The Union College Chemistry Department, certified by the American Chemical Society, offers small classes and laboratory settings. Our faculty members are dedicated teachers with a wide range of expertise in everything from organic and inorganic chemistry to analytical, forensic and environmental chemistry.

Funding and other support for the digitization of Union College Chemistry Department theses from 1924-2007 provided by Betsy and John Nickles (Class of 1960) in memory of James Emmons Anderson (Class of 1960).
Anderson (1938-2016) graduated from Union with a B.S. in chemistry, earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and worked at the Ford Motor Company's Research Laboratory for 37 years. He authored many scientific articles and holds numerous U.S. patents.