Norman Hackerman
Norman Hackerman (born March 2, 1912 in Baltimore , Maryland , † June 16, 2007 in Temple, Texas ) was an American chemist and materials researcher and President of the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University .
Life
Hackerman was the only son of tailor Jacob Hackerman and his wife Ann Raffel, immigrants from what is now Estonia and Lithuania . He studied chemistry at Johns Hopkins University , received his bachelor's degree in 1932 and received his doctorate in 1935 under Walter Albert Patrick with the thesis A Study of the Effect of Solvent and Concentration on the Molecular Weight of Sulfur Monochloride .
Due to the precarious labor market during the Great Depression , he then worked simultaneously in three part-time positions. He taught at Loyola College , held an assistantship at Johns Hopkins University and worked for Colloid Corporation, which developed solutions for the homogenization of milk . Between 1939 and 1941 he worked for a Coast Guard chemical laboratory on Staten Island . In 1941 he became an assistant professor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tec) in Blacksburg, Virginia. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States entered World War II, he worked for the Kellex Company, which was part of the Manhattan Project that developed the first atomic bomb .
In 1945 he became an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin , in the course of his university career he held several positions and was finally president there from 1967 to 1970. In 1970 he moved to Rice University in Houston , where he was president from 1970 to 1985. After 1985, he continued to work as emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and lectured until a month before his death.
He was married to Gene Coulbourn since 1941, who died in 2002. The marriage resulted in a son and three daughters.
Act
During his work on the Manhattan Project in the 1940s, he was already involved in corrosion research . In the 1960s Hackerman became famous for his research on metal corrosion, electrochemical oxidation, and the process of slow corrosion. He developed solutions for the material production of corrosion-resistant metals and options for reliable corrosion protection .
In 1968 he was appointed to the National Science Board by US President Lyndon B. Johnson . He was instrumental in developing the US National Science Foundation's research and education program; from 1974 to 1980 he was its chairman. Norman Hackerman is the namesake of the "Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research" from the Welch Foundation, one of the oldest US foundations in the chemical research field. From 1982 to 2006 he was on the scientific advisory board.
Norman Hackerman published more than 250 scientific papers during his 70 years and was editor of the "Journal of Electrochemistry" since 1969, longtime member of the American Chemical Society , former board member of the Electrochemical Society, since 1971 member of the National Academy of Sciences , since 1972 of the American Philosophical Society and since 1978 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Two buildings were named after him, the "Norman Hackerman Experimental Science Building" at the University of Texas at Austin and the "Hackerman House" in the J. Erik Jonsson Center of the National Academy of Sciences.
Awards (selection)
- 1956: "Whitney Award from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers"
- 1965: "Palladium Medal from the Electrochemical Society"
- 1978: American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
- 1987: "Charles Lathrop Parsons Award of the American Chemical Society"
- 1993: "Vannevar Bush Award of the National Science Board"
- 1993: National Medal of Science
After Norman Hackerman the ridge is Hackerman Ridge in the East Antarctic Victoria Land named.
Web links
- Commemorative page for Hackerman from the University of Texas at Austin .
- At 93, Norman Hackerman is still teaching about chemistry, learning and living. ( Memento of March 18, 2005 in the Internet Archive ). University of Texas, (English).
- Norman Hackerman Award (English).
- Norman Hackerman, 95, Chemist and Former University President, Is Dead. NY Times , June 23, 2007 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Norman Hackerman at academictree.org, accessed on February 8 2018th
- ^ Member History: Norman Hackerman. American Philosophical Society, accessed September 18, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hackerman, Norman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist and university president |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baltimore , Maryland , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 2007 |
| Place of death | Temple, Texas , USA |