Kenneth Pitzer

Details

Instance of

human

Born

6 January 1914

Died

26 December 1997

Place of birth

Pomona

Place of death

Berkeley

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Kenneth

Family name

Pitzer

Field of work

chemistry, physical chemistry, theoretical chemistry

Occupation

chemist, university teacher, non-fiction writer

Position held

president, President of Rice University

Citizenship

United States

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship, Willard Gibbs Award, ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, National Medal of Science, Centenary Prize, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Priestley Medal, Welch Award in Chemistry, American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal, George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry

archives at

Bancroft Library, Woodson Research Center

described by source

Memorial Tribute Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer 1914–1997

doctoral advisor

Wendell Mitchell Latimer

doctoral student

George C. Pimentel, George W. Rathjens

educated at

California Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley

employer

University of California, Berkeley, Rice University, Stanford University

languages spoken, written or signed

English

member of

National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society

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