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William Schroeder, Ph.D.
Senior vice president and co-owner
since September 1989
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Biographical summary
Dr. Schroeder holds a doctorate in chemistry and has been interested in environmental issues for many years. He was a co-founder of Citizens for Clean Air and chaired that group when they advocated for state legislation and The Clean Air Act. He has worked with county government on air pollution issues and was active in the Muskegon County Wastewater System effort. Dr. Schroeder has long been concerned about the fate of Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan. He established the First Field of Interest Environmental Fund for the Foundation in 1992. The purpose of this fund is to "educate the community on issues of the environment."
Dr. Schroeder is a trustee of the Community Foundation for Muskegon County, and chairs the Environmental Committee. He's also an active member of the Great Lakes Environmental Collaborative Advisory Committee.
Professional history
Baxter International
1985–1989
vice president and general manager
Burdick & Jackson Division
American Hospital Supply Corp.
1983–1985
vice president and general manager
Burdick & Jackson Division
Hofmann LaRoche International
1978–1983
president
Burdick & Jackson Division
Hofmann LaRoche International
1974–1978
vice president of research
Burdick & Jackson Division
Burdick and Jackson Laboratories
1965–1974
vice president of research and co-owner
The Upjohn Company
1958–1965
research associate
Education
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry
Purdue University
B.S. Chemistry
Purdue University
Trace involved with research at Grand Valley State University
For the past year and a half, Dr. Bill Schroeder, co-owner of Trace, has held a part-time research appointment in the Chemistry Department at Grand Valley State University.
Dr. Schroeder, along with Dr. Robert Smart, Professor of Chemistry at GVSU, has been directing the research efforts of several senior students.
This ongoing project is designed to discover new antibacterial substances.
Since resistance to currently available antibiotics is a serious world wide problem, the search for new antibacterials has become very important and is receiving considerable attention from the healthcare industry.
The GVSU program is designed to prepare new organic compounds related to known antibacterials and test them for activity against microorganisms that have become resistant to antibiotics now on the market.
The class of compounds under study, is also expected to show some antiviral activity and will be tested against HIV and other serious infections.
Preliminary results on the synthesis of these new compounds was presented at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research at the University of Montana.
Subsequent studies on the possible biological activity of these materials is expected to involve the cooperation of other departments at GVSU, as well as one or more pharmaceutical companies.
The student currently involved in this project is Shannon Biros who also spent several months working at Trace as a chemist-intern.
R. Bruce Pelletier
President and co-owner since January 1990
Air quality advisor and special projects coordinator
Professional history
Koch Chemical Company, Inc.
1984–1990
senior analytical chemist and quality control director
Aquatic Systems, Inc.
1977–1983
laboratory director
Central Michigan University
1975–1977
university instructor for the biology department
Three Lakes Association, Inc.
1975–1977
water quality specialist
Education
M.S. Limnological Studies
Central Michigan University
B.S. Aquatic Biology, Minor in Chemistry
Michigan State University
Training
Handling Hazardous Materials & Hazardous Materials Operations
Hazardous Materials—First Responder Operations
