Department of Chemistry - Santa Clara University

Alumnus/Alumna Information
Last Name (while at Santa Clara):		Mooney
Last Name (if different now):
First Name:		John
Graduation Year:		1950
E-mail:		HMSUTOPIA@wmconnect.com

Job Information
Job Title and Description:	Retired
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Graduate and Professional Schools, Degrees, Awards
BS. Stanford 1951
Biographical Information
40 years as a chemist in the electonic industry, I worked on materials and processes for photocopiers, solar cells, inkjet printers, solid state microwave devices. Published 20 papers including a invited chapter in 'Annual Review of Material Science'. Founder and vice-president of Photophysics, Inc., 1969-1976. Visiting associate, Cal Tech, 1975- 1976. SRI International, 1976-1992. 14 U.S. patents. 1954-1957, I was an instructor in SCU Chemistry Department. Electronic Materials is an excellent field for chemists. I found that most of that work is done by physicists and engineers who do not understand chemical processing, thus there are many opportunities for inovative R&D. I always worked less than 20 miles from SCU, so was there when much of the Silicon Valley industry evolved.