The Department of Chemistry, UWI, Mona is an account of the history of the most prominent department for at least the first two decades at the Mona Campus. Sir Roy Augier qualifies this declaration in his foreword by highlighting the quality of teaching, high-level research which has impacted public policy and the number of postgraduate students produced. The book paints a vivid picture of the founding of the University College of the West Indies, the struggles, the debates and the victories the appointment of West Indians to the academic staff being one such triumph.