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Kenneth Pitzer

American academic administrator (1914–1997)

Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (January 6, 1914 – December 26, 1997) was an American physical and theoretical chemist who served as the third president of Rice University from 1961 to 1968 and as the sixth president of Stanford University from 1968 to 1970.²

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Born Jan 6, 1914, died Dec 26, 1997.¹

About

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."

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Companies

Stanford UniversityChair 1968 to 1970²⁰
Rice UniversityPresident 1961 to 1968²¹

Early life and education

Date not recordedCalifornia Institute of Technology^{3 4}
Date not recordedUniversity of California, Berkeley^{3 4}

Career

Occupation: university teacher, non-fiction writer, chemist.⁹

1968 to 1970President, Stanford University⁷
1968 to 1970Chair, Stanford University⁸
1961 to 1968President of Rice University⁷
Date not recordedWorked at Rice University^{5 6}
Date not recordedWorked at University of California, Berkeley⁵
Date not recordedWorked at Stanford University^{4 5}

Personal life

BornJan 6, 1914, Pomona¹⁰
DiedDec 26, 1997, Berkeley¹¹
CitizenshipUnited States¹²

Pitzer's father, Russell K. Pitzer, founded Pitzer College, one of the five Claremont Colleges in California. His son, Russell M. Pitzer is also a notable chemist who is currently retired from the faculty at Ohio State University.

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Awards

1984Welch Award in Chemistry^{13 19}
1977Centenary Prize¹³
1976American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal^{13 18}
1976Willard Gibbs Award^{13 17}
1975National Medal of Science¹³
1969Priestley Medal^{13 16}
1950George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry^{13 15}
1950Guggenheim Fellowship¹³
1943ACS Award in Pure Chemistry^{13 14}
Date not recordedFellow of the American Physical Society¹³

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Wikimedia CommonsKenneth Pitzer photo by http://www.lbl.gov/images/PID/Pitzer.html, Public domain