Kenneth Pitzer
Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (January 6, 1914 – December 26, 1997) was an American physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president. He was described as "one of the most influential physical chemists of his era" whose work "spanned almost all of the important fields of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular structure, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, chemical bonding, relativistic chemical effects, properties of concentrated aqueous salt solutions, kinetics, and conformational analysis."
Kenneth S. Pitzer | |
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Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer | |
| 3rd President of Rice University | |
| In office 1961–1968 | |
| Preceded by | William Vermillion Houston |
| Succeeded by | Norman Hackerman |
| 6th President of Stanford University | |
| In office December 1, 1968 – June 25, 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Wallace Sterling |
| Succeeded by | Richard Wall Lyman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 6, 1914 Pomona, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 26, 1997 (aged 83) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Children | Russell M. Pitzer |
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| Alma mater | California Institute of Technology (BS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Awards | ACS Award in Pure Chemistry (1943) Priestley Medal (1969) National Medal of Science (1975) American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal (1976) Welch Award in Chemistry (1984) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
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| Thesis | Theoretical calculations and experimental determinations of entropies and related thermodynamic quantities (1937) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wendell Latimer |
| Doctoral students | George C. Pimentel Oktay Sinanoğlu Robert Curl Raymond Sheline |
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