Francis Marion University's American Chemical Society

On behalf of his family and the university, I would like to invite everyone to a Remembrance and Celebration honoring Dr. LeRoy "Pete" Peterson. The celebration will be on Wednesday, September 2, at 5:00 pm in Chapman Auditorium, with a reception to follow in the School of Business and Education.

We hope you will be able to join us to celebrate his years at FMU as a student and 36 years as an educator.

Obituary information can be found at

Dr. Leroy Peterson Jr. Obituary Jul 26, 2026 - Draper G. Myers Mortuary LLC View Dr. Leroy Peterson Jr.'s obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

We lost one of the pillars of our department yesterday. 💔 So many years, so many students whose lives he touched.

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Congratulations to Jamison Lynch, our newest chemistry Alumni. Also a shout out to Dr. Peterson on his 2nd time as mace bearer and bio major Ryan Dixon who spent a lot of time in the chem department.🎓

A couple of our Chemistry research posters from FMU’s Research and Exhibition Day - Sydnee Floyd and Trinity Harrell.

Congratulations to our Outstanding Senior Chemists, Jamison Lynch and Sydnee Floyd, who received recognition at FMU’s Academic Awards last week!

We celebrated the retirement of our lab manager, Mrs. Herbert today. She will be missed in the department but she has traveling to do. Best wishes and thanks for all of your hard work and caring over the years!

Alum and former ACS member Marisai McCrimmon dropped by the Chemistry lab for a visit after some on campus teacher training at FMU a few weeks ago. 💗

We toured the new P*e Dee Region SLED office that officially opened across from FMU less than a year ago. Many thanks to Captain Wood and Lt. Gause for showing us around and answering many questions.