Dear Family and Friends: Please join us in a Celebration of Graduation in honor of David Ross Clay Dave is graduating with

a PhD in Chemistry May 12, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. University of Arkansas Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, Arkansas Following the ceremony, please join us for BBQ at 2:00 p.m. Dave and Jennas house 516 E Maple St Fayetteville, AR 72701 (Please enter via Gunter Street, which parallels Maple). Moms bragging corner: Dave graduated from Rogers High School in 2001 as a National Merit Finalist and an AP Scholar. He received the Distinguished Governors Scholarship, which provided full tuition and costs to attend Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Dave graduated with honors from Hendrix College with a degree in Biology in 2005. He was accepted into the doctoral program of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to study organic chemistry. He was named a Walton Doctoral Academy Fellow and received additional funds as part of the distinction. His work has been published twice. The two papers are: 1. Clay, D. R.; McIntosh, M. C.; Anomalies in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of several polycyclic meso compounds. Tetrahedron Letters 2012, 53, 1691-1694. 2. Clay, D. R.; Rosenberg, A. G.; McIntosh, M. C. Efficient, scalable asymmetric synthesis of an epoxy quinol via Noyori desymmetrization of a meso diketone. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2011, 22, 713-716.

If you cannot attend the ceremony, please join us at 2:00 for BBQ and to congratulate Dave. Please RSVP on Facebook E-mail: Linda.Clay@fayar.net