John Gamble Kirkwood
John Gamble Kirkwood
1907 – 1959
Physical Chemist
S.B. – University of Chicago (1926); Philip.D.-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1929); Sc.D. (Honors Causa) - University of Chicago (1954) and Universite Libre de Bruxelles (1959)
Served: Yale University as Sterling Professor of Chemistry; Chairman of the Chemistry Department (1951-1959) and Director of Division of Sciences (1956-1959); Leiden University as Lorentz Professor of Theoretical Physics (1959); California Institute of Technology as Noyes Professor of Chemistry (1947-1951); Cornell University as Todd Professor of Chemistry (1938-1947); National Academy of Sciences as Foreign Secretary (1954-1958); The United States Government as Scientific Consultant (1941-1959)
Scientific Honors: American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry (1936); Richards Medal (1950); Lewis Medal (1955)
Marker can be reached from Grove Street near High Street, on the right when traveling north.
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