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Frank Westheimer

American chemist (1912-2007) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 95

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.

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2007Died14 April 20071997Nakanishi PrizeAward1988Paracelsus PrizeAwardPriestley MedalAward1986National Medal of ScienceAward1983Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1982Arthur C. Cope AwardAwardWelch Award in ChemistryAwardWilliam H. Nichols MedalAward1980NAS Award in Chemical SciencesAwardRosenstiel AwardAward1973Remsen AwardAward1970James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic ChemistryAwardWillard Gibbs AwardAward1962Centenary PrizeAward1912Born15 January 1912

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