Harry George Drickamer
Harry George Drickamer , born Harold George Weidenthal, (born November 19, 1918 in Cleveland , Ohio - † May 6, 2002 ) was an American chemist ( physical chemistry ).
Drickamer studied chemistry at the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in 1941 and a master's degree in 1942. He then worked for four years at the Pan American Refining Corporation in Texas City as head of a research group. In 1946, when George Granger Brown with the topic Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in phenol Hydrocarbon Systems and Their Application to a Conventional Toluene Unit at the University of Michigan PhD . He then became an assistant professor (from 1953 professor) at the University of Illinois , where he headed the faculty for chemical engineering from 1955 to 1958. He was Professor for Chemical Physics and Chemical Engineering. In 1989 he retired .
Drickamer supervised over 100 doctoral students.
Drickamer was a pioneer in the application of high pressure methods in chemistry (Pressure Tuning Spectroscopy). Since the chemical properties are mainly determined by the external electrons, high pressures can change the chemical properties, but also, for example, the conductivity properties ( metal - semiconductor - insulator ). These applications in solid state physics led him to receive the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize of the American Physical Society in 1967 . In the 1940s he also investigated the influence of high pressures on diffusion.
In 1987 he received the Welch Award in Chemistry , 1977 the Percy William Bridgman Award , 1947 the Colburn Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1956 the Ipatieff Prize, 1987 the Peter Debye Award of the American Chemical Society , 1986 the Warren K. Lewis Award, 1988 Elliott Cresson medal of the Franklin Institute , in 1978 the Michelson Morley Award of Case Western reserve University and in 1974 the Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics. In 1989 he received the National Medal of Science . In 1994 he received an honorary doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences , in 1996 he received the gold medal of the American Institute of Chemists and in 1983 their Chemical Pioneers Award. In 1986 he received the Alexander von Humboldt Prize. He was a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry , the National Academy of Sciences , the American Philosophical Society , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , the American Physical Society , the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the National Academy of Engineering .
He had been married since 1942 and had five children.
Web links
- Portrait at the University of Illinois
- Appreciation at the Drickamer Symposium 2004
- Member Directory: Harry G. Drickamer. National Academy of Sciences, accessed January 1, 2016 (Biographical Memoir by Jiri Jonas).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Drickamer was his stepfather's name
- ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Harry G. Drickamer at academictree.org, accessed on January 30, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drickamer, Harry George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weidenthal, Harold George (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 2002 |