• Request Info
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give
  • Request Info
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give

Search

  • A-Z Index
  • Map

Chemistry

  • About
    • Student Organizations
    • Connect With Us
    • Careers With Us
    • Employee/Student Travel Request
  • Undergraduate Students
    • Majors and Minors
    • First Year Students
    • Undergraduate Research
    • Summer Programs
    • Chemistry Lab Excused Absence
    • Apply
  • Graduate Students
    • Prospective Students
    • Admitted Students
    • Current Students
    • Chemistry Graduate Student Handbook
  • Faculty
  • People
  • Research
    • Research Areas
    • Facilities
    • SMLQC 2025
  • News
Home » Remembering Fred M. Schell

Remembering Fred M. Schell

Remembering Fred M. Schell

April 26, 2021 by Kayla Benson

Fred SchellOn Tuesday, April 13, 2021, Fred Martin Schell, loving father and educator passed away at the age of 77.

Schell was born in Cincinnati Ohio to Horace and Rose Schell. He received his BS in pharmaceutical science from the University of Ohio and his PhD in Organic Chemistry from Indiana University.

Schell served on the faculty of the University of Tennessee’s Department of Chemistry for over thirty years as a professor, researcher, and administrator. He joined the chemistry faculty at Tennessee in 1972. He has also been a research and development participant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Fred is survived by his two sons, Chris and Greg, his granddaughter Mckinzie and his two sisters Jane Yost and Joy Yungbluth.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Chemistry

College of Arts & Sciences

552 Buehler Hall
1420 Circle Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37996-1600

Email: chemistry@utk.edu

Phone: 865-974-3141

 

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
865-974-1000

The flagship campus of the University of Tennessee System and partner in the Tennessee Transfer Pathway.

ADA Privacy Safety Title IX