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James Bryant Conant

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American chemist (1893-1978)

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James Bryant Conant was an American chemist, a President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany.

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Honorary degrees recipients pose at the 1947 Harvard University commencement in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 5, 1947. Front row (left to right): Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Cadman Collwell, George C. Marshall, President James B. Conant of Harvard, Omar N. Bradley, T.S. Eliot and James Wadsworth. Back row (left to right): William Addison Dwiggins, George Henry Chase, William Hodding Carter Jr, Ivor Armstrong Richards, William F Gibbs and Frank L Boyden.Honorary degrees recipients pose at the 1947 Harvard University commencement in Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 5, 1947. Front row (left to right): Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Cadman Collwell, George C. Marshall, President James B. Conant of Harvard, Omar N. Bradley, T.S. Eliot and James Wadsworth. Back row (left to right): William Addison Dwiggins, George Henry Chase, William Hodding Carter Jr, Ivor Armstrong Richards, William F Gibbs and Frank L Boyden.Ernest O. Lawrence, Arthur H. Compton, Vannevar Bush, Conant, Karl T. Compton, and Alfred L. Loomis at the University of California, Berkeley in 1940Ernest O. Lawrence, Arthur H. Compton, Vannevar Bush, Conant, Karl T. Compton, and Alfred L. Loomis at the University of California, Berkeley in 1940Vannevar Bush, Conant, Major General Leslie Groves and Colonel Franklin Matthias at the Hanford Engineer Works in July 1945Vannevar Bush, Conant, Major General Leslie Groves and Colonel Franklin Matthias at the Hanford Engineer Works in July 1945Vannevar Bush watches as U.S. President Harry S. Truman presents Conant with the civilian Medal for Merit (with bronze palm) in 1948.Vannevar Bush watches as U.S. President Harry S. Truman presents Conant with the civilian Medal for Merit (with bronze palm) in 1948.National Science Board Members in July 1951. Conant is front and center.National Science Board Members in July 1951. Conant is front and center.Glenn Seaborg, President Richard Nixon, presents the 1969 Atomic Pioneers Award to the three recipients, Vannevar Bush, Conant and Leslie Groves, on February 27, 1970.[167]Glenn Seaborg, President Richard Nixon, presents the 1969 Atomic Pioneers Award to the three recipients, Vannevar Bush, Conant and Leslie Groves, on February 27, 1970.[167]

Awards 18

1963Presidential Medal of Freedom
1955Charles Lathrop Parsons Award
1954Ernst Reuter Medal
1951honorary doctor of the University of New Zealand
1947doctor honoris causa from the University of Lyon
1944Priestley Medal
1944doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger
1941Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1934American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal
1932William H. Nichols Medal
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
Commander of the Legion of Honour
doctor honoris causa of Keiō University
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

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Dorothy HodgkinAlso won Fellow of the Royal Institute of ChemistryGlenn T. SeaborgAlso won Charles Lathrop Parsons AwardWilliam BeveridgeAlso won honorary doctor of the University of New ZealandS. R. NathanAlso won doctor honoris causa of Keiō UniversityTaha HusseinAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of LyonCorneille HeymansAlso won doctor honoris causa from the University of Alger

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1893 to 1978 · aged 84
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