Bryce Crawford
Bryce Low Crawford Jr. (born November 27, 1914 in New Orleans , † September 16, 2011 in Arden Hills , Minnesota ) was an American chemist ( physical chemistry ) and professor at the University of Minnesota .
Crawford grew up in the San Francisco and in El Paso and graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in 1934, the master's degree in 1935. In 1937, he at Paul Clifford Cross with the theme The infrared spectrum of hydrogen sulfide doctorate . As a post-graduate student , he was with Edgar Bright Wilson at Harvard and then an instructor at Yale. From 1940 he was assistant professor and from 1946 professor of physical chemistry at the University of Minnesota.
He dealt with molecular spectroscopy and was chairman of the Chemical Abstract Committee of the ACS from 1969 to 1972. During World War II he worked on rocket fuel.
In 1950/51 he was a Guggenheim Fellow at Caltech and a Fulbright Fellow in Oxford and in 1961 in Japan.
In 1982 he received the Priestley Medal . In 1956 he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences , of which he was Home Secretary, and in 1977 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Since 1971 he was a member of the American Philosophical Society .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Bryce L. Crawford at academictree.org, accessed on 28 January 2018th
- ^ Member History: Bryce Crawford. American Philosophical Society, accessed July 1, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crawford, Bryce |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crawford, Bryce Low Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 2011 |
| Place of death | Arden Hills |