In each issue of Arches, Logger Lookback offers a peek into Puget Sound’s pictorial past.
If you were a student at Puget Sound between the late 1980s and the early 2010s, you no doubt remember chemistry Professor Tim Hoyt. Better known as the Wizard, Hoyt and his rainbow-dyed beard dazzled the campus community at the annual Chemistry Magic Show each October.
In 2013, the Wizard’s final year performing before his retirement, the show drew up to 400 students, friends, and neighbors to Schneebeck Hall, where the audience enjoyed eye-catching chemical interactions that produced color changes, bursts of fire, and even the occasional explosion. Hoyt worked all this magic, of course, in addition to his regular duties as an instructor of introductory-level chemistry courses over 25 years at the university.
The Wizard is just one example of Puget Sound faculty members who have excelled in instilling the campus with a love of learning and a sense of awe for the world around us.
Which professors made a difference in your academic life as a Logger? School us by writing to arches@pugetsound.edu!
