Brewer, Leo, 1919-2005
Leo Brewer papers, 1921-2004 (bulk 1939-2004).
The Leo Brewer papers, 1921-2004, comprise the correspondence, teaching materials, laboratory notes, writings, and research files of renowned chemist Leo Brewer, universally regarded as one of the founders of the field of modern high-temperature chemistry. Brewer served as Professor in the College of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1946-1989, and as Director of the Inorganic Materials Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 1961-1975. The collection includes materials documenting Brewer's doctoral research on Mesityl Oxide and his wartime research as a member of the Manhattan Project, as well as his later research on high temperature thermodynamics, materials science, the study of metallic phases, and the development of metallic bonding theory.
American chemist, received his undergraduate degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1940 and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1942. He joined the Manhattan Project following his graduate work, and joined the faculty at UC Berkeley in 1946.
Brewer, Leo, 1919-2005
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Manhattan Project (U.S.)
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemistry.
Materials.
Metals.
Thermodynamics
World War, 1939-1945
AIP-ICOS
University of California, Berkeley. The Bancroft Library. Berkeley, CA, 94720-6000, USA