William von Eggers Doering (born 22 June 1917 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and the former Chair of its Chemistry Department. Prior to joining the Faculty at Harvard, he was a member of the Chemistry Faculties of Columbia(1942-1952)and Yale(1952-1968) Universities.
He is known in the field of organic chemistry for his work on quinine synthesis with Robert Burns Woodward[1]. Some people think, as Woodward, he should have been awarded the Nobel Prize for this work. Having published his first scientific paper in 1939 and his last in 2006, he holds the rare distinction of having authored scholarly articles in eight different decades. In 1989, he received the "James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry" of the American Chemical Society[2].
Notes
- ^ Daintith, p. 968.
- ^ James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society
References
- Daintith, John. Biographical encyclopedia of scientists, CRC Press, 1994. ISBN 9780750302876
External links
- William von Eggers Doering - Michigan State University
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