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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectH. G. Drickamer
Dates
October 19, 1918 – May 6, 2002
Authorized Form of Name
Drickamer, H. G. (Harry George), 1918-2002
Additional Forms of Names
Drickamer, Harry George
Biography
Abstract
H. G. (Harry George) Drickamer was Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1946-2002). Other institutional affiliations included Pan American Refining Corporation. His research interests included high-pressure physics and condensed matter.
Important Dates
October 19, 1918Birth, Cleveland (Ohio).
1941Obtained BSE, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1942Obtained MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1942 – 1946Research Group Leader, Pan American Refining Corporation.
1946Obtained PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Mich.).
1946 – 2002Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (1946-1949); Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (1949-1953); Professor of Chemical Engineering (1953-1958); Professor of Chemical Engineering and Physical Chemistry (1958-1983); Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics (1983-1989); and Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics (1989-2002), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Ill.).
1965Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1967Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, American Physical Society.
1989Awarded National Medal of Science.
May 6, 2002Death, Urbana (Ill.).
Occupation
Chemical engineer.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Brown, George Granger, 1896-
PhD advisor at University of Michigan on Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in Phenol-Hydrocarbon Systems and Their Application to a Conventional Toluene Unit.
Frank, C. W.
Advised by Drickamer at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign on The effect of pressure on the electronic structure of twelve ferric beta-diketonate complexes.
Sinfelt, John H. (John Henry), 1931-2011
Advised by Drickamer at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign on The effect of molecular properties on interfacial resistance.
Colleagues
Anderson, A. C. (Ansel Cochran), 1933-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Gutowsky, Herbert Sander, 1919-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Additional
Bridgman, P. W. (Percy Williams), 1882-1961
Institutions
Major Positions
Pan American Refining Corporation
Research Group Leader.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering; Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering; and Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Chemistry
Professor of Physical Chemistry; Professor of Chemistry; and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
Professor of Physics and Professor Emeritus of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1967 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of Michigan. Department of Chemical Engineering
Obtained BSE, MS, and PhD in 1946 (Chemical Engineering).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Harry G. Drickamer response to History of Geophysics Survey, 1997.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Responses to History of Geophysics Survey, 1997.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
John Bardeen papers, 1910-1991.