Donald J. Cram Ph.D.
Donald J. Cram Ph.D.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987
The President’s National Medal of Science – Chemistry 1993
Co-Nobelists: Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
Name: Donald James Cram
Birth: 22 April 1919, Chester, VT, USA
Death: 17 June, 2001, Palm Desert, CA, USA
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Award: “for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity”
Subject: organic chemistry
Portion of cash: 1/3
Ecucation: M.S.: M.S. 1942, Mentor Dr. Norman Cromwell, University of Nebraska
Ph.D.: Ph.D. 1947
Mentor: Professor L.F. Fieser, Harvard University. National Research Council Fellowship. Ph.D.in 18 months.
Organic Chemist. Development, use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity. Taught himself solid geometry from book, winning scholarship. High emotional intelligence.
When word “research” entered my vocabulary, it had magic ring, suggesting search for new phenomena. Chemical research became my god, and conducting it, my act of prayer.
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Nat’l Medal – Chemistry
The President’s National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Title: S. Winstein Professor of Organic Chemistry
Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Los Angeles,California 90024 USA
Gender: Male
Year Deceased: 2001
Award Discipline: Chemistry
Award Year: 1993
Citation: “For his pioneering research on the chemical foundations of molecular recognition; the understanding of the molecular basis of biological systems; his shaping of scientific thought and development, and guidance to generations of students.”
Presented by President Clinton and Vice President Gore at a ceremony on the White House South Lawn, September 30, 1993.