R. Stephen Berry

For other people named Stephen Berry, see Stephen Berry (disambiguation).

R. Stephen Berry
Born
Richard Stephen Berry

(1931-04-09)April 9, 1931
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedJuly 26, 2020(2020-07-26) (aged 89)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materHarvard University A.B. 1952; A.M., 1954; Ph.D., 1956
Scientific career
FieldsPhysical chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago
ThesisThe electronic structure of butadiene (1956)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Moffitt
Doctoral studentsMichael Oppenheimer
David Leitner
Other notable studentsDavid J. Wales (postdoc)
Website[1]

Richard Stephen Berry (April 9, 1931[1] – July 26, 2020) was an American professor of physical chemistry.[2]

He was the James Franck Distinguished Service Professor, emeritus,, at The University of Chicago. He was also special advisor for national security to the director, at Argonne National Laboratory.[3]

  1. ^ Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov.
  2. ^ "Biography of R. Stephen Berry". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 106 (45): 10733–10734. 2002. Bibcode:2002JPCA..10610733.. doi:10.1021/jp0219552. ISSN 1089-5639.
  3. ^ Proykova, Ana (2002). "R. Stephen Berry". International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 3 (1): 2–3. doi:10.3390/i3010002. ISSN 1422-0067.