Marvin Carmack passed away July 6, 2010. Professor Carmack completed his A.B. Honors degree at the University of Illinois with a major in Organic Chemistry in 1937. He then enrolled in graduate studies with a major in Organic Chemistry at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). He completed the requirements for the M.S. degree in 1939 and the Ph. D. in 1940. Dr. Carmack returned to the University of Illinois in 1940-41 for postdoctoral research. In the fall of 1941, he joined the faculty of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. In addition to his teaching organic chemistry, Professor Carmack was the Official Investigator for the three years during World War II of a contract between the University of Pennsylvania and the U. S. Office of Research and Development.

Professor Carmack began his tenure at Indiana University in 1958 where he remained for the rest of his career, retiring in 1983. Following his retirement, Professor Carmack continued to follow research progress in natural products and sulfur chemistry and to write essays on scientific subjects.