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John D. Roberts (John Dombrowski Roberts) was born on 8 June, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, U.S., is an American chemist. Discover John D. Roberts's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 98 years old?
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29 October, 2016 |
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Pasadena, California, U.S. |
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John Dombrowski Roberts (June 8, 1918 – October 29, 2016) was an American chemist.
He made contributions to the integration of physical chemistry, spectroscopy, and organic chemistry for the understanding of chemical reaction rates.
Another characteristic of Roberts' work was the early use of NMR, focusing on the concept of spin coupling.
Roberts received both a B.A. (1941) and Ph.D. (1944) from the University of California, Los Angeles, working under Professor William Gould Young.
He was a consultant for DuPont Central Research (1950–2008) and for Oak Ridge.
Roberts was elected a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1952.
He was elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1956 at 38 years old.
Roberts received honorary degrees from the University of Munich (1962), Temple University (1964) and the University of Notre Dame.
He held several positions at the California Institute of Technology, including division chairman of chemistry and chemical engineering from 1963 to 1968, dean of the faculty and provost from 1980 to 1983 and Institute Professor of chemistry, emeritus (1988–2016) in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
He is credited with bringing the first female graduate student, Dorothy Semenow, to Caltech when he moved from MIT.
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1974.
In 1978, he was elected a Fellow of The Explorers Club.
In 1984, Roberts received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement, awarded the Priestley Medal in 1987, the National Medal of Science in 1990, the Glenn T. Seaborg Medal in 1991, the NAS Award in Chemical Sciences in 1999, the Nakanishi Prize in 2001, the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society in 2009, the Linus Pauling Legacy Award in 2006 and the American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal in 2013.
He published his autobiography in 1990, The Right Place at the Right Time.
In 1998 he was named by Chemical & Engineering News as one of the 75 most influential chemists of the last 75 years.
Roberts died on October 29, 2016, at the age of 98 from a stroke.