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November 8, 1919 – January 13, 2000
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Gutowsky, Herbert Sander, 1919-
Herbert Sander Gutowsky was Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Study, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1948-2000). His research interests included nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and molecular structure.
November 8, 1919Birth, Bridgman (Mich.).
1940Obtained AB, Indiana University, Bloomington (Ill.).
1946Obtained MS, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley (Calif.).
1948 – 2000Instructor to Professor of Chemistry (1948-1956); Head, Division of Physical Chemistry (1956-1962); Professor of Chemistry (1956-1983); Head, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (1967-1970); Head, Department of Chemistry (1970-1983); and Research Professor of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Study (1983-2000), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Ill.).
1949Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1956Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
1957Walker-Ames Visiting Professor, University of Washington.
1960Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1976Awarded National Medal of Science.
1983Awarded Wolf Foundation Prize in Chemistry.
January 13, 2000Death, Urbana (Ill.).
Physical chemist.
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Enyart, Esther Ruth Gutowsky
Sister.
Gutowsky, Barbara Stuart
First wife, married 1949. Divorced 1981.
Gutowsky, Christopher C.
Son.
Gutowsky, Hattie Neyer
Mother.
Gutowsky, Otto
Father.
Gutowsky, Robb E.
Son.
Gutowsky, Virginia Warner
Second wife, married 1982.
Farrar, Thomas C. (Thomas Clark), 1933-
Advised by Gutowsky at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, "Molecular structure and dynamics of liquids by NMR."
Jonas, J.
Advised by Gutowsky while post-doc at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in chemical physics and physical chemistry.
Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900-1982
PhD advisor at Harvard University on Problems in Molecular Structure and the Solid State.
Gutowsky used Pake's apparatus in the Lyman physics lab at Harvard to show how nuclear magnetic resonance made it possible to study the structure and motion of molecules in solids.
Stejskal, E. O., 1932-
Advised by Gutowsky at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, "Relaxation phenomena in radiofrequency spectroscopy."
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Drickamer, H. G. (Harry George), 1918-2002
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.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Chemistry
Obtained MS (1946). Visiting Professor.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Chemistry
Instructor to Professor of Chemistry; Head, Division of Physical Chemistry; Professor of Chemistry; Head, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Head, Department of Chemistry; and Research Professor of Chemistry, Center for Advanced Study.
University of Washington. Department of Chemistry
Walker-Ames Visiting Professor.
Harvard University. Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Obtained PhD in Physical Chemistry (1949).
Indiana University, Bloomington. Department of Chemistry
Obtained AB (1940).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Wolf Foundation Prizes
Received 1983 Wolf Foundation Prize in Chemistry.
"Herbert Sander Gutowsky: 1919-2000", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences