In this interview, Richard T. Arnold discusses his life and career. Topics discussed include: Southern Illinois University; organic chemistry; Otis B. Young; Kenneth Van Lente; J. W. Neckers; T. W. Abbott; Robert A. Scott; Roger Adams; University of Illinois; R. C. "Bob" Fuson; Carl Shipp "Speed" Marvel; Ralph L. Shriner; Harold Snyder; Worth Huff Rodebush; University of Minnesota; Richard Willstätter; stereochemistry; Lee Irvin Smith; E. P. Kohler; antimalarial research in World War II; Leopold Ruzicka; Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; University of California, Berkeley; Mel Calvin; carbon-14; Joseph Koepfli; Alfred P. Sloan; James B. Conant; Karl Freudenberg; Kurt Alder; Rolf Huisgen; Otto Bayer; Walter Rappe; General Clay; Springer-Verlag; Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Albert Tucker; W. Albert Noyes, Jr.; Fred Seitz; Warren Weaver; Larkin H. "Monk" Farinholt; Wallace R. Brode.
