Calvin L. Stevens

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Calvin Lee Stevens (born November 3, 1923 in Edwardsville , † November 26, 2014 in Ann Arbor ) was an American chemist ( organic chemistry ).

life and work

Stevens graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in 1944 and received his PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 1947 with Samuel M. McElvain ("Substituted ketene acetals and related orthoesters"). As a post-doctoral student , he was a DuPont Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1947/48 . In 1948 he became Assistant Professor and 1954 Professor of Organic Chemistry at Wayne State University . He was temporarily chairman of the chemical faculty, vice president of the university for research and interim provost.

In 1962 he first synthesized ketamine , which is used as an anesthetic and as a drug for depression. He then founded a pharmaceutical company (Ash Stevens Inc.) in Michigan with Arthur B. Ash. He was married to Jennie Stevens and had a daughter and three sons with her.

Awards

In 1955/56 he was a Guggenheim Fellow at the Sorbonne and again in 1964/65 and 1971/72 as a Fulbright Fellow. 1959/60 he was scientific liaison officer at the Office of Naval Research in London. He was visiting professor at the University of Paris VI several times . In 1982 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Nancy.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004.
  2. ^ Obituary for Calvin Lee Stevens
  3. ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Calvin L. Stevens at academictree.org, accessed on January 1, 2018th
personal data
SURNAME Stevens, Calvin L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stevens, Calvin Lee (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Edwardsville
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2014
Place of death Ann Arbor