Fred Hawthorne | |
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| Born | Marion Frederick Hawthorne August 24, 1928 |
| Died | July 8, 2021 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Pomona College (B.A., 1949) University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D., 1953) |
| Known for | Boron hydrides |
| Awards | Tolman Award (1986) King Faisal International Prize (2003) Priestley Medal (2009) National Medal of Science (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Inorganic chemistry |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles University of Missouri |
| Thesis | The effect of configuration on steric inhibition of resonance in diastereomerically related compounds and The application of Hammett's Rho-Sigma treatment to the termolecular benzoxylation of triphenylmethyl chloride. (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald J. Cram |
| Other academic advisors | Corwin Hansch |
| Doctoral students | William J. Evans R. Tom Baker Omar Farha |
Marion Frederick Hawthorne (August 24, 1928 – July 8, 2021)[1] was an inorganic chemist who made contributions to the chemistry of boron hydrides, especially their clusters.