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Nobel Laureate Chemistry Cram Donald 1987

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

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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designtodiscovery
Title:
From Disign to Discovery
Volume 1 of Profiles, Pathways and Dreams Series
Profiles, pathways and dreams.
Autobiographies of eminent chemists
Author:
Donald J.Cram
Edition:
Illustrated
Publisher:
American Chemical Society,1990
ISBN:
0841217688, 9780841217683
Length:
146 pages
Subjects:
Science, Organic Chemistry
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Title:
Times of My Life Oral History Transcript, 1996: Donald J. Cram
Author:
Donald J.Cram, Steven J. Novak, University of Calif., Los Angeles. Oral History Program
Edition/Format:
Print Book: Biography: Manuscript Archival Material: English
Publication:
Oral History Program, Dept.of Special Collections, University Library, University of Calif., Los Angeles
Summary:
Cram discusses his childhood in Vermont and continues through his education at Rollins College and the University of Nebraska, his wartime work as a research chemist, his doctoral work at Harvard University, and his career at UCLA. Major topics discussed include natural products chemistry, reaction mechanisms, host-guest chemistry, laboratory management, the evolution of the UCLA Dept. of Chemistry, Cram’s consulting work, the process of writing articles and textbooks, Cram’s Nobel Prize, and his philosophy and values.
Subjects:
Cram, Donald J., Boyer, Paul D. Fieser, Louis F. — (Louis Frederick), — 1899-1977.