John Drake Hoffman | |
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 Portrait of John Hoffman | |
| Born | November 26, 1922 |
| Died | February 21, 2004 (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Saint Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Enterline, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Franklin & Marshall College Princeton University |
| Known for | Hoffman nucleation theory |
| Awards | Soldier's Medal Department of Commerce Gold Medal Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | Manhattan District General Electric National Bureau of Standards University of Maryland Johns Hopkins University |
| Thesis | The Dielectric Properties of Long Chain Compounds (1949) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Phelps Smyth |
John Drake Hoffman (November 26, 1922 – February 21, 2004) was an American chemist and author who was awarded the Soldier's Medal, the United States Army's highest award for an act of valor in a non-combat situation, and the only one awarded to a member of the Manhattan District. After the war he worked for the National Bureau of Standards, becoming the director of its national measurements laboratory. He was a professor and director of the engineering materials program at the University of Maryland from 1982 to 1985, director of the Michigan Molecular Institute, and a professor of materials science and engineering at Johns Hopkins University.