A little Googling suggests that this was written by Paul G. Gassman, a professor of organic chemistry at University of Minnesota, who passed away in 1993. This

A little Googling suggests that this was written by Paul G. Gassman, a professor of organic chemistry at University of Minnesota, who passed away in 1993. This probably reads a little harsh, especially to the software hackers among you, but I can say that my thesis advisor espoused most of the same core ideas ideas, even if he would not have written them down in this form. Strip away the snarky comments about re-shelving his books, and this is the core of what is expected by most research advisors at top universities.