George S. Hammond
| George Simms Hammond | |
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22 May 1921 Auburn, Maine, U.S. |
| Died |
5 October 2005 (aged 84) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Residence | United States |
| Fields | Chemistry |
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| Doctoral advisor | Paul D. Bartlett |
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George Simms Hammond (May 22, 1921 – October 5, 2005) [1] was a chemist at Iowa State University and the California Institute of Technology. Born and raised in Auburn, Maine, he attended nearby Bates College in Lewiston, Maine where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Chemistry in 1943. He completed his doctorate at Harvard in 1947, under the mentorship of Paul D. Bartlett, and a postdoc at UCLA with Saul Winstein in 1948.[1]
Among his awards were the Norris Award in 1968, the Priestley Medal in 1976, the National Medal of Science in 1994,[2] and the Othmer Gold Medal in 2003.[3][4]
Hammond was a leader in the field of photochemistry and was widely credited with creating the discipline of organic photochemistry. Hammond's postulate, also known as the Hammond-Leffler postulate, was based on his 1955 publication.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weiss, Richard G.; Wamser, Carl C. (2006). "Introduction to the Special Issue in honour of George Simms Hammond". Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (The Royal Society of Chemistry and Owner Societies) (10): 869–870. doi:10.1039/b612175f. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ↑ "Obituaries", C&EN, 83(48), 46 (November 28, 2005).
- ↑ "Chemical Heritage Foundation names John Baldeschwieler and George Hammond 2003 Othmer Gold Medalists". Eureka Alert. 1 April 2003. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ "Past Winners of the Othmer Gold Medal". Chemical Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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