# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-westheimer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:06:04.174Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-westheimer"
name: "Frank Westheimer"
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description: "Frank Henry Westheimer was an American chemist. He taught at the University of Chicago from 1936 to 1954, and at Harvard University from 1953 to 1983, becoming the Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry in 1960, and Professor Emeritus in 1983. The Westheimer medal was established in his honor in 2002."
tagline: "American chemist (1912–2007)"
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birthDate: "1912-01-15"
deathDate: "2007-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump