Gilbert Stork

Gilbert Stork
Gilbert Stork
Born	31 December 1921; Brussels, Belgium
Died	21 October 2017 (aged 95); New York City, U.S.
Citizenship	Belgium; United States
Alma mater	University of Florida B.S. 1942; University of Wisconsin–Madison PhD 1945
Awards	ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1957); William H. Nichols Medal (1980); NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (1982); National Medal of Science (1982); Wolf Prize (1996); The Ryoji Noyori Prize (2003)
	Scientific career
Institutions	Harvard University; Columbia University
Thesis	The synthesis of 3,4-disubstituted piperidines (1945)
Doctoral advisor	Samuel M. McElvain
Notable students	Eugene van Tamelen (1951); John E. McMurry (1967); Paul Grieco (1970); Michael E. Jung (1973); Samuel J. Danishefsky; Adusumilli Srikrishna; Clayton Heathcock (1963‑64); Steven M. Weinreb (1966‑67); Andreas Pfaltz (1978‑79); Eiichi Nakamura (1978‑80); Varinder Aggarwal (1986‑88);

Gilbert Stork (December 31, 1921 – October 21, 2017) was an organic chemist. For a quarter of a century he was the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Columbia University. He is known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a lifelong fascination with the synthesis of quinine. In so doing he also made a number of contributions to mechanistic understanding of reactions, and performed pioneering work on enamine chemistry, leading to development of the Stork enamine alkylation.^: 111 It is believed he was responsible for the first planned stereocontrolled synthesis as well as the first natural product to be synthesised with high stereoselectivity.

Stork was also an accomplished mentor of young chemists and many of his students have gone on to make significant contributions in their own right.

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