Corwin Hansch
| Corwin Hansch | |
|---|---|
| Born | Corwin Herman Hansch October 6, 1918 Kenmare, North Dakota |
| Died | May 8, 2011 (aged 92) Claremont, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Organic Chemistry |
| Institutions |
Pomona College Manhattan Project |
| Alma mater |
University of Illinois New York University |
| Notable awards | Tolman Award (1975) |
| Spouse | Gloria J. Hansch (nee Tomasulo) (m.1945?–2011) (his death) (1 child) |
Corwin Herman Hansch (October 6, 1918 – May 8, 2011) was a Professor of Chemistry at Pomona College in California. He became known as the 'father of computer-assisted molecule design.'
He was born on October 6, 1918 in Kenmare, North Dakota.
He earned a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1940 and a Ph.D. from New York University in 1944.
Hansch worked on the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago and as a group leader at DuPont Nemours in Richland, Washington. In February 1946 he received an academic position at Pomona College.
Hansch taught Organic Chemistry for many years at Pomona College, and was known for giving complex lectures without using notes. His course in Physical Bio-Organic Medicinal Chemistry was ground-breaking at an undergraduate level.
Hansch may be best known as the father of the concept of quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR), the quantitative correlation of the physicochemical properties of molecules with their biological activities.
He is also noted for the Hansch equation, which is used in
Research Interests: Organic Chemistry; Interaction of organic chemicals with living organisms, Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships (QSAR).
He died of pneumonia on May 8, 2011 in Claremont, California at 92.
His research group at Pomona College worked on QSAR studies and in building and expanding the database of chemical and physical data as C-QSAR and Bioloom. His postgraduate associates were Rajni Garg, Cynthia D Selassie, Suresh Babu Mekapati, and Alka Kurup.
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