George Parshall
| George W. Parshall | |
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George Parshall in late 1980
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| Born |
September 19, 1929 Hackensack, Minnesota |
| Nationality | USA |
| Fields | Organometallic Chemistry |
| Institutions | DuPont Central Research |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota, University of Illinois |
| Thesis | (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Reynold C. Fuson |
| Known for | organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis |
| Influenced | Richard Schrock, Frederick N Tebbe |
| Notable awards | American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1995) |
George W. Parshall (born September 19, 1929) is an organometallic chemist who made notable contributions to homogeneous catalysis. He was a senior scientist at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company for many years.
Born in Hackensack, Minnesota, Parshall received a Bachelor of Science degree with highest distinction from the University of Minnesota in 1951. He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1954 under the direction of Reynold C. Fuson. In 1954, he joined Central Research Department at du Pont Experimental Station, where he rose to Director of Chemical Sciences. He took two industrial sabbaticals, one at Imperial College London in 1960-61 and another at University of Oxford in 1986. He was a visiting Ipatieff Lecturer at Northwestern University of the fall of 1994. Parshall is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the New York Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Lambda Upsilon and Sigma Xi.
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