William Lipscomb
| William N. Lipscomb, Jr. | |
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| Born |
December 9, 1919 Cleveland, Ohio, US |
| Died | April 14, 2011 (aged 91) Cambridge, Massachusetts, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
Nuclear magnetic resonance Theoretical chemistry Boron chemistry Biochemistry |
| Institutions |
University of Minnesota Harvard University |
| Alma mater |
University of Kentucky California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Linus Pauling |
| Doctoral students |
Richard E. Dickerson Roald Hoffmann Russell M. Pitzer Thomas A. Steitz Donald Voet Don C. Wiley Irene Pepperberg Dennis Marynick David A. Dixon John H. Hall F. Peter Boer |
| Other notable students |
Martha L. Ludwig Michael Rossmann Raymond C. Stevens |
| Notable awards |
Peter Debye Award (1973) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1976) |
William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr. (December 9, 1919 – April 14, 2011) was a Nobel Prize-winning American inorganic and organic chemist working in nuclear magnetic resonance, theoretical chemistry, boron chemistry, and biochemistry.
Lipscomb was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His family moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 1920, and he lived there until he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry at the University of Kentucky in 1941. He went on to earn his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1946.
From 1946 to 1959 he taught at the University of Minnesota. From 1959 to 1990 he was a professor of chemistry at Harvard University, where he was a professor emeritus since 1990.
Lipscomb was married to the former Mary Adele Sargent from 1944 to 1983. They had three children, one of whom lived only a few hours. He married Jean Evans in 1983. They had one adopted daughter.
Lipscomb resided in Cambridge, Massachusetts until his death in 2011 from pneumonia.
"My early home environment ... stressed personal responsibility and self reliance. Independence was encouraged especially in the early years when my mother taught music and when my father's medical practice occupied most of his time."
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