Howard Malmstadt
| Howard Vincent Malmstadt | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 17, 1922 |
| Died | July 7, 2003 (aged 81) Hawaii |
| Nationality | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Known for | Electronic Instrumentation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | chemistry |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of the Nations |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter J. Blaedel |
Howard Vincent Malmstadt, Ph.D, (February 17, 1922 in Marinette, Wisconsin – July 7, 2003 in Hawaii), emeritus professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and co-founder of the University of the Nations, widely considered the father of modern electronic and computerized instrumentation in chemistry.
Malmstadt was born on 17 February 1922 in Marinette, Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1943 with a B.S. degree doing undergraduate research in organic chemistry. After graduation, he became an ensign in the US Navy, attending naval electronics and radar schools at Princeton University, MIT, Bell Labs, San Diego Fleet School, and Pearl Harbor. He became supervisor for the Department of Electronics Fundamentals at the Naval Radar School on Treasure Island, California before being released from the US Navy in 1946 with the rank of senior lieutenant.
In 1948 he received an M.S. degree and a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1950 (both from the University of Wisconsin–Madison). His thesis was titled "High Frequency Titrations."
He joined the University of Illinois as faculty in 1951 becoming a professor in 1962. Malmstadt's major areas of research were in precision null-point potentiometry, emission and absorption spectrochemical methods, automatic titrations, and automation of analytical methods. His book, “Electronics for Scientists" (co-written with Christie G. Enke), was seminal in introducing thousands of scientists to electronic methods of scientific data collection, leading to the nickname of "High Voltage Malmstadt".
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