Daniel Swern

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Daniel Swern (born January 21, 1916 in New York City , † December 5, 1982 in Philadelphia ) was an American chemist and discoverer of the Swern oxidation named after him .

After completing his doctorate there in 1940, the graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park , worked for the United States Department of Agriculture , where, among other things, he successfully developed processes for polyvinyl chloride finishing and was awarded the Alton E. Bailey Award in 1966.

From 1954 to 1963 he was a professor at Drexel University or its predecessor, the Drexel Institute of Technology , in 1964 he moved to Temple University in the same city, which has held special lectures every year since 2007 in his memory. He became the editor of Bailey's Industrial oil and fat products after Alton E. Bailey's death and was considered a leading researcher in the field of petrochemicals and oleochemicals ; he has received numerous awards for his work in this area.

Works

  • The action of lead tetraacetate upon hydroxylated fatty acids , College Park, Maryland 1940
  • A survey on research possiblities for animal fats , Philadelphia, 1953
  • Organic peroxides , 1st edition, New York 1974; 2nd edition, Malabar 1982 ISBN 0-89874-217-X
  • Publisher of the 3rd (1964) and 4th editions (1979-85; ISBN 0-471-83957-4 ): Bailey's Industrial oil and fat products

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Daniel Swern, 66, Researcher Who Developed New Plastics. Obituary. In: New York Times . December 8, 1982.
  2. ↑ a b Temple University website for the annual Daniel Swern memorial lecture
  3. ^ A b Daniel Swern Receives Alton E. Bailey Award. In: Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society . Volume 43, Number 3, March 1966, p. 90.
  4. ^ Alton E. Bailey Award on aocs.files.cms-plus.com
personal data
SURNAME Swern, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1982
Place of death Philadelphia