Although romantic chemistry brought Michael, Chem’78, and Debbie Haynes together as students, it was analytical and synthetic chemistry that defined their careers. Michael was a junior chemistry major at Missouri S&T when he met Debbie on a weekend trip to Columbia, where she was majoring in recreational therapy. Debbie began coming to Rolla for party weekends. “I was what they called an ‘import’ in those days,” she says.