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[1] – June 25, 1970[2] | |
| 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 |
| Institutions | |
| 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 |
Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (January 6, 1914 – December 26, 1997) was an American physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president.[3] 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."[4]
- ^ "3 Do-Overs from Stanford History". Stanford Magazine. July 1, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ "President of Stanford Resigns After 2 Years of Disturbances". The New York Times. June 26, 1970. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Hughes, Sally Smith; Leberge, Germaine, eds. (1999). "Chemist and Administrator at UC Berkeley, Rice University, and Stanford University, and the Atomic Energy Commission, 1935-1997". Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
- ^ E. Connick, Robert E. Connick (December 2000). "Kenneth Pitzer, 6 January 1914 · 26 December 1997". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 14 (4): 479–483. JSTOR 1515624.