Francis A. Carey is a native of Pennsylvania, educated
in the public schools of Philadelphia, at Drexel Univer￾sity (B.S. in chemistry, 1959), and at Penn State (Ph.D.
1963). Following postdoctoral work at Harvard and mil￾itary service, he joined the chemistry faculty of the Uni￾versity of Virginia in 1966.
With his students, Professor Carey has published
over 40 research papers in synthetic and mechanistic
organic chemistry. He is coauthor (with Richard J. Sund￾berg) of Advanced Organic Chemistry, a two-volume
treatment designed for graduate students and advanced
undergraduates, and (with Robert C. Atkins) of Organic
Chemistry: A Brief Course, an introductory text for the
one-semester organic course.
Since 1993, Professor Carey has been a member
of the Committee of Examiners of the Graduate Record
Examination in Chemistry. Not only does he get to par￾ticipate in writing the Chemistry GRE, but the annual
working meetings provide a stimulating environment for
sharing ideas about what should (and should not) be
taught in college chemistry courses.
Professor Carey’s main interest shifted from
research to undergraduate education in the early 1980s.
He regularly teaches both general chemistry and organic
chemistry to classes of over 300 students. He enthusi￾astically embraces applications of electronic media to
chemistry teaching and sees multimedia presentations as
the wave of the present.
Frank and his wife Jill, who is a teacher/director
of a preschool and a church organist, are the parents of
three grown sons and the grandparents of Riyad and
Ava.