Walter H. Stockmayer
Walter Hugo Stockmayer (born April 7, 1914 in Rutherford , New Jersey , † May 9, 2004 in Norwich , Vermont ) was an American chemist. He was a pioneer in polymer research .
life and work
In particular, his research area was the structure and dynamics of polymers, including several applications of light scattering methods.
Stockmayer grew up in Rutherford. He was already interested in the theoretical aspects of physical chemistry as an undergraduate at MIT (Bachelor's degree as SB 1935). With a Rhodes Scholarship, he worked from 1935 to 1937 at Jesus College , Oxford , where he carried out research on kinetic gas theory under the direction of David Leonard Chapman (1869–1958) and obtained a B.Sc. acquired. Stockmayer returned to MIT for his Ph.D. research and received his PhD there in 1940 under James A. Beattie . He worked in the field of statistical mechanics . He continued this work at Columbia University , where he also carried out secret military research during the Second World War. In 1943 he returned to MIT, where he became a professor in 1952. After a Guggenheim scholarship in Strasbourg and a further time at MIT, he was professor at Dartmouth College from 1961 . He was twice chairman of the chemistry faculty there and retired in 1979, but continued to teach until 2002.
He founded the Macromolecules magazine and was its associate editor for over twenty years.
Membership and Honors
In 1946 Stockmayer was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1956 he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences .
In 1988 he received the Herman F. Mark Division of Polymer Chemistry Award , and in 1996 he received the ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry . In 1987 he received the National Medal of Science and also the Peter Debye Award , a Humboldt Research Award , the Hermann Staudinger Award and the Stas Medal of the Belgian Chemical Society.
He was an honorary doctorate from Dartmouth College, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and the University of Louis-Pasteur in Strasbourg and an honorary fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.
Fonts
- with R. Koningsveld, E. Nies: Polymer Phase Diagrams, 2001
Web links
- Obituary at Dartmouth College (Chemistry Faculty) 2004
- Oral History Interview, Chemical Heritage Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1900-1949 ( PDF ). Retrieved October 11, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stockmayer, Walter H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stockmayer, Walter Hugo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist; Polymer research pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rutherford , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 2004 |
| Place of death | Norwich , Vermont |