Tom J. Kealy
Thomas "Tom" Joseph Kealy (born December 22, 1927 in Manhattan ; † May 17, 2012 in Wilmington , Delaware ) was an American chemist who is known for the co-discovery of ferrocene .
Kealy attended Manhattan College, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree. He studied chemistry at Duquesne University with a master's degree in 1951 with Peter Pauson , who was a post-doctoral student from Great Britain as a visiting scientist at the university. In his diploma thesis, both of them synthesized ferrocene, published in Nature in 1951, the prototype of a series of novel organometallic sandwich compounds. He received his PhD in organic chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University and then spent 30 years as a chemist at DuPont .
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| SURNAME | Kealy, Tom J. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kealy, Thomas Joseph; Kealy, Tom Joseph (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manhattan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th May 2012 |
| Place of death | Wilmington, Delaware |