Biography
A native of New Orleans with BS and PhD degrees in Physical Organic Chemistry, Professor Frank Juge joined the UCF Chemistry Department in July of 1968 as an Assistant Professor. His specialty is organic chemistry mechanisms. In the past 35 years, he has been promoted to the rank of Professor, and has served as Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Vice President, Acting Vice President for Research, Acting Provost. He retired from UCF in July of 2003 in the capacity of Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. He is proud of his role in establishing the Burnett Honors College, the Karen Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and web based learning at UCF. In 1975 he taught the first course at UCF featuring the Chemistry of Wine and Winemaking, and has grown a grape arbor and made wine as a hobby. Over the last four years he has visited wineries in the French Loire Valley, Alsace and Bordeaux, the Rhine region of Germany, Spain, Australia, the northwest coast of the US, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, South Africa, Greece, the Tuscany and Veneto regions of Italy, and Japan. He also enjoys exploring the many small wineries across the US. He is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Hospitality Management and joined the faculty of the Rosen College full-time.