F. Sherwood Rowland

Frank Sherwood Rowland
Frank Sherwood Rowland
	Rowland at the inaugural World Science Summit, May 2008
Born	June 28, 1927; Delaware, Ohio
Died	March 10, 2012 (aged 84); Newport Beach, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Ohio Wesleyan University (BA); University of Chicago (PhD);
Known for	Ozone depletion research
Awards	ForMemRS (2004); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1995); Roger Revelle Medal (1994); Albert Einstein World Award of Science (1994); Peter Debye Award (1993); Japan Prize (1989); Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (1983); Tolman Award (1976);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of California, Irvine
Thesis	The epithermal reactions of recoil atoms (1952)
Doctoral advisor	Willard Libby

Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion.

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