Donald J. Cram

Donald James Cram
Donald James Cram
Born	April 22, 1919; Chester, Vermont
Died	June 17, 2001 (aged 82); Palm Desert, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Rollins College (BS) ; University of Nebraska (MS) ; Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	Cram's rule; Host–guest chemistry; phenonium ions; paracyclophanes
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1987); Glenn T. Seaborg Medal (1989); National Medal of Science (1993); Guggenheim fellowship (1955)
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	UCLA, Merck & Co, MIT
Theses	Amino ketones, mechanism studies of the reactions of heterocyclic secondary amines with -bromo-, -unsaturated ketones. (1942); Syntheses and reactions of 2-(ketoalkyl)-3-hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinones (1947);
Doctoral advisor	Louis Fieser
Doctoral students	M. Frederick Hawthorne; Norman L. Allinger

Donald James Cram (April 22, 1919 – June 17, 2001) was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." They were the founders of the field of host–guest chemistry.

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