab. 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