Paul G. Gassman

Paul George Gassman (born June 22, 1935 - April 21, 1993 ) was an American chemist ( organic chemistry ). He was Regent's Professor at the University of Minnesota .

Gassman studied at Canisius College in Buffalo (New York) with a bachelor's degree in 1957 and studied at Cornell University in 1960 with Jerrold Meinwald with the thesis Studies of highly strained bicyclic systems. The synthesis and reactions of derivatives of bicyclo- [2, 1, 1] -hexane promoted . In 1961 he became an assistant professor at Ohio State University , where he became an associate professor in 1966 and a professor in 1969. In 1974 he went to the University of Minnesota, where he headed the chemistry faculty from 1975 to 1979. From 1974 to 1976 he was also adjunct professor at Ohio State University. In 1988 he became Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota.

Several name reactions are named after him ( Gassman reaction , Gassman indole synthesis , Gassman oxindole synthesis ).

In 1990 he was President of the American Chemical Society . From 1967 to 1969 he was a Sloan Research Fellow . He received the Chemical Pioneer Award in 1990, the George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry in 1972 , the James Flack Norris Award in 1985 , the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award in 1986 and the Chemical Manufacturers Association's National Catalyst Award in 1990. In 1981 he became a Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. In 1989 he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences and in 1992 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

The ACS presents the Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award.

literature

• LINDA ROSS: Former ACS president Paul Gassman dies. In: Chemical & Engineering News. 71, 1993, p. 7, doi : 10.1021 / cen-v071n017.p007a .

Web links

• Biography at the Scripps Institute, pdf

Individual evidence

1. ^ Biographical data, publications and academic family tree of Paul G. Gassman at academictree.org, accessed on February 7, 2018.