John D. Roberts
| John D. Roberts | |
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Receiving the AIC Gold Medal, 2013
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| Born | John Dombrowski Roberts June 8, 1918 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | October 29, 2016 (aged 98) Pasadena, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions |
Penn State UCLA Harvard MIT Caltech |
| Alma mater | UCLA |
| Doctoral students |
Frank J. Weigert George M. Whitesides |
| Notable awards |
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1954) |
ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1954)
Roger Adams Award in Organic Chemistry (1967)
Tolman Award (1974)
Willard Gibbs Award (1983)
Priestley Medal (1987)
Welch Award (1990)
National Medal of Science (1990)
Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (1991)
Arthur C. Cope Award (1994)
Linus Pauling Legacy Award (2006)
John Dombrowski Roberts (June 8, 1918 – October 29, 2016) was an American chemist. He made contributions to the integration of physical chemistry, spectroscopy, and organic chemistry for the understanding of chemical reaction rates. Another characteristic of Roberts' work was the early use of NMR, the concept of spin-spin coupling.
Roberts received both a B.A. (1941) and Ph.D. (1944) from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has held several positions at the California Institute of Technology, including Division Chairman of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from 1963–68, Dean of the Faculty and Provost from 1980–83 and Institute Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus (1988- ) in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He is credited with bringing the first female graduate student, Dorothy Semenow, to Caltech when he moved from MIT. He was a consultant for DuPont Central Research (1950-2008) and for Oak Ridge.
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